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  • Source rock richness
    {{Merge|Source rock}} | chapter = Evaluating source rocks
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  • Types of source rocks
    #REDIRECT [[Source rock]]
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  • Source rocks
    #REDIRECT [[Source rock]]
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  • Evaluating source rock richness
    #REDIRECT [[Source rock richness]]
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  • Source rock
    | chapter = Evaluating source rocks A '''source rock''' is a rock that is capable of generating or that has generated movable quantities of [
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  • Petroleum system naming
    ...portant to identify a person, place, item, or idea. As geologists, we name rock units, fossils, uplifts, and basins. The name for a specific [[petroleum]] ...etroleum-systems_fig3-1.png|thumb|300px|{{figure number|1}}How a reservoir rock name is selected.]]
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  • Oil–oil and oil–source rock correlation
    #REDIRECT [[Oil-oil and oil-source rock correlation]]
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  • Oil-oil and oil-source rock correlations
    #REDIRECT [[Oil-oil and oil-source rock correlation]]
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  • Production Index (PI)
    | chapter = Evaluating source rocks ...on can be accessed from the production index (PI). PI is calculated from [[Rock-Eval]] data:
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  • Primary migration and compositional changes
    ...arger-molecular-weight compounds are preferentially retained in the source rock while the smaller compounds are expelled. The following factors favor oil expulsion from a source rock:
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  • Porphyrins and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
    | chapter = Oil–oil and oil–source rock correlations ...orophyll]] and related compounds. They are found in virtually all oils and rock extracts, with the exception of [[condensate]]s that have lost their heavy
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  • Hydrogen Index (HI)
    | chapter = Evaluating source rocks ...ocks_fig6-14.png|thumb|{{figure number|1}}Decreasing HI trend for a source rock beginning to generate hydrocarbons at a depth of approximately 2200 m. Copy
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  • Total organic carbon (TOC)
    | chapter = Evaluating source rocks The amount of organic carbon present in a rock is a determining factor in a rock's ability to generate hydrocarbons.
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  • Rock Eval analysis using hydrogen index (HI) and oxygen index (OI)
    | chapter = Evaluating source rocks ...erogen|I]], [[Type II kerogen|II]], or [[Type III kerogen|III]] and if the rock will be oil or gas prone.
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  • East Breaks petroleum system
    * [[East Breaks reservoir rock]] * [[East Breaks seal rock]]
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  • Molecular parameter data for oil–oil and oil–source rock correlations
    | chapter = Oil–oil and oil–source rock correlations ...lative or absolute abundance of specific molecules in an oil or a [[source rock]] extract.
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  • Migration distance: vertical and lateral
    ...ource and reservoir, and geological estimation of the nearest rock unit of source quality. ...chemically]] to determine the [[Maturation|maturity]] of the [[Source rock|source]] from which it was derived. Using this information and an estimate of the
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  • Rock-Eval pyrolysis
    | chapter = Evaluating source rocks ...dioxide released is measured. The most widely used pyrolysis technique is Rock-Eval.
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  • LECO method in estimating richness
    | chapter = Evaluating source rocks ...on dioxide produced. The LECO method has almost totally been replaced by [[Rock-Eval pyrolysis]]. However, data may still be available from prior analysis.
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  • Basin-centered gas systems
    ...clude [[source rock]], [[reservoir rock]], [[seal rock]], and [[overburden rock]]. Relevant processes include trap formation and the generation, expulsion, ...f systems, there may be hybrid systems in which gas-prone and liquid-prone source rocks have contributed to the development of a BCGA.
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  • Petroleum system identification
    #* Identify the source using petroleum-source rock correlations. #* Locate the general area of the pod of active source rock responsible for the genetically related petroleum occurrences.
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  • Tertiary migration
    ...ration|Migration]] to the surface, either from a [[reservoir]] or [[source rock]]. Also called dismigration.
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  • Expulsion efficiency estimation
    ...[[migration]] path. Only part of the oil and gas generated by the [[source rock]] is actually expelled; of the amount that is expelled, only a small amount ...encies for oil and gas can be as high as 70-80% for very rich, effective [[source rocks]] near preferential [[migration pathways]].
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  • Petroleum system
    ...anddow_1994>Magoon, L. B., and W. G. Dow, 1994, The petroleum system: From source to trap: [http://archives.datapages.com/data/alt-browse/aapg-special-volume A petroleum system encompasses a pod of active [[source rock]] and all genetically related oil and gas accumulations. It includes all th
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  • Maturation
    | chapter = Evaluating source rocks ...roperties|pore fluid chemistry]] can affect the thermal history and thus a rock's rate of maturation.
