Modeling of gas generation from the Cameo coal zone in the Piceance Basin, Colorado

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1077-1106

  Zhang, Etuan ^a   Hill, Ronald J ^b   Katz, Barry J ^c   Tang, Yongchun ^d  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b WESTERN STATE COLORADO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COAL; COAL BED METHANE; GAS GENERATORS; GASES; KINETIC PARAMETERS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PYROLYSIS; TIGHT GAS;

BASIN MODELING; EVOLUTION PATHWAYS; FREQUENCY FACTORS; GAS GENERATION; GAS POTENTIAL; GAS RESOURCE; GENERATIVE POTENTIALS; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

COAL DEPOSITS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BASIN EVOLUTION; COAL; COAL RANK; COAL SEAM; CRETACEOUS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; KINETICS; MAPPING; MODELING; PREDICTION; PYROLYSIS; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; PICEANCE BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51249100424     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/04020806015     Document Type: Article

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