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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Stephen Larter, Bernard Bowler, Dr Minquaing Li, Dr Barry Bennett, Kimberley Noke, Paul Donohoe
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The ability to determine the distance migrated by an oil from source rock to reservoir could greatly assist in the identification of new, economically viable accumulations of petroleum. Non-alkylated benzocarbazoles, which are present in trace quantities in oils, exhibit changes in both absolute and relative concentrations that correlate with migration distance, independent of the maturity of the oils. Such molecules appear promising as empirical-but quantitative-indicators of the relative migration distances of oils, and represent a first step towards true source-reservoir distance indicators.
Author(s): Larter SR, Bowler BFJ, Li M, Chen M, Brincat D, Bennett B, Noke K, Donohoe P, Simmons D, Kohnen M, Allan J, Telnaes N, Horstad I
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Nature
Year: 1996
Volume: 383
Issue: 6601
Pages: 593-597
Print publication date: 01/10/1996
ISSN (print): 0028-0836
ISSN (electronic): 1476-4687
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/383593a0
DOI: 10.1038/383593a0
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