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  • Tmax
    | chapter = Evaluating source rocks ...orded during pyrolysis is T<sub>max</sub>, given in °C. [[:file:evaluating-source-rocks_fig6-6.png|Figure 1]] shows output from a pyrolysis analysis and when
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  • Maps of hydrocarbon types: Gulf of Mexico example
    ...), each having a specific geographic distribution related to mature source-rock location and [[migration]] paths. We will focus on the High Island-East Bre ==Source table==
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  • Charge volume
    ! Source rock factors || Migration factors # Calculate the volume of hydrocarbons generated by the [[source rock]], using the formula <math>\text{V} = \text{A} \times \text{T} \times \text
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  • Oil correlation case histories
    ...correlative features, that is, features that result from original [[source rock]] input and not from secondary processes such as [[maturation]], [[migratio [[Category:Oil–oil and oil–source rock correlations]][[Category:Geochemistry]]
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  • Petroleum source rock formation
    | title = Source and Migration Processes and Evaluation Techniques | chapter = Petroleum Source Rocks and Organic Facies
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  • Using conventional well logs to estimate richness
    | chapter = Evaluating source rocks ...tion of potential source rocks by wireline logs], in Merrill, R., K., ed., Source and Migration Processes and Evaluation Techniques: [http://store.aapg.org/d
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  • Relationships between maturity and hydrocarbon generation
    | chapter = Evaluating source rocks ...top of the oil window. However, this generality applies only if a [[source rock]] is composed of pure type II organic matter (marine kerogen).
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  • Elemental parameter data for oil–oil and oil–source rock correlations
    | chapter = Oil–oil and oil–source rock correlations ...ay]] of the North Sea also yield moderately high-sulfur oils, most clastic source rocks yield oils with less than 0.5% sulfur by weight. However, sulfur cont
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  • East Breaks overburden rock
    ...of overburden rock provides a history of the rate of burial of a [[source rock]] toward and through the increasing temperature domains of the basin. This ...SEPM 9th Annual Research conference, p. 151–161.</ref> believe the source rock facies to be older than the Miocene slope mudstones.
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  • Open- vs closed-system generation modeling
    | chapter = Evaluating source rocks ...m''' models assume the hydrocarbons have not been expelled from the source rock and that all generated hydrocarbon phases are subject to further [[cracking
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  • Oil correlation case history: West Siberian basin
    | chapter = Oil–oil and oil–source rock correlations ...tween one of the West Siberian Basin oil families and its suggested source rock.
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  • Paleogeography
    ...ritical elements of hydrocarbon accumulation#Seal|seal]], or [[Source rock|source]] [[lithofacies]] by establishing the location of major geographic features
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  • Pyrolysis gas chromatography
    | chapter = Evaluating source rocks
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  • Basin framework
    # Map age and location of [[source rock]]s. ==Source age, location==
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  • Hydrocarbon migration
    .... [[Primary migration]] is expulsion of petroleum from fine-grained source rock, while [[secondary migration]] moves petroleum through a coarse-grained car * How does oil escape from the [[source rock]]?
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  • Limitations of oil correlations
    | chapter = Oil–oil and oil–source rock correlations Oil–oil and oil–[[source rock]] correlations are most successful when the samples being compared are at t
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  • Type I kerogen
    ...s.com/data/bulletns/2009/03mar/BLTN08076/BLTN08076.HTM Three common source rock evaluation errors made by geologists during prospect or play appraisals]: A Highly oil-prone organic matter having [[Rock-Eval pyrolysis]] [[hydrogen]] indices greater than 600 mg [[hydrocarbon]]\g
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  • Fieldwork risk assessment
    ...the main risk might be thickness and [[porosity]] preservation. For source rock, the main risk might be organic richness and thermal maturity. * Source rock maturity
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  • Petroleum system size
    ...overable hydrocarbons that originated from a single pod of active [[source rock]]. This total volume is used to compare against other [[petroleum]] systems ! Field Name || Discovery Date || Reservoir Rock || [[API gravity|API Gravity]] (°API) || Cum. Oil Production (x10<sup>6</s
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  • Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS): examples of correlations
    | chapter = Oil–oil and oil–source rock correlations ...nd Cooper;<ref name=ch08r53>Telnæs, N., and B. S. Cooper, 1991, Oil-source rock correlation using biological markers, Norwegian continental shelf: Marine a
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  • Oil correlation case history: Zala basin, Hungary
    | chapter = Oil–oil and oil–source rock correlations ...r of oil families and the presence of [[source rock]]s, and to propose oil-source correlations. In this case study we discuss one of those correlations.
