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Relationships between maturity and hydrocarbon generation (view source)
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{{publication
| image = exploring-for-oil-and-gas-traps.png
| width = 120px
| series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology
| title = Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps
| part = Critical elements of the petroleum system
| chapter = Evaluating source rocks
| frompg = 6-1
| topg = 6-41
| author = Carol A. Law
| link = http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch06/ch06.htm
| pdf =
| store = http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545
| isbn = 0-89181-602-X
}}
Different types of kerogens convert to hydrocarbons at different rates, and they yield different quantities of various hydrocarbon phases. Therefore, one standard relationship between a measured maturity parameter and hydrocarbon generation does not exist. Values such as 0.6% R<sub>o</sub> are generally associated with the onset of oil generation or indicate the top of the oil window. However, this generality applies only if a source rock is composed of pure type II organic matter (marine kerogen).
This section reviews some of the relationships between maturation indicators and hydrocarbon generation from standard kerogen types.
==See also==
* [[Kerogen type and hydrocarbon generation]]
* [[Kerogen type and maturity]]
* [[Kerogen type and transformation ratio]]
* [[Comparison of kerogen types]]
* [[Open- vs. Closed-system generation modeling]]
==External links==
{{search}}
* [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch06/ch06.htm Original content in Datapages]
* [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545 Find the book in the AAPG Store]
[[Category:Critical elements of the petroleum system]]
[[Category:Evaluating source rocks]]
| image = exploring-for-oil-and-gas-traps.png
| width = 120px
| series = Treatise in Petroleum Geology
| title = Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps
| part = Critical elements of the petroleum system
| chapter = Evaluating source rocks
| frompg = 6-1
| topg = 6-41
| author = Carol A. Law
| link = http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch06/ch06.htm
| pdf =
| store = http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545
| isbn = 0-89181-602-X
}}
Different types of kerogens convert to hydrocarbons at different rates, and they yield different quantities of various hydrocarbon phases. Therefore, one standard relationship between a measured maturity parameter and hydrocarbon generation does not exist. Values such as 0.6% R<sub>o</sub> are generally associated with the onset of oil generation or indicate the top of the oil window. However, this generality applies only if a source rock is composed of pure type II organic matter (marine kerogen).
This section reviews some of the relationships between maturation indicators and hydrocarbon generation from standard kerogen types.
==See also==
* [[Kerogen type and hydrocarbon generation]]
* [[Kerogen type and maturity]]
* [[Kerogen type and transformation ratio]]
* [[Comparison of kerogen types]]
* [[Open- vs. Closed-system generation modeling]]
==External links==
{{search}}
* [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/beaumont/ch06/ch06.htm Original content in Datapages]
* [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=545 Find the book in the AAPG Store]
[[Category:Critical elements of the petroleum system]]
[[Category:Evaluating source rocks]]