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==Identification problem==
==Identification problem==
Geochemical typing of an oil in a reservoir rock and its correlation to a probable source rock are used to determine the level of certainty or the confidence that an oil originated from a specific source. Oils from the East Breaks 160-161 field have been analyzed by Dow et al.<ref name=ch04r29>Dow, W., G., Yukler, M., A., Senftle, J., T., Kennicutt, M. C. II, Armentrout, J., M., 1990, Miocene oil source beds in the East Breaks basin, Flex-Trend, offshore Texas: Proceedings, Gulf Coast Section SEPM 9th Annual Research conference, p. 139–150.</ref> Those oils, one each from the ''Glob alt'' GA-3 reservoir and the ''Hyal B'' HB-2 reservoir, are very similar geochemically and closely resemble continental shelf oils of Louisiana and Texas. The East Breaks 160-161 ''Glob alt'' and ''Hyal B'' oils do not correlate with the Type 1-B oils<ref name=ch04r96>Thompson, K., F., M., Kennicutt, M., C., IIBrooks, J., M., 1990, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1990-91/data/pg/0074/0002/0000/0187.htm Classification of offshore Gulf of Mexico oils and gas condensates]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 74, p. 187–198.</ref> of shelf-edge and continental slope reservoirs<ref name=ch04r29 />
Geochemical typing of an oil in a reservoir rock and its correlation to a probable source rock are used to determine the level of certainty or the confidence that an oil originated from a specific source. Oils from the East Breaks 160-161 field have been analyzed by Dow et al.<ref name=ch04r29>Dow, W. G., M. A. Yukler, 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, Gulf Coast Section SEPM 9th Annual Research conference, p. 139–150.</ref> Those oils, one each from the ''Glob alt'' GA-3 reservoir and the ''Hyal B'' HB-2 reservoir, are very similar geochemically and closely resemble continental shelf oils of Louisiana and Texas. The East Breaks 160-161 ''Glob alt'' and ''Hyal B'' oils do not correlate with the Type 1-B oils<ref name=ch04r96>Thompson, K. F. M., M. C. Kennicutt II, and J. M. Brooks, 1990, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1990-91/data/pg/0074/0002/0000/0187.htm Classification of offshore Gulf of Mexico oils and gas condensates]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 74, p. 187–198.</ref> of shelf-edge and continental slope reservoirs<ref name=ch04r29 />
==Miocene source?==
==Miocene source?==