Comparison of biodegradation level and gas hydrate plugging potential of crude oils using FT-IR spectroscopy and multi-component analysis

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1229-1234

  Genov, Georgi ^a   Nodland, Egil ^a   Skaare, Bent Barman ^a,b   Barth, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(1 1 0) SURFACE; BIODEGRADED OILS; CRUDE OILS; ELSEVIER (CO); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED (FT-IR); FT-IR SPECTROSCOPY; FT-IR SPECTRUM; METHODS OF ANALYSIS; MULTI-COMPONENT ANALYSIS; NON-LINEAR; NORWEGIAN CONTINENTAL SHELF (NCS); OIL SAMPLES; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES; SUB-SETS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DEGRADATION; DEPOSITS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDRATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIOLOGY; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; SEPARATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE POTENTIAL;

GAS OILS;

BIODEGRADATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRUDE OIL; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 47849084573     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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