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- Ancient bugs in oil exploration and production. // New Scientist;4/24/93, Vol. 138 Issue 1870, Elf p14
Discusses researches into the relationship of bacteria and hydrocarbons. Study of bacterial flora as a tool in the reconstruction of the geological history of hydrocarbons in reservoirs; Use of microorganisms for enhanced oil recovery; Prediction of reservoir souring; Role of sulfate-reducing...
- Heavier hydrocarbons, cooler environment found in deepwater. Imbert, P.; Pittion, J.L. // Offshore;Apr96, Vol. 56 Issue 4, p47
Focuses on data on deepwater geology and its effect on underground hydrocarbon accumulations. Size comparison; Amount of deepwater oil; Reservoir sedementology; Turbidity currents; Turbidite systems; Reservoir making processes; Reservoir trapping and geometry.
- An overview of the prolific offshore Niger Delta. Akinosho, Toyin // Offshore;Apr97, Vol. 57 Issue 4, p100
Describes the geology of the southeast offshore Niger Delta in Nigeria. Location; Petroleum geology; Stratigraphy of the Niger Delta; Divisions of the delta's Agbada formation.
- Structural styles in deep offshore West Africa. Akanni, Fred // Offshore;Mar98, Vol. 58 Issue 3, p80
Part I. Focuses on the structural styles of West Africa deepwater. Basins that line the coast of the South Atlantic; History of deepwater explorations in the region; Features of the Aptian Salt Basin and Niger Delta Basi; Petroleum companies that have planned explorations in the region.
- Northern Gulf of Mexico paleo-fluid flow patterns, source rock maturation. Stover, S. Cheree; Weimer, Paul; Ge, Shemin // Offshore;Nov2000, Vol. 60 Issue 11, p96
Details a two-dimensional regional modeling study of oil generation and migration from the Late Cretaceous to present-day in the northern Gulf of Mexico Basin (GOM). Characterization of structural development in the northern GOM; Elements of structural restorations; Reflection of the structural...
- Exploration. Schmidt, Victor // Offshore;Feb2000, Vol. 60 Issue 2, p28
Reports on the hydrocarbon charge history of the Eyre Sub-basin in the Great Australian Bight.
- PETROLEUM GEOLOGY. // GSA Today;Apr2012, Vol. 22 Issue 4/5, p23
The article offers information on a session on petroleum geology which will take place during the Geological Society of America's (GSA) Annual Meeting & Exposition to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina from November 4-7, 2012.
- Methanogenic potential of tailings samples from oil sands extraction plants. Fedorak, Phillip M; Coy, Debora L; Salloum, Myrna J; Dudas, Marvin J // Canadian Journal of Microbiology;Jan2002, Vol. 48 Issue 1, p21
Approximately 20% of Canada's oil supply now comes from the extraction of bitumen from the oil sands deposits in northeastern Alberta. The oil sands are strip-mined, and the bitumen is typically separated from sand and clays by an alkaline hot water extraction process. The rapidly expanding oil...
- Interpretation of the charcoal record in forest soils: forest fires and their production and deposition of macroscopic charcoal. Ohlson, M.; Tryterud, E. // Holocene;Jul2000, Vol. 10 Issue 4, p519
Traps were used to quantify charcoal production and transport during three experimental forest fires in Boreal Scandinavia. The traps were spatially arranged to collect charcoal particles inside burn areas, and outside burn areas at different distances (0.1�100 m) from the fire edge. The...
