Geochemical characterization of light hydrocarbons and its controlling factors in Carboniferous crude oils from the Tz4 Oilfield, Tarim Basin, NW China

Shiyou Xuebao/Acta Petrolei Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 206-211

  Xiao, Qilin ^a,b   Sun, Yongge ^a,c   Mao, Shengyi ^a   Wan, Yonggang ^d  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PETROCHINA DAGANG OILFIELD COMPANY   (China)

Author keywords

Evaporation fractionation; Light hydrocarbons; Oil cracking; Stable carbon isotope; Tarim Basin

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC FRACTION; CAMBRIANS; CONTROLLING FACTORS; CYCLO-ALKANES; FORMING GAS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; GEOLOGICAL TIME; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIGHT HYDROCARBON; LIGHT HYDROCARBONS; NORMAL ALKANE; NW CHINA; OIL CRACKING; ORDOVICIAN; SECONDARY CRACKING; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE; TARIM BASIN; THERMAL ALTERATION; WATER WASHING;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL); EVAPORATION; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; FERMIUM; GAS OILS; ISOTOPES; OIL FIELDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMER BLENDS; THERMAL EVAPORATION; WASHING;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 79955675973     PISSN: 02532697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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