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The influence of minerals on the pyrolysis of kerogens
Brian Horsfield,A.G. Douglas +1 more
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In this article, the effect of mineral matter on the laboratory pyrolysis of sediments, kerogens and coals, and of coal macerals mixed with either alumina, bentonite, kaolinite, or calcium carbonate has been investigated.About:
This article is published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.The article was published on 1980-08-01. It has received 158 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Maceral.read more
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Experiments on the role of water in petroleum formation
TL;DR: The role of water in the formation of bitumen is investigated in this paper, where the authors evaluate the role of liquid water in bitumen formation and demonstrate that it is essential to the generation of an expelled saturate-enriched oil that is similar to natural crude oil.
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Organic–inorganic interactions in petroleum-producing sedimentary basins
TL;DR: These findings suggest that petroleum generation and stability is influenced by subsurface chemical environments, and is a simple function of time, temperature and the composition of sedimentary organic matter.
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Limitations of ‘Rock-Eval’ pyrolysis for typing organic matter
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that although the modified van Krevelen diagram may be useful for tracing evolutionary pathways as organic matter matures, it can be very misleading when used to assess kerogen type.
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Shale gas potential of the major marine shale formations in the Upper Yangtze Platform, South China, Part II: Methane sorption capacity
Jingqiang Tan,Philipp Weniger,Bernhard M. Krooss,Alexej Merkel,Brian Horsfield,Jinchuan Zhang,Christopher J. Boreham,Ger van Graas,Bruce A. Tocher +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of TOC content, thermal maturity, clay minerals, moisture content, pore properties, particle size, temperature, and pressure on methane sorption capacity were analyzed.
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Practical criteria for classifying kerogens: Some observations from pyrolysis-gas chromatography
TL;DR: In this paper, two pyrolysis-gas chromatography (Py-GC) techniques were used to gain a succinct perspective of kerogen composition and structure which, by comparison with (13C NMR data, appears to be representative of the kerogen structure in toto.
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Petroleum Formation and Occurrence
TL;DR: The early transformation of organic matter from organisms to geochemical fossils and Kerogen has been studied in the literature as mentioned in this paper, with a focus on the migration and accumulation of oil and gas.
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Petroleum Geochemistry and Geology
TL;DR: The development of petroleum geochemistry and geology carbon and origin of life petroleum and its products how oil forms -natural hydrocarbons how oil form -generated hydrocarbon models petroleum generation the origin of natural gas migration and accumulation abnormal pressures the source rock coals, shales, and other terrestrial source rocks petroleum in the reservoir seeps and surface prospecting a geochemical program for petroleum exploration crude oil correlation prospect evaluation as discussed by the authors.
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Distribution of n-paraffins as a clue to recognition of source beds
TL;DR: A preference for n-paraffins with odd numbers of carbon atoms is widespread in Recent sediments as discussed by the authors. But the results of the analysis showed no preference in the heavy n -paraifins for molecules of either odd- or even-carbon number.
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Méthode rapide de caractérisation des roches mètres, de leur potentiel pétrolier et de leur degré d'évolution
TL;DR: In this article, a methode and an appareillage adaptes a l'exploration petroliere are presented, and the methode convient particulierement bien a léestimation du rendement en huile des roches bitumineuses.
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Organic Metamorphism and the Generation of Petroleum
TL;DR: A scale referred to as "Level of Organic Metamorphism" (LOM) describes how far the thermal metamorphism of sedimented organic matter has progressed during subsurface burial as discussed by the authors.