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  • Type IV kerogen
    ...s.com/data/bulletns/2009/03mar/BLTN08076/BLTN08076.HTM Three common source rock evaluation errors made by geologists during prospect or play appraisals]: A Inert organic matter having [[Rock-Eval pyrolysis]] [[hydrogen]] indices below 50 mg [[hydrocarbon]]/g [[total
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  • Type II kerogen
    ...s.com/data/bulletns/2009/03mar/BLTN08076/BLTN08076.HTM Three common source rock evaluation errors made by geologists during prospect or play appraisals]: A Oil-prone organic matter having [[Rock-Eval pyrolysis]] [[hydrogen]] indices in the range of 300 to 600 mg [[hydro
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  • Paleogeography and prospect identification
    ...4, interpret the deposition of [[reservoir]], [[seal]], and [[Source rock|source]] facies and the formation of [[Stratigraphic trap|stratigraphic]] or [[com ...ssible [[migration]] avenues along which fluids could move from the source rock to the reservoir, from higher to lower pressure regimes. Such avenues might
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  • Type III kerogen
    ...s.com/data/bulletns/2009/03mar/BLTN08076/BLTN08076.HTM Three common source rock evaluation errors made by geologists during prospect or play appraisals]: A [[Gas]]-prone organic matter having [[Rock-Eval pyrolysis]] [[hydrogen]] indices in the range of 50 to 200 mg [[hydroc
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  • Oil-oil and oil-source rock correlation
    | chapter = Oil–oil and oil–source rock correlations ...ions are comparisons of (1) oils with other oils or (2) oils with [[source rock]] extracts to determine whether a genetic relationship exists. Correlations
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  • Kerogen type and quality: visual assessment
    | chapter = Evaluating source rocks ...te. In general, the more amorphous kerogen present, the more oil prone the rock is.
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  • Hydrocarbon accumulation: the seven critical elements
    * [[Reservoir]] rock * [[Source rock]]
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  • Activation energy
    ...ing to calculate the degree of transformation of [[kerogen]] in the source rock to oil and gas.<ref name=Petersetal_2012>Peters, Kenneth E., David J. Curry
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  • Surficial geochemistry: limitations and uncertainties
    ...malies can be caused by reworked [[hydrocarbon]]s and/or reworked [[source rock]]s. * A surface anomaly generally cannot be related to a specific [[Source rock|source]], [[reservoir]], or depth; however, [[Gas chromatography: data obtained|co
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  • Mandal-Ekofisk(!) petroleum system
    ...ower Cretaceous source rock is the Mandal Formation. A positive oil-source rock correlation indicates a known system. ...on contains the source rock. The reservoir rock, seal rock, and overburden rock were deposited during the postrift period of sedimentation.
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  • Van Krevelen diagram
    ...s.com/data/bulletns/2009/03mar/BLTN08076/BLTN08076.HTM Three common source rock evaluation errors made by geologists during prospect or play appraisals]: A ...e IV kerogen|IV]]. More common is the pseudo-Van Krevelen diagram, where [[Rock-Eval pyrolysis]] oxygen index ([OI] mg HC/g [[total organic carbon (TOC)|TO
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  • Vitrinite reflectance
    | chapter = Evaluating source rocks ...e of [[Thermal maturation#Vitrinite|vitrinite]] particles in a sedimentary rock. It is referred to as %R<sub>o</sub>. Results are often presented as a mean
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  • Petroleum system concept: examples of application
    Linking the elements (source, reservoir, seal, and overburden) to the processes of [[petroleum]] geology ...tudies in petroleum exploration, in K. S. Johnson and B. J. Cardott, eds., Source Rocks in the Southern MidContinent, 1990 Symposium: Oklahoma Geological Sur
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  • Seal and hydrocarbon yield estimates
    ...me of hydrocarbons]] that can be generated from a given volume of [[source rock]] and [[thermal history]]. These calculations are commonly calibrated by co ...bons may spill from adjacent traps rather than being directly derived from source kitchens.
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  • Oil correlation
    | chapter = Oil–oil and oil–source rock correlations ...sts among a group of oil samples or between an oil and a proposed [[source rock]]. Positive correlations are always useful because they confirm some propos
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  • Coalbed methane
    ...explosions in underground coal mines. [[Coal]] is the most abundant energy source in the Earth, and it should therefore be expected that large volumes of gas ...ures; coal serves as both the [[Source rock|source]] and the [[reservoir]] rock for the coalbed methane.
