Combining biomarker and bulk compositional gradient analysis to assess reservoir connectivity

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 812-821

  Pomerantz, Andrew E ^a   Ventura, G Todd ^b   McKenna, Amy M ^c   Cañas, Jesús A ^a   Auman, John ^d   Koerner, Kyle ^d   Curry, David ^d   Nelson, Robert K ^b   Reddy, Christopher M ^b   Rodgers, Ryan P ^c,e   Marshall, Alan G ^c,e   Peters, Kenneth E ^f   Mullins, Oliver C ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Devon Energy   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENE CONTENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPOSITIONAL GRADIENTS; COMPREHENSIVE TWO-DIMENSIONAL GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; CRUDE OIL COMPOSITION; EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; FOURIER TRANSFORM ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; FT-ICR MS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRAVITATIONAL SEGREGATION; HYDRAULIC CONNECTIVITY; ISOPRENOIDS; MULTIPLE CHARGE; NANOAGGREGATES; NON-POLAR; OIL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM SYSTEMS; POLAR FRACTION; SAMPLING TOOLS; SINGLE WELL; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES; VISCOSITY VARIATIONS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ASPHALTENES; BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE OIL; DRILLING FLUIDS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAVITATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL WELLS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; WELL DRILLING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ALKANE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONNECTIVITY; CRUDE OIL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; HYDRAULICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RESERVOIR; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77954316054     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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