Kerogen
Kerogen Kerogens are chemical compounds that make up ... soluble portion is known as bitumen. Each kerogen molecule is unique because it is formed ... most significant form for petroleum) Types Labile kerogen breaks down to form heavy hydrocarbons (i.e. oils), refractory kerogen breaks down to form light hydrocarbons (i.e. gases) and inert kerogen forms graphite. A Van Krevelen diagram ...
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Kerogen   (translated from German)
Kerogen Kerogen is that polymere organic material, from during ... four Kerogentypen: Table of contents Typ-1-Kerogen (LiptinitType) Relatively rarely, high Erdoelbildungspotenzial, with lower ... Grube Messel , Lias Epsilon, Posidonienschiefer). Typ-2-Kerogen (ExinitType) Exinit is at the furthest common Kerogen with a high H/C Verhaeltniss ...
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Kerogen   (translated from French)
Kerogen The kerogen. Synopsis Introduction Charbon , gaz and pétrole , was ... of quite particular phases. Evolution of the kerogen Stage 0