Compositional modeling of gas generation from two shale gas resource systems: Barnett shale (United States) and Posidonia shale (Germany)

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 103, 2013, Pages 25-44

  Behar, Françoise ^a   Jarvie, Daniel M ^b,c  

^a TOTAL   (France)

^b Formerly TGS Presently EOG Resources   (United States)

^c Energy Institute at TCU   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; KEROGEN; MODELING; NATURAL GAS; SHALE; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL MATURITY;

GERMANY; UNITED STATES;

POSIDONIA;

EID: 84901679354     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/13401723H512l7     Document Type: Article

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