Oil-source rock correlations - Limitations and recommendations

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1150-1161

  Curiale, J A ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(001) PARAMETER; ANALYTICAL UNCERTAINTIES; CHEMICAL DATA; COMPOSITIONAL DATA; COMPOSITIONAL VARIABILITY; CONVENTIONAL OILS; CRUDE OILS; DIRECT USE; ELSEVIER (CO); GEOLOGICAL DATA; GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); INVERSION METHODS; MATURITY LEVELS; MULTIPLE SOURCES; OIL COMPOSITIONS; OIL SOURCE ROCK CORRELATION; ORGANIC MATTER (OM); S OURCE ROCKS; SOURCE CORRELATION; VERTICAL VARIATION;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCKS;

CORRELATION METHODS;

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MATURATION; MODELING; OIL; SOURCE ROCK; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 47849103202     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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