Petroleum Source Rocks

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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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.

• Fazies
• Gestein
• Sediment
• Sedimentation
• Sedimentationsbecken
• Speichekapazität
• Speichergestein
• chemistry
• depositional environment
• environment
• exploration
• formation
• geochemistry
• lacustrine
• organic facies
• mineral resources

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

  Barry J. Katz

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