The Hasbaya Asphalt (Lebanon) Revisited: Some Remarks from Detailed Field Mapping, Petrographic and Geochemical Studies

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Projected estimates of hydrocarbon reserves at current consumption rates have focused the petroleum industry towards enhanced

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4-D Modeling of the Shublik-Ivishak(!) Petroleum System, North Slope, Alaska, by Kenneth E. Peters, Carolyn Lampe, Kenneth J. Bird, and Leslie B. Magoon; #90041 (2005)

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Thermal Effects of Rapid Sedimentation and Uplift on the Maturation of Hydrocarbons in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

Henry P. Heasler, Nick Visser, Natalya A. Kharitonova, Ronald C. Surdam

Wyoming Geological Association

...Thermal Effects of Rapid Sedimentation and Uplift on the Maturation of Hydrocarbons in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming Henry P. Heasler, Nick Visser...

Coal as a Source Rock of Petroleum: A Comparison Between the Petrology of the Mesaverde Group Coals, in Burial and Hydrous Pyrolysis

Mario Garcia-Gonzalez, Ronald C. Surdam

Wyoming Geological Association

... the maceral composition and textural changes at different levels of maturation. The Almond Coal was studied from the surface to 11,000 feet deep...

Hydrocarbon Generation Potential and Expulsion Efficiency in Shales and Coals: Example from the Washakie Basin, Wyoming

Mario Garcia-Gonzalez, Ronald C. Surdam

Wyoming Geological Association

..., 1993b, Coal as a source rock of petroleum and gas — A comparison between natural and artificial maturation of the Almond Formation coals, Greater...

Log-Derived Indicator of Thermal Maturity, Nibrara Formation, Denver Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming

Thomas M. Smagala, Charles A. Brown, Gary L. Nydegger

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... between the two parameters that allows the mapping of organic maturation levels overa large part of the Denver basin through the use of a large...

Potential Oil Generation Capacity of the North Louisiana Hydrocarbon System

Ronald K. Zimmerman

GCAGS Transactions

...Potential Oil Generation Capacity of the North Louisiana Hydrocarbon System Ronald K. Zimmerman 1999 Vol. 49 (1999), Hydrocarbon maturation...

Simple Method for Oil Source Bed Evaluation: GEOLOGIC NOTES

Douglas W. Waples

AAPG Bulletin

... from the source bed. Total oil is calculated by assuming that thermal maturation will eventually go to completion. The thermal maturity parameter...

Assessing Source Rock Maturity in Frontier Basins: Importance of Time, Temperature, and Tectonics

John D. Pigott

AAPG Bulletin

... histories are more complicated and must be considered in order to apply maturation models correctly. For sedimentary basins floored by oceanic crust less...

Burial History and Hydrocarbon Generation Modeling of the Jurassic-Cretaceous Formations in the Alamein-Shushan Basins, Northern Western Desert of Egypt, #50721 (2012)

Mohamed A. Younes

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... with two levels of thermal maturations. Two different marine shale source rocks were considered in the 2-D modeling of source rock maturation and hydrocarbon...

Pore Evolution in the Barnett, Eagle Ford (Boquillas), and Woodford Mudrocks Based on Gold-Tube Pyrolysis Thermal Maturation, #51228 (2016).

Lucy (Ting-Wei) Ko, Tongwei Zhang, Robert G. Loucks, Stephen C. Ruppel, Deyong Shao

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...Pore Evolution in the Barnett, Eagle Ford (Boquillas), and Woodford Mudrocks Based on Gold-Tube Pyrolysis Thermal Maturation, #51228 (2016). Lucy...

Chapter 18: Organic Metamorphism in the Mississippian-Devonian Bakken Shale North Dakota Portion of the Williston Basin

Leigh C. Price, Tom Ging, Ted Daws, Alonza Love, Mark Pawlewicz, Don Anders

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

..., in the Mississippian-Devonian Bakken shale. Thus, maturation indices that have been so useful in delineating the TIHG and mainstage hydrocarbon...

Do Kinetic Parameters from Open Pyrolysis Describe Petroleum Generation by Simulated Maturation?

