Assessment of hydrocarbon generation potential and thermal maturity of the offshore Mannar Basin, Sri Lanka

Assessment of hydrocarbon generation potential and thermal maturity of the offshore Mannar Basin, Sri Lanka

Abstract The Mannar Basin is an under-explored offshore sedimentary basin in terms of petroleum geology. The Cretaceous to Paleogene cutting samples were collected in three offshore exploration wells (i.e. the Dorado North, Dorado and Barracuda) in the Mannar Basin. In this study, kerogen type, quan...

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Main Authors: Amila Sandaruwan Ratnayake, Chaminda Wimal Kularathne, Yoshikazu Sampei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology
Subjects:
Rock–Eval pyrolysis
Vitrinite reflectance
Kerogen type
1-D kinetic modelling
Petroleum geochemistry
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13202-017-0408-1

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