Petroleum generation kinetics: Single versus multiple heatingramp open-system pyrolysis

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 591-616

  Peters, Kenneth E ^a,b   Burnham, Alan K ^c   Walters, Clifford C ^d  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c American Shale Oil LLC   (United States)

^d EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; GASOLINE; HEATING; HEATING RATE; KEROGEN; KINETIC THEORY; OIL SHALE; OPEN SYSTEMS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PYROLYSIS; THERMOCOUPLES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; KINETIC MEASUREMENT; NUCLEATION GROWTH MODEL; PETROLEUM GENERATION; PETROLEUM MIGRATION; PYROLYSIS EXPERIMENTS; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE; RATE-LIMITING STEPS;

KINETICS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; KEROGEN; KINETICS; PETROLEUM; PYROLYSIS; SOFTWARE; SOURCE ROCK;

EID: 84929753132     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/11141414080     Document Type: Article

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