The effect of water pressure on hydrocarbon generation reactions: Some inferences from laboratory experiments

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-26

  Carr, A D ^a,e   Snape, C E ^b   Meredith, W ^b   Uguna, C ^b   Scotchman, I C ^c   Davis, R C ^d  

^a ADVANCED GEOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

^d WOODSIDE ENERGY LTD   (Australia)

^e BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geological basins; Hydrocarbon generation; Kinetics; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL THEORIES; EFFECT OF WATERS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GAS GENERATIONS; GEOLOGICAL BASINS; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROGEN INDICES; HYDROUS PYROLYSIS; KIMMERIDGE CLAY FORMATIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; LIQUID WATERS; PRESSURE RANGES; PRIMARY CONTROLS; QUANTITATIVE RESULTS; SYSTEM PRESSURES; TEMPERATURE RANGES; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBONS; VOLUME EXPANSIONS; WATER PRESSURES;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CLAY MINERALS; FIRE HAZARDS; GAS GENERATORS; GASES; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN; LIQUIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROLEUM RESEARCH; PYROLYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER VAPOR;

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; KINETICS; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL MATURITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 65549099220     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079309-797     Document Type: Article

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