Application of integrated vitrinite reflectance and FAMM analyses for thermal maturity assessment of the northeastern Malay Basin, offshore Vietnam: Implications for petroleum prospectivity evaluation

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-332

  Petersen, H I ^a   Sherwood, N ^b   Mathiesen, A ^a   Fyhn, M B W ^c   Dau, N T ^d   Russell, N ^b   Bojesen Koefoed, J A ^a   Nielsen, L H ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Vietnam Petroleum Institute   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

FAMM; Malay Basin; Oil; Thermal maturity; Vietnam; Vitrinite reflectance

Indexed keywords

FAMM; MALAY BASIN; OIL; THERMAL MATURITY; VIETNAM; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; COAL DEPOSITS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; OIL SHALE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; POLARIZATION; REFLECTION; ROCKS; WINDOWS;

OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

ALGORITHM; CENOZOIC; GAS CONDENSATE; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; MUDSTONE; OLIGOCENE; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROLEUM; SANDSTONE; THERMAL MATURITY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 58749103376     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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