Tanja Barth, Birthe J. Schmidt, Soren B. Nielsen

CSPG Bulletin

...Do Kinetic Parameters from Open Pyrolysis Describe Petroleum Generation by Simulated Maturation? Tanja Barth, Birthe J. Schmidt, Soren B. Nielsen...

Vanadium, Nickel, and Porphyrins in Thermal Geochemistry of Petroleum

Gordon W. Hodgson , Bruce L. Baker

AAPG Bulletin

... contribution to the changes which appear to have occurred in the maturation of crude oil. A study was made of the degradation of porphyrin compounds which...

Diagenesis, Catagenesis, and Metagenesis of Organic Matter: Chapter 10: Part III. Processes

Brian Horsfield, Jurgen Rullkotter

AAPG Special Volumes

... initially by microbial agencies and later mainly by thermal stress. This continuum of processes is termed thermal maturation and is divided into three...

Thermal Evolution of Coastal California with Application to Hydrocarbon Maturation

Henry P. Heasler, Ronald C. Surdam

AAPG Bulletin

...Thermal Evolution of Coastal California with Application to Hydrocarbon Maturation Henry P. Heasler, Ronald C. Surdam 1985 1386 1400 69 9...

Source Rock Potential and Thermal Maturity of Lower Cretaceous Strata: Monkman Pass Area, British Columbia

D. A. Leckie , W. D. Kalkreuth , and L. R. Snowdon

AAPG Bulletin

... for source rock potential and maturation level. Although much of the core lies within the oil window, none of the formations are notably oil prone...

Impact of Heat Flux Anomalies Around Salt Diapirs and Salt Sheets in the Gulf Coast on Hydrocarbon Maturity: Models and Observations

J.J. O'Brien , I. Lerche

GCAGS Transactions

... a substantial increase in the hydrocarbon maturation rate. Birch, F., and Clark, H., 1940, The termal conductivity of rocks and its dependence upon temperature...

Evaluation of a Simple Model of Vitrinite Reflectance Based on Chemical Kinetics (1)

JERRY J. SWEENEY and ALAN K. BURNHAM

AAPG Bulletin

.... (October) We present a simplified version of a vitrinite maturation model, complete with sample spreadsheet, based on changes in vitrinite composition...

Changes in Sulfur Content and Isotopic Ratios of Sulfur during Petroleum Maturation--Study of Big Horn Basin Paleozoic Oils

Wilson L. Orr

AAPG Bulletin

...Changes in Sulfur Content and Isotopic Ratios of Sulfur during Petroleum Maturation--Study of Big Horn Basin Paleozoic Oils Wilson L. Orr 1974 2295...

Comparative Analysis of Hydrocarbon Generation by Probable Source Rocks in the Deep and Uplifted Parts of the East Barents Basin: Results from Basin Modeling, #10566 (2014)

Yurii Galushkin, G. E. Yakovlev, K. A. Sitar

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... and new measured values of deep temperature and vitrinite reflectance. Numerical reconstructions of the burial, thermal and maturation histories...

Timing of Hydrocarbon Generation, Organic-Inorganic Diagenesis, and the Formation of Abnormally Pressured Gas Compartments in the Cretaceous of the Greater Green River Basin: A Geochemical Model

Donald B. MacGowan, Mario Garci-Gonzalez, Douglas R. Britton, Ronald C. Surdam

Wyoming Geological Association

..., and water-rock, organic-inorganic interactions that may affect reservoir quality. It is likely, however, that the products of the thermal maturation...

Retardation of Hydrocarbon Generation and Maturation by Water Pressure in Geologic Basins: An Experimental Investigation

Clement N. Ugana, Colin E. Snape, Will Meredith, Andrew D. Carr, Iain C. Scotchman, Robert C. Davis

AAPG Special Volumes

...Retardation of Hydrocarbon Generation and Maturation by Water Pressure in Geologic Basins: An Experimental Investigation Clement N. Ugana, Colin E...

ABSTRACT: Progress In Microscopy For Users In Organic Petrography

H. Behl

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

.... Most commercially available systems are one purpose instruments and suitable to describe the different steps in the maturation process, as long...