Laser ablation GC-MS analysis of oil-bearing fluid inclusions in petroleum reservoir rocks

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-25

  Zhang, Zhirong ^a,b   Greenwood, Paul ^c,d   Zhang, Qu ^a   Rao, Dan ^a   Shi, Weijun ^a  

^a SINOPEC   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCE; CYCLO-ALKANES; FLUID INCLUSION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GC-MS ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS; LASER MICROPROBE; N-ALKANES; NW CHINA; OIL CHARGE; OIL INCLUSIONS; ORDOVICIAN RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR DATA; TARIM BASIN; THERMAL MATURITY;

ABLATION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; EXCIMER LASERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; QUARTZ;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOST ROCK; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LASER METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORDOVICIAN; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; QUARTZ; RECONSTRUCTION; RESERVOIR ROCK; THERMAL MATURITY;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84455202313     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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