Light Hydrocarbon Geochemistry of Oils in the Alpine Foreland Basin: Impact of Geothermal Fluids on the Petroleum System

Oil is produced in the Austrian sector of the Alpine Foreland Basin from Eocene and Cenomanian reservoirs. Apart from petroleum, the basin hosts a significant geothermal potential, which is based on the regional flow of meteoric water through Malmian (Upper Jurassic) carbonate rocks. Oils are predom...

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Main Authors: Ł. Pytlak, A. Leis, W. Prochaska, R. F. Sachsenhofer, D. Gross, H.-G. Linzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi-Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Geofluids
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7182959