Source rock quality and maturity and oil types in the NW Danish Central Graben: Implications for petroleum prospectivity evaluation in an Upper Jurassic sandstone play area

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 7, Issue 0, 2010, Pages 95-111

  Petersen, H I ^a   Nytoft, H P ^a   Vosgerau, H ^a   Andersen, C ^a   Bojesen Koefoed, J A ^a   Mathiesen, A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Danish Central Graben; Maturity; North Sea; Oil; Petroleum potential; Source rock; Upper jurassic

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052532623     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0070095     Document Type: Conference Paper

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