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AAPG Bulletin; Year: 2023; Issue: July
DOI: 10.1306/10242221068

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Figure 19. The effect of the thermal maturation rate on the amount of hydrocarbon (HC) expelled from the source rock at the minimum irreducible saturation of oil equal to 30%. For a wide range of thermal maturity, the total amount of expelled HC varies little.

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