Carbon isotopic characteristics of Jurassic alkane gases in the Sichuan Basin, China

Energy Exploration and Exploitation

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-36

  Wu, Xiaoqi ^a,b   Huang, Shipeng ^a   Liao, Fengrong ^a   Li, Zhensheng ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkane gas; Carbon isotope; Jurassic; Sichuan Basin; Xujiahe Formation

Indexed keywords

ALKANE GAS; CARBON ISOTOPES; JURASSIC; SICHUAN BASIN; XUJIAHE FORMATION;

COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; ENERGY RESOURCES; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; ISOTOPES; NATURAL GAS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS;

NATURAL GAS FIELDS;

EID: 77950359883     PISSN: 01445987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0144-5987.28.1.25     Document Type: Article

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