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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.
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.