Oil generation as the dominant overpressure mechanism in the Cenozoic Dongying depression, Bohai Bay Basin, China

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1859-1881

  Guo, Xiaowen ^a,b   He, Sheng ^a   Liu, Keyu ^b   Song, Guoqi ^c   Wang, Xunjun ^c   Shi, Zhongsheng ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c CHINA PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; COMPACTION; HYDROCARBONS; OIL WELL LOGGING; ORGANIC CARBON; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVITY LOGGING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CALCITE PRECIPITATION; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; ORGANIC-RICH SOURCE ROCK; OVERPRESSURED SOURCE; PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; RESERVOIR SANDSTONES; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

OIL BEARING FORMATIONS;

ACOUSTIC ARRAY; ACTIVE FAULT; CALCAREOUS SOIL; CENOZOIC; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOCENE; KEROGEN; MUDSTONE; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL SHALE; OVERPRESSURE; PORE PRESSURE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOURCE ROCK;

BOHAI BAY; CHINA; DONGYING DEPRESSION; SHANDONG;

EID: 78651403927     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/05191009179     Document Type: Article

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