Hydrocarbon potential of middle jurassic coaly and lacustrine and upper jurassic - lowermost cretaceous marine source rocks in the søgne basin, north sea

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-304

  Petersen, H I ^a   Holme, A C ^b   Thomsen, E ^a   Whitaker, M F ^b   Brekke, T ^c   Bojesen Koefoed, J A ^a   Hansen, K H ^b   Larsen, B T ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b Det norske oljeselskap ASA   (Norway)

^c Brekke CHEMO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coal; Jurassic; Lacustrine mudstones; Marine mudstones; Maturity; North Sea Central Graben; Oil window; S gne Basin; Source rock

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; LACUSTRINE MUDSTONES; MARINE MUDSTONES; MATURITY; NORTH SEA; OIL WINDOW; SOURCE ROCKS;

DEPOSITS; DISEASES; HYDROCARBONS; KEROGEN; WELLS;

ROCKS;

COAL; CRETACEOUS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; JURASSIC; KEROGEN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MUDSTONE; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL MATURITY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL GRABEN; NORTH SEA; SOGNE BASIN;

EID: 79959286035     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: 17475457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2011.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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