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  • East Breaks source rock
    ...J. T. Senftle, M. C. Kennicutt II, and J. M. Armentrout, 1990, Miocene oil source beds in the East Breaks basin, Flex-Trend, offshore Texas: Proceedings, Gul ==Miocene source?==
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  • Magnetotelluric survey case history: volcanic terrain (Columbia River Plateau)
    ...s over conductive sediments, which in turn overlie resistive [[Metamorphic rock|metamorphic]] or [[Granite|granitic]] [[basement]] rocks. ...tellurics_fig16-8.png|thumb|300px|{{figure number|1}}13-station MT natural source survey profile. Drafted from data from Mills.<ref name=ch16r5>Mills, A., 19
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  • Migration pathway
    The general flow of petroleum from a mature [[source rock]] to a trap can be estimated using a few simple [[assumptions]]: # Locate [[source rocks]] and map the location of the upper boundary of the oil and gas [[mat
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  • Oil correlation case history: Norwegian sector, North Sea
    | chapter = Oil–oil and oil–source rock correlations ...of the [[North Sea]] more than twenty years ago. [[Oil–oil and oil–source rock correlation]]s are now reasonably well known and constrained for this regio
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  • Basin-centered gas
    ...ocks. During the burial and thermal histories of these systems, the source rock differences between the two types of BCGSs result in strikingly different c
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  • Oil correlation case history: Brazilian offshore basins
    | chapter = Oil–oil and oil–source rock correlations ...tting of the source(s) for the oil(s). It is often possible to predict the source of an oil from its chemical composition, as illustrated by this case study.
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  • East Breaks critical moment
    ...r, J. T. Senftle, M. C. Kennicutt, and J. M. Armentrout, 1990, Miocene oil source beds in the East Breaks basin, Flex-Trend, offshore Texas: Proceedings, Gul ...hange: SEPM Special Publication 42, p. 71–108.</ref> DOW represents source rock, generation, and critical moment estimates.<ref name=ch04r29 />]]
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  • Fault seal and migration pathways
    ...|Migration pathway maps]] trace hydrocarbon movement between [[Source rock|source]] and trap within a complexly faulted field and between fields. Migration m
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  • Taphonomy and provenance
    ...ence of [[sedimentary processes]], [[Tectonics|tectonic events]], sediment source areas, [[burial]] processes, and [[diagenesis]]. Reworked fossils, however, ...sms. A taphonomic study can help identify variations in ''provenance'', or source area, of fossil-bearing sediments.<ref name=ch17r55>Lawrence, D. R., 1979,
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  • Coal
    Coal is a rock that contains greater than 50 wt. % organic matter. Most coals in North Ame ...owest cost [https://www.udemy.com/blog/types-of-fossil-fuels/ fossil fuel] source of energy; coal reserves are 5 times as large as either oil or gas reserves
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  • Kerogen type and maturity
    | chapter = Evaluating source rocks ...[[Petroleum generation|hydrocarbon generation]] stage of the [[Source rock|source]] intervals. A relationship must be established between maturity of the geo
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  • Sequence stratigraphy analysis
    | title = Source and Migration Processes and Evaluation Techniques | chapter = Petroleum Source Rocks and Organic Facies
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  • Hydrocarbon expulsion, migration, and accumulation
    ...zed” into the carrier bed due to the differential pressures between source rock and fluid in the carrier bed. The water remaining on the surfaces of the pores and pore throats of a rock after hydrocarbon has driven (drained) out the rest of the water is called
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  • Spore coloration and thermal alteration indices (SCI and TAI): usage
    | chapter = Evaluating source rocks * [[Evaluating source rock maturity]]
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  • Isotopic parameter data for oil–oil and oil–source rock correlations
    | chapter = Oil–oil and oil–source rock correlations ...Burwood;<ref name=ch08r2>Bordenave, M. L., and R. Burwood, 1990, [[Source rock]] distribution and [[maturation]] in the Zagros orogenic belt: provenance o
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  • Kerogen type and hydrocarbon generation
    | chapter = Evaluating source rocks [[file:evaluating-source-rocks_fig6-15.png|thumb|300px|{{figure number|1}}.Hydrocarbon generation vs
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  • Factors that cause migration
    ...the surrounding formations. This factor is of prime importance in [[source rock]]s. ...in downward as well as upward [[Calculating charge volume|charging]] from source rocks.
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  • Petroleum source rocks
    | title = Source and Migration Processes and Evaluation Techniques | chapter = Petroleum Source Rocks and Organic Facies
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  • Ellesmerian(!) petroleum system
    ...]. Total organic carbon and assumed hydrogen indices from the marine shale source rocks indicate the mass of petroleum generated to be approximately 8 trilli ...ent. The limit is determined by the extent of the contiguous active source rock and the related petroleum [[accumulation]]s.
