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  * Detection of [[hydrocarbon]]s in drill cuttings ...d [[porosity]] and [[permeability]] that yield no show may still be viable hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs. Conversely, poor porosity-permeability zones that have
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• FWhitehurst sandbox
  * aromatic hydrocarbon Wikipedia:Aromatic hydrocarbon ...tp://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=light%20hydrocarbons
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• South Pass 62 field
  ...f the Mississippi River in 100 m of water. Dark gray indicates oil fields. Light gray refers to salt domes or tabular salt. ...th Pass 62 field. Dark gray bars indicate exploratory and appraisal wells. Light gray bars indicate development and redevelopment wells. Primary field devel
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• Palynofacies and kerogen analysis
  ...inings). The relationship of these organic types to [[Petroleum generation|hydrocarbon generation]] is broached by Staplin<ref name=ch17r82>Staplin, F., L., 1969, ...e-derived components provide clues concerning depositional environment and hydrocarbon-generating potential (e.g., type and amount). Palynofacies data can be comb
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• Predicting preservation and destruction of accumulations
  ...mulations, however, may be destroyed. Several processes deplete or destroy hydrocarbon accumulations. In many prospects it is not enough just to know that a trap ...D. S., 1996, Factors controlling the destruction or preservation of giant light oilfields: Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 2, p. 197–217., 10., 1144/petgeo.,
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• Standard interpretation
  ...d does not have good vertical resolution. It overestimates shale volume in hydrocarbon-bearing zones, and it is ensitive to the selection of clean reservoir and s ...of 1.0 g/cm³ and saltwater approximately 1.1 g/cm³. Hydrocarbon density can vary widely from 0.05 g/cm³ for gas at low pressures
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• Gas chromatography: data obtained
  .../data/a134/a134/0001/0400/0403.htm Geochemistry of Illinois basin oils and hydrocarbon source rocks], in M. W. Leighton, D. R. Kolata, D. F. Oltz, and J. J. Eidel .... They contain one or more methyl branches near the middle of a long-chain hydrocarbon. These compounds originate from primitive cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
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• Oil and condensate analysis
  ...ter washing (depletion of light aromatics), leaky reservoir seals (loss of light ends), and source characteristics (biomarkers) ([[:file:oil-and-condensate- ...tion, chromatographic data can also be displayed as polar or star plots of hydrocarbon peak ratios ([[:file:oil-and-condensate-analysis_fig5.png|Figure 5]]).
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• Petroleum reservoir fluid properties
  ...ces, an initial ([[connate]]) [[water saturation]] will always be found in hydrocarbon-bearing formations. The connate water saturation may vary from 5 to 50% wit ...'' fluids consist mainly of [[Light hydrocarbon|light]] and [[intermediate hydrocarbon]]s (N₂, CO₂, H₂S, and C₁ to C<s
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• Kerogen
  ...kerogen is the controlling factor for oil vs. gas yields from the primary hydrocarbon-generating reactions. ! Predominant hydrocarbon potential
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• Llanos basin
  ...th several [[source rock]]s in a [[siliciclastic]] sequence and numerous [[hydrocarbon]] accumulations within various [[reservoir]]s. However, fresh water product Due to the low salinity of the produced waters from the [[hydrocarbon field]]s, massive recharges of meteoric water have been proposed (Villegas
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• Silurian Qusaiba shales
  ...ights into the Hercynian orogeny, and their implications for the Paleozoic hydrocarbon system in the Arabian plate: GeoArabia, v. 14, no. 3, p. 199–228.</ref>; ...hot) [[shale]]s have generated about 80–90% of the [[Paleozoic]] sourced [[hydrocarbon]]s in [[North Africa]] and the [[Arabian Peninsula]] (Klemme and Ulmishek,
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• Jordan petroleum geology
  ...rt basin, where it is deeply buried in the oil and gas generative windows. Hydrocarbon indications occur across the Dead Sea Basin and include numerous oil and ga ...e some of the world’s richest oil and gas reserves. Despite this, only two hydrocarbon fields have been discovered in Jordan so far: the Silurian-sourced and Ordo
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• Core alteration and preservation
  ...even a short period of time can cause significant loss of water and light hydrocarbon fractions. Tests show exposure for even 30 min can result in 10 to 25% loss * Hydrocarbon deposition
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• Mudlogging: equipment, services, and personnel
  ''Mudlogging'', sometimes called hydrocarbon logging or physical formation logging, involves the monitoring and recordin ...ment''—A stereomicroscope is equipped for use with natural and ultraviolet light.
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• Thermal maturation
  ...ow, W., G., O'Connor, D., I., 1982, Kerogen maturity and type by reflected light microscopy applied to petroleum generation, in How To Assess Maturation and ...enerators vs. late generators). This affects transformation ratios used in hydrocarbon systems modeling.
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• Electrical methods
  ...nowledge of resistivity or the resistivity distribution will solve or shed light on the problem at hand. The resolution, depth, and areal extent of investig ...depths of tens of meters to great depths well beyond those of interest to hydrocarbon development.
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• Reservoir quality
  ...oir is defined by its hydrocarbon storage capacity and deliverability. The hydrocarbon storage capacity is characterized by the effective [[porosity]] and the siz ...e lower capillary pressure, lower irreducible water saturation, and higher hydrocarbon pore volume.
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• Biostratigraphic applications in hydrocarbon exploration
  ...mperature, salinity, oxygen supply, nutrient availability, availability of light, proximity to land and topographic variation. Therefore, the change in thes ...e hiatuses and missing section. Unconformity identification is critical in hydrocarbon exploration, importance is highlighted in the stratigraphic trap evaluation
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• Subsurface diagenesis and its relation with diagenetic trap on carbonate rocks reservoir
  ...al-carbonate reservoir to have porosity and permeability which can produce hydrocarbon, though standard “dogma” said that burial carbonate has 5% or low poros ...81). Post-stylolite [[diagenesis]] may result porosity and permeability in light rocks (Dawson, 1988). Seismic and wireline log data can’t distinguish cem
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