Raman spectroscopic analysis of carbonaceous matter and silica in the test walls of recent and fossil agglutinated foraminifera

David H. McNeil, H. Georg Schulze, Emily Matys, and Tanja Bosak

AAPG Bulletin

.... Georg Schulze, Emily Matys, and Tanja Bosak 2015 1081 1097 99 6 Raman spectroscopy has been used extensively in thermal maturation studies of kerogen...

ABSTRACT: The Localized Effect Of Uranium On Macerals: An Example From Upper Triassic-Middle Jurassic Shemshak Group, Northern Iran

O. Haeri Ardakani, H. Sanei, A. Shekarifard

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

... of regional maturation. The Shemshak Group consists almost exclusively of fine- to coarse-grained siliciclastic sediments and hosts numerous coal seams...

Source Material, Compaction History and Hydrocarbon Occurrence in the Cagayan Valley Basin, Luzon, Philippines

Noe L. Caagusan

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

.... The initial results of the basin evaluation are presented in this report. Described are the hydrocarbon occurrences and maturation of some rocks...

ABSTRACT: A Baseline Study About The Unconventional Petroleum Potential Of The Brown Shale Formation, Central Sumatra Basin-­‐Indonesia: Organic Petrography And Geochemistry

Komang Anggayana, Mulyono Dwiantoro, Agus Haris Widayat

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

...   potential   from   the   fingerprinting   of   the   product   that   formed   during   maturation   under   open-­‐ system...

Relationship between basin history and diagenesis in Early Triassic Ledge Sandstone member of Ivishak Formation, ANWR - Abstract

Robert K. Marinai

Alaska Geological Society

...) presence of a thermal gradient; and 4) organic maturation. The initial chemical phase existed from the time the Ledge was deposited until the onset...

ABSTRACT: Hydrocarbon Potential of the Lower Smackover Formation in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico (Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi)

Ezat Heydari

GCAGS Transactions

... members. The Lower Member consists of a lime mudstone that is rich in organic carbon generating oil and gas upon maturation. The Upper Member is made up...

Abstract: Evolution of Carbonate Porosity During Burial — Bahamas, Florida and Gulf Coast: Holocene to Jurassic

Robert Halley

Earth Science Bulletin (WGA)

... an optimal exploration window bounded by thermal maturation criteria at the top and porosity criteria at the bottom. Upper Jurassic hydrocarbon...

Abstract: The Petroporphyrins in the Oil Shale from the Julia Creek Deposit

A. Ekstrom, H. Loeh, L. Dale

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... in the deposit suggests that despite its age, the deposit has undergone very little maturation...

ABSTRACT: Organic matter nano-scale chemical heterogeneity in the Bakken Shale

Arash Abarghani, Mehdi Ostadhassan, Thomas Gentzis

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

..., Houston, TX 77040, USA 2 The in-situ conversion of liptinite macerals to solid bitumen during thermal maturation is a wellknown process. During...

Essential Elements of a Deep-Water Petroleum System: Abstract

Brian R. Frost

Houston Geological Society

... petroleum system are a source rock and sufficient sediment overburden to provide maturation, migration, and a trap. The source rock must be rich...

ABSTRACT: Spectral fluorescence of liptinite macerals in the Lower Kittanning Coal: Effects of rank and maceral type

Kailey M. Seaman, Susan M. Rimmer

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

... in spectral fluorescence properties of liptinite macerals can improve assessments of maturation for coals and source rocks. Corresponding author...

ABSTRACT: The cause of gas saturation in the coals and the carbonaceous mudstones of the Cherokee Formation (Desmoinesian Age) in the Cherokee and Forest City basins, Mid-Continent, USA

Steven A. Tedesco

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

... to thermal maturation caused by migrating low temperature hydrothermal fluids expelled from the Anadarko, Ardmore and Arkoma basins to the south...

ABSTRACT: Paleozoic source rocks and thermal history of the Denver Basin, USA

Steven A. Tedesco

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

... of the southern end of the basin, has been proposed in the literature to be the area of petroleum maturation and expulsion but there is no evidence...

Part III. Synthesis and Analysis of Interior Cratonic Basins

AAPG Special Volumes

... the maturation and migration of hydrocarbons. -- structural overprinting apparently induced by intraplate forces. -- recurrent structural movements associated...

The Deepwater Niger Delta: An Underexplored World-Class Petroleum Province

Paul Bellingham, Chris Connors, Richard Haworth, Barbara Radovich, Al Danforth

GEO ExPro Magazine

..., and the complex relationship between timing of maturation and timing of structuration in the different structural domains creates exploration risk...

Abstract: The Stratigraphic and Structural Evolution of the Magallanes Basin, Southern South America

Kevin T. Biddle

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... margin. Burial of there rocks during the foreland basin stage led to the maturation and migration of hydrocarbons. Thus, the Magallanes Basin...

ABSTRACT: Oil-Oil and Oil-Source Rock Correlation and Timing of Oil and Gas Generation in the Scotian Basin, Eastern Canada

P.K. Mukhopadhyay (Muki), J.A. Wade, M.A. Kruge

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

... rock. The organic fLcies and maturation data also indicate the possible presence of deep condensate and gas reservoirs in currently unexplored...

Abstract: Organic Diagenesis--Its Relation to Gulf Coast Oil, by William E. Harrison; #90975 (1976).

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Abstract: Hydrocarbon Habitats of the Upper and Middle Magdalena Valleys of Colombia

Steven Schamel

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... deposits. The Magdalena basins contain a wide variety of structural and stratigraphic traps, most developed during or prior to peak of maturation...

FRONTMATTER: Montana Geological Society: 1991 Guidebook to Geology and Horizontal Drilling of the Bakken Formation

William B. Hansen

Montana Geological Society

... The Bakken Formation of the Williston Basin: Deposition, Maturation, and Fracturing (Abstract only...

Abstract: Papua New Guinea – PRL 15: Recent Appraisal, Exploration Highlights and Technological implications in Foothills Exploration

William G Canning

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

... equivalent to the reservoir of Elk-Antelope. A number of further exploration targets have been identified for near term drilling and maturation...

Abstract: A New Unconformity Play in the Lacustrine Albert Formation, New Brunswick, Canada

T. Martel, P. Durling, P. K. Mukhopadhyay, M. A. Kruge

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

... increases the seal potential at the unconformity. The low maturation values in the Cedar Camp Brook Region to the south indicate that the McLeod Brook area...

Secondary Carbonate Porosity

D. G. Bebout

AAPG Special Volumes

... the liquid window of hydrocarbon generation and is believed to be related to changes in water chemistry which resulted from thermal maturation...

Abstract: Geologic Setting for Additional Paleozoic Petroleum Potential in the Middle East

Louis Christian

Houston Geological Society Bulletin

... will, of course, be largely prospective for gas. Preliminary maturation fairways have been mapped regionally, to highlight the oil potential areas. End...

Abstract: Provenance and thermal history of detrital sandstones of the Scotian Basin, offshore Nova Scotia, using apatite fission track and 40Ar/39 Ar methods

Alexander M. Grist, Peter H. Reynolds, Marcos Zentilli

Atlantic Geology

... temperatures of approximately 125"C). Thus, apatite fission tracks provide a valuable maturation index over the range of temperatures normally associated...