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  • Structural fairway prospectivity
    * Presence of [[Source rock|source]] and reservoir facies
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  • Petroleum exploration
    # Source Rock # Reservoir Rock
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  • Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS): limitations
    | chapter = Oil–oil and oil–source rock correlations ...aturation]], correlations of those biomarkers between an immature [[source rock]] and an oil can be very difficult. In such cases a strictly numerical appr
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  • Type IIS kerogen
    ...s.com/data/bulletns/2009/03mar/BLTN08076/BLTN08076.HTM Three common source rock evaluation errors made by geologists during prospect or play appraisals]: A
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  • Province, basin, system, play, and prospect
    ...], metamorphic, and/or sedimentary rock. The '''basin fill''' includes the rock matter, organic matter, and water deposited in this depression. In certain The '''petroleum system''' includes the pod of active source rock, the natural distribution network, and the genetically related discovered p
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  • East Breaks petroleum geology
    ...of the [[petroleum system]]—especially the occurrence of probable [[source rock]], [[migration pathway]]s, and [[reservoir]]. ...eration]] history is controlled by the thermal gradient and [[overburden]] rock accumulation history, interpreted from both regional [[depocenter]] pattern
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  • Geological fieldwork benefits
    ...stic velocity can advance the understanding of basin history, the [[source rock]] [[Lithofacies|facies]], and the [[seismic interpretation]]. Each data set ...ore, showing representative samples of [[Source rock|source]] or reservoir rock in a presentation can be very impressive. Rocks on a conference room table
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  • Statistical analysis in oil correlation
    | chapter = Oil–oil and oil–source rock correlations [[file:oiloil-and-oilsource-rock-correlations_fig8-1.png|300px|thumb|{{figure number|1}}Application of clust
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  • Sandstone provenance and characterization
    ...h portion. Sedimentary rock is rock that formed by [[diagenesis]] of other rock that has been sedimented. The sandstone composed of sediment materials from ...ts composition.<ref name=Pettijohn1975>Pettijohn, F. J., 1975, Sedimentary Rock, 3rd ed.: Harper Row, New York, 628p</ref> Granules composed and bound by c
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  • Migration by separate phase
    ...minant mechanism of primary [[hydrocarbon migration]]. Within the [[source rock]], the volume of hydrocarbons produced from [[kerogen]] increases until a c ...7r10>Pepper, A. S., 1991, Estimating the petroleum expulsion behavior of [[source rocks]]: a novel quantitative approach, in W. A. England, and E. J. Fleet,
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  • Apatite fission track analysis
    | chapter = Evaluating source rocks ...fission tracks can be used as a measure of the maximum temperature that a rock has been subjected to and provides information related to thermal history.
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  • Petroleum system: geographic, stratigraphic, and temporal extent
    ...ent. It is defined by a line that circumscribes the pod of active [[source rock]] and all oil and gas [[seep]]s, [[Interpreting hydrocarbon shows|shows]],
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  • Trap geometry: changes
    ...n an early duplex but displaces the accumulation relative to the reservoir rock. Modified from Mitra;<ref name=Mitra1986>Mitra, S., 1986, [http://archives. ...stippled area outlining the initial accumulation is fixed relative to the rock. The solid area on the lower figure marks the accumulation at the top of th
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  • Seismic facies mapping
    ...ock types|seal rocks]], [[Reservoir quality|reservoir rocks]], or [[source rock]]s.
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  • Electrical methods
    ...the subsurface can be interpreted in terms of soil characteristics and/or rock type and geological structure. Resistivity data are usually integrated with ...n are possible with some techniques and under some conditions. The natural source methods are applicable from depths of tens of meters to great depths well b
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  • Siliceous microfossils
    ...widespread in the geologic record. Radiolarians are common in some marine source rocks. ...hydrocarbons (e.g.,[[ Monterey Formation]] of California). The changes in rock properties associated with silica diagenesis permit seismic definition of [
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  • Temperature trap regime
    ...| Generative traps; High temperatures result in [[maturation]] of [[source rock]], which generates and expels sufficient volume of hydrocarbons to saturate
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  • Practical suggestions for oil correlation
    | chapter = Oil–oil and oil–source rock correlations ...ations, largely because we seldom have samples from the effective (mature) source rocks themselves. Problems arise from variations in [[Lithofacies|facies]]
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  • Postprimary migration and compositional changes
    ...ical similarity of reservoired hydrocarbons and hydrocarbons expelled from source rocks, however, indicates there is usually little compositional alteration ...long the migration path; (2) mixing [[migration]] streams from two or more source rocks; or (3) precipitation of [[asphaltenes]] and other high-molecular-wei
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