The Role of Reservoir Mediums in Natural Oil Cracking: Preliminary Experimental Results in a Confined System

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 3787-3793

  Xiao, Qi Lin ^a,b   Sun, Yong Ge ^a,c   Zhang, Yong Dong ^a,b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

chemical kinetic model; natural oil cracking; reservoir mediums; stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650033911     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-4178-0     Document Type: Article

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