Quantifying source rock maturity from logs: How to get more than TOC from delta log R

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 656-665

  LeCompte, B ^a,b   Hursan, G ^a  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

^b Murphy Oil International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS CONDENSATES; KEROGEN; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; ROCKS; THERMAL LOGGING;

CORE DATUM; KEROGEN DENSITY; LOG DATA; PRIMARY FACTORS; SOURCE ROCKS; THERMAL MATURITY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE; WOODFORD SHALES;

OIL WELL LOGGING;

EID: 78651098986     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/133128-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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