In this paper, the distribution of methyl dibenzofuran isomers (MDBFs) in petroleum hydrocarbon samples of different ages and sedimentary environments were analyzed by the GC-MS method and relevant software. Relevant parameters of MDBFs were put into…
In this paper, the distribution of methyl dibenzofuran isomers (MDBFs) in petroleum hydrocarbon samples of different ages and sedimentary environments were analyzed by the GC-MS method and relevant software. Relevant parameters of MDBFs were put into…
In this paper, the distribution of methyl dibenzofuran isomers (MDBFs) in petroleum hydrocarbon samples of different ages and sedimentary environments were analyzed by the GC-MS method and relevant software. Relevant parameters of MDBFs were put into…
An offshore petroleum is the main focus of the current research with Big Data and high performance computing motivations in the study area. We undertake a joint exploration study focusing on Romanian offshore Black Sea (Western) basin, using volumes…
An offshore petroleum is the main focus of the current research with Big Data and high performance computing motivations in the study area. We undertake a joint exploration study focusing on Romanian offshore Black Sea (Western) basin, using volumes…
An offshore petroleum is the main focus of the current research with Big Data and high performance computing motivations in the study area. We undertake a joint exploration study focusing on Romanian offshore Black Sea (Western) basin, using volumes…
In this paper, the distribution of methyl dibenzofuran isomers (MDBFs) in petroleum hydrocarbon samples of different ages and sedimentary environments were analyzed by the GC-MS method and relevant software. Relevant parameters of MDBFs were put into…
In this paper, the distribution of methyl dibenzofuran isomers (MDBFs) in petroleum hydrocarbon samples of different ages and sedimentary environments were analyzed by the GC-MS method and relevant software. Relevant parameters of MDBFs were put into…
The rapid advancements in the computational abilities of numerical simulations have attracted researchers to work on the area of reactive transport in porous media to improve the hydrocarbon production processes from mature reservoirs. In the…
This research paper encompasses an organic geochemical investigation on oils and sedimentary rocks from the southern coastal region of Ecuador that examines the hydrocarbon generation and accumulation in the strata of Progreso Basin Province. This…
As one of the most abundant metals in heavy oils, Ni has suffered so notably increasing impacts from industrial and traffic activities that anthropogenic Ni emissions have altered natural geochemical processes. The coral Ni/Ca has become a reliable…
Carbon dioxide storage in geological formations is one of the mature strategies developed for controlling global warming. This paper represents a comprehensive experimental and geochemical modeling study to analyze CO2-brine-rock interactions in a…
The onshore Cretaceous Zululand Basin of South Africa was investigated for CO2 storage potential using NZA, ZA, ZB, and ZC boreholes drilled by Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa in the 1960s for hydrocarbon exploration. Basin fill…
The U.S. Geological Survey assessed undiscovered unconventional hydrocarbon resources reservoired in the Upper Cretaceous Tuscaloosa marine shale (TMS) of southern Mississippi and adjacent Louisiana in 2018. As part of the assessment, oil-source rock…
The Re-Os geochronometer has been applied to many petroleum systems worldwide. However, it is debated if the Re-Os systematics in petroleumactually record the timing of oil generation. Here, we investigate the Re-Os isotope systematics of the…
Myanmar has a long history of petroleum production, but little information has so far been published pertaining to the detailed composition of the country's oils. The present paper reports the results of the analysis of a total of 28 Cenozoic oil…
CO2-formation water-rock geochemical reactions can occur, affecting the reservoir physical properties and CO2 trapping forms during the CO2 enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) process. In this paper, based on the properties of the reservoir and fluids in…
The marine crude oil in Tarim Basin is considered to be mainly originated from two sets of source rocks, i.e., Cambrian-Lower Ordovician and Middle-Upper Ordovician, but which is a dominant contributor has been in dispute for a long term. Based on…
Production allocation refers to the practice of quantifying proportions of extracted commingled hydrocarbons across various contributing sources. In this paper we tested a new geochemical technique of trace element production allocation by analyzing…
The ability of geochemistry techniques in reservoir-continuity studies has already been proved. Most of the traditional methods mainly involve analyzing nonpolar components of crude oil and overlooking polar components. Despite valuable information…
Abstract: The paper describes an investigation of structural and geochemical properties of genetically similar crude oils from the Turija-sever field located in the South-Eastern Pannonian Basin, Serbia. Samples from 56 wells were examined by…
Shale samples of lacustrine Shahejie Formation from the Well F39X1 drilled in Qikou sag were used to study microstructures, mineralogy, and organic geochemistry and their impacts on oil storage response. Samples are quartz and clay rich and contain a…
The crude oil in the eastern part of the southern gentle slope of Dongying Sag has complex physical properties, and various crude oils with different properties such as heavy oil, high sulfur oil, and high wax oil have developed. The complexity of…
Carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration for sustainable enhanced oil recovery and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, still faces various challenges. The process performance can improve via injection of nanoparticles into CO2 (NPs-CO2). However, the…
High-viscosity oil belong to unconventional sources of hydrocarbon raw materials, the share of which is growing every year. The development of this complex type of raw material requires modern scientific technologies in order to maintain the…
