World-class paleogene oil-prone source rocks from a cored lacustrine syn-rift succession, bach long Vi Island, Song Hong Basin, Offshore Northern Vietnam

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 373-389

  Petersen, H I ^a   Fyhn, M B W ^b   Nielsen, L H ^b   Tuan, H A ^c   Quang, C D ^d   Tuyen, N T ^d   Thang, P V ^d   Tham, N T ^d   Oang, N K ^c   Abatzis, I ^b  

^a MAERSK OIL   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c Vietnam Petroleum Institute   (Viet Nam)

^d Department of Geochemistry   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Kerogen; Lacustrine syn rift succession; Oil prone source rocks; Organic geochemistry; Song Hong Basin; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; KEROGEN; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OIL SHALE; PETROGRAPHY; SCREENING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SETTLING TANKS;

ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; SONG HONG BASIN; SOURCE ROCKS; SYN-RIFT; VIET NAM;

ROCKS;

EID: 84908663788     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: 17475457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpg.12591     Document Type: Article

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