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Petroleum Source Rocks

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Barry J. Katz

    1. E & P Technology Department, Texaco Inc., Houston, USA

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Part of the book series: Casebooks in Earth Sciences (CASEBOOKS)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Petroleum Source Rocks — an Introductory Overview

    • B. J. Katz
    Pages 1-8

  3. The Exshaw Formation: a Devonian/Mississippian Hydrocarbon Source in the Western Canada Basin

    • V. D. Robison
    Pages 9-24

  4. Geological Controls of Source Rock Geochemistry Through Relative Sea Level; Triassic, Barents Sea

    • G. H. Isaksen, K. M. Bohacs
    Pages 25-50

  5. The Schistes Carton — the Lower Toarcian of the Paris Basin

    • B. J. Katz
    Pages 51-65

  6. Geochemistry of the Upper Jurassic Tuwaiq Mountain and Hanifa Formation Petroleum Source Rocks of Eastern Saudi Arabia

    • W. J. Carrigan, G. A. Cole, E. L. Colling, P. J. Jones
    Pages 67-87

  7. The Kimmeridge Clay Formation of The North Sea

    • B. S. Cooper, P. C. Barnard, N. Telnaes
    Pages 89-110

  8. The Egret Member, a Prolific Kimmeridgian Source Rock from Offshore Eastern Canada

    • M. G. Fowler, K. D. McAlpine
    Pages 111-130

  9. Petroleum Generation in the Nonmarine Qingshankou Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Songliao Basin, China

    • Li Desheng, Jiang Renqi, Barry Jay Katz
    Pages 131-148

  10. Sedimentological and Geochemical Characterization of the Lagoa Feia Formation, Rift Phase of the Campos Basin, Brazil

    • L. A. F. Trindade, J. L. Dias, M. R. Mello
    Pages 149-165

  11. The Napo Formation, Oriente Basin, Ecuador: Hydrocarbon Source Potential and Paleoenvironmental Assessment

    • M. R. Mello, E. A. M. Koutsoukos, W. Z. Erazo
    Pages 167-181

  12. The Albian Kazhdumi Formation of the Dezful Embayment, Iran: One of the Most Efficient Petroleum Generating Systems

    • M. L. Bordenave, R. Burwood
    Pages 183-207

  13. Organic-Rich Chalks and Calcareous Mudstones of the Upper Cretaceous Austin Chalk and Eagleford Formation, South-Central Texas, USA

    • G. J. Grabowski Jr.
    Pages 209-234

  14. Petroleum Geochemical Characterisation of the Lower Congo Coastal Basin Bucomazi Formation

    • R. Burwood, S. M. De Witte, B. Mycke, J. Paulet
    Pages 235-263

  15. Source Rock Characterization of the Late Cretaceous Brown Limestone of Egypt

    • V. D. Robison
    Pages 265-281

  16. Brown Shale Formation: Paleogene Lacustrine Source Rocks of Central Sumatra

    • P. A. Kelley, B. Mertani, H. H. Williams
    Pages 283-308

  17. The Green River Shale: an Eocene Carbonate Lacustrine Source Rock

    • B. J. Katz
    Pages 309-324

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 325-329
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About this book

Over the past two decades there has been increased interest in the availability of hydrocarbon charge through a better understanding of petroleum geochemistry and the identification and characterization of petroleum source rocks. These rocks are geochemically unique and form under specific sets of circumstances. This book brings together both geologic and geochemical data from fifteen petroleum source rocks, ranging in age from Devonian to Eocene, that would otherwise be widely dispersed in the literature or available only in proprietary corporate databases. Much of this information, presented in either a tabular or graphic fashion, provides the petroleum explorationist and the geochemist with a framework to establish relationships among various geochemical indices and depositional settings.

Editors and Affiliations

  • E & P Technology Department, Texaco Inc., Houston, USA

    Barry J. Katz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Petroleum Source Rocks

  • Editors: Barry J. Katz

  • Series Title: Casebooks in Earth Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78911-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-78913-7Published: 21 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-78911-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0178-5621

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 327

  • Topics: Mineral Resources, Mineralogy, Sedimentology

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