Strandings of semi-solid to solid asphaltic bitumen along the coastline of South Australia have been reported as far back as the late 1800s. Hitherto only a single variety, now referred to as asphaltite, has been attributed to seepage from the nearby…
The Tuofutai Bulge in central Tabei of northern Tarim Basin provides insights into the complex geochemical processes of deep oil accumulations. Fifteen crude oil samples collected from deep Ordovician reservoirs were tested and analyzed with light…
The terrestrial carbon to nitrogen ratio is a key geochemical parameter that can provide information on the nature of Earth's precursors, accretion/differentiation processes of our planet, as well as on the volatile budget of Earth. In principle,…
To verify recent single-well data from the Sichuan Basin, we analyzed the molecular and isotopic composition of late-mature Longmaxi shale gases from the southwestern portion of the Fuling block. The gases are highly enriched in methane (>96.1%) and…
The Rio Grande Valley (Neuquen Basin, Argentina) is a large oil field where voluminous igneous sill complexes are emplaced in different levels of the sedimentary sequence in a fold and thrust belt setting. These sills are predominantly emplaced in…
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an undesirable compound in oil and gas reservoirs, which reduces the economic value of gas reservoirs and has toxic and corrosive effects on reservoir operation equipment. Albeit initial generation mechanisms of hydrogen…
Carbazole (CA) and alkylated carbazoles are common nitrogen-containing heterocyclic aromatic compounds widely found in crude oils and sedimentary rocks extracts. Their geochemical significances in petroleum exploration have been widely investigated…
Dibenzofurans, oxygen-containing heterocyclic aromatics, are ubiquitous in crude oils. Their geochemical implications in petroleum geochemistry have been studied in numerous previous publications. Here, we present the distribution of dibenzofuran and…
The exploration activities in the eastern Tarim Basin have been thwarted over the last decade after the discovery of several Jurassic gas condensate fields. In this study, the two-dimensional gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC …
The Masilah oilfields are rich-oil provinces in the Sayun-Masilah Basin. The petroleum system including essential elements and processes is a very important for understanding and development of oilfield to further explore hydrocarbons in the whole…
Production allocation from petroleum geochemistry is defined here as the quantitative determination of the amount or portion of a commingled fluid to be assigned to two or more individual fluid sources (e.g., a pipeline, field, reservoir, well) at a…
The newly discovered Halahatang oil field in the northern Tarim Basin has a potential resource of more than 70 billion bbl of oil. Oil organic geochemical data from the Halahatang oil field indicate that the oils are of moderate maturity,…
The crude oil in the eastern part of the southern gentle slope of Dongying Sag has complex physical properties, and various crude oils with different properties such as heavy oil, high sulfur oil, and high wax oil have developed. The complexity of…
AbstractObjectives/Scope: Understanding that capillary forces will act to limit petroleum fluid saturations in water-wet fine-grained rocks, including organic rich source rocks, dates back at least to Hubbert (1953). Likewise, Philippi (1965) noted…
AbstractObjectives/Scope: Understanding that capillary forces will act to limit petroleum fluid saturations in water-wet fine-grained rocks, including organic rich source rocks, dates back at least to Hubbert (1953). Likewise, Philippi (1965) noted…
Diffusion coefficients of hydrogen sulfide in water and brine are critical in geology and chemical industries for hydrogen sulfide geological storage and hydrogen sulfide separation from natural gas. However, previous studies have mostly measured the…
In this chapter, the activities and findings on geological and geochemical aspects of gas hydrate reservoirs under the Indian National Gas Hydrate Program (Expedition 01
This research paper encompasses an organic geochemical investigation on oils and sedimentary rocks from the southern coastal region of Ecuador that examines the hydrocarbon generation and accumulation in the strata of Progreso Basin Province. This…
The Tuofutai Bulge in central Tabei of northern Tarim Basin provides insights into the complex geochemical processes of deep oil accumulations. Fifteen crude oil samples collected from deep Ordovician reservoirs were tested and analyzed with light…
The ultimate recovery factor in tight and shale resources is limited and is usually in the range of 5–10%. Although high-intensity fracturing and refracturing can increase recovery, an enormous amount of oil will remain in place, hence the…
Every petroleum formation is complex. However, each of them is treated as a “model,” which is amenable to linear equations that are a hallmark of modern engineering practices. In the modern era, every discipline treats its prototype in a simple form,…
Mud volcanoes, as important migration channels for gases from deep to surface, are used to research chemical interactions at depth and assess petroleum accumulation. To study the post-genetic processes that change initial compositional and isotopic…
Recent significant breakthroughs have been made of the Lower Silurian shale gas in the Changning-Zhaotong blocks recently, the key exploration area of China. Through comparative research of the gas geochemistry, Longmaxi Formation shale gas is mainly…
Based on the gas components, methane carbon and hydrogen isotopic tests and productivity data of produced gas samples from 17 coalbed methane (CBM) wells in Western Guizhou, the hydrodynamic conditions and geological characteristics of the study area…
The terrestrial carbon to nitrogen ratio is a key geochemical parameter that can provide information on the nature of Earth's precursors, accretion/differentiation processes of our planet, as well as on the volatile budget of Earth. In principle,…