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Journal of Petroleum Geology

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Journal of Petroleum Geology, vol. 22(2), April 1999, pp. 167-189

 

GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THERMAL MATURITY OF OILS FROM THE THRACE BASIN (WESTERN TURKEY) AND WESTERN TURKMENISTAN

K. Gurgey*

Crude oils in the Thrace Basin (western Turkey) and western Turkmenistan are believed to have been generated by a common Oligocene siliciclastic source rock. This widespread source rock extends over the area between western Turkey and the eastern South Caspian Basin. Oils from three Eocene reservoirs in the Thrace Basin and from four Pliocene reservoirs onshore western Turkmenistan were analyzed to investigate and compare their source-rock characteristics. In order to understand controls on the timing of hydrocarbon generation and source-rock maturation in both basins, the results of quantitative basin modelling were compared with those of geochemical analyses.

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