Geological emission of methane from the Yakela condensed oil/gas field in Talimu Basin, Xinjiang, China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1055-1062

  TANG, Junhong ^a,b   BAO, Zhengyu ^b   XIANG, Wu ^b   GOU, Qinghong ^c  

^a HANGZHOU DIANZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

flux chamber; methane emission; stable carbon isotopes; the Yakela condensed oil gas field

Indexed keywords

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

FLUX CHAMBER; METHANE EMISSION; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; THE YAKELA CONDENSED OIL/GAS FIELD; XINJIANG;

METHANE;

CARBON; METHANE; PETROLEUM;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON ISOTOPE; EMISSION; FLUX CHAMBER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANE; OIL FIELD; SEEPAGE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GEOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GEOLOGY; METHANE; PETROLEUM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 51649090944     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62149-X     Document Type: Article

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