Source rock characterization and oil generating potential of the Jurassic Madbi Formation, onshore East Shabowah oilfields, Republic of Yemen

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 513-521

  Hakimi, Mohammed Hail ^a   Abdullah, Wan Hasiah ^a   Shalaby, Mohamed Ragab ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITUMEN EXTRACTION; EXTRACTABLE ORGANIC MATTER; HYDROCARBON SOURCE ROCKS; HYDROCARBON YIELD; HYDROGEN INDICES; JURASSIC; LIPTINITES; LOW OXYGEN; MATURE OIL; OIL GENERATING POTENTIAL; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC PETROLOGY; ROCK-EVAL PYROLYSIS; SOURCE ROCK POTENTIAL; SOURCE-ROCK CHARACTERIZATION; STUDY AREAS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT; TYPE II; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN; KEROGEN; OIL FIELDS; OXYGEN; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; REFLECTION; ROCKS; SHALE;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOMARKER; HYDROCARBON; INDEX METHOD; JURASSIC; KEROGEN; OIL FIELD; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PARAMETERIZATION; PETROLOGY; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SHALE; SOURCE ROCK; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

YEMEN;

EID: 77949916946     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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