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Oil-oil and oil-source rock correlations are studies whose primarily objective is to unravel the relationships among oils and source rocks, independent of maturity and/or alteration effects. Oil-oil correlations aim to establish a genetic relationship among multiple oil samples or classifying them into oil families , while oil-source rock correlations aim to establish a genetic relationship between oils and potential source rock intervals (Peters et al. 2005).
Oil-Source Rock Correlation
Oil-source rock correlation studies are primarily carried out during oil and gas exploration in order to identify the main source rock intervals within a basin. Defining source rock presence, quality, distribution, and maturity is at the foundation of establishing a working petroleum system (Magoon and Dow 1994). Exploration applications of correlation studies include (1) assessing the number and character of effective source rocks, (2) identifying migration pathways, (3) providing input...
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Rodriguez, N.D. (2017). Oil-Oil and Oil-Source Rock Correlations. In: White, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geochemistry. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39193-9_182-1
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