Distinguishing gases derived from oil cracking and kerogen maturation: Insights from laboratory pyrolysis experiments

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1074-1084

  Liguo, Guo ^a,b   Xianming, Xiao ^a   Hui, Tian ^a   Zhiguang, Song ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOHAI BAY BASIN; CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL GROUP; CONSTANT PRESSURES; DONGYING DEPRESSION; GAS TYPE; GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; GROUP COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; NONISOTHERMAL; OIL CRACKING; PETROLEUM SYSTEMS; SHAHEJIE FORMATION; SOLUBLE ORGANIC MATTERS; SYNTHETIC OIL;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GASES; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; KEROGEN; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL);

BASIN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTHERM; KEROGEN; LABORATORY METHOD; MUDSTONE; PYROLYSIS; SOLUBILIZATION;

EID: 69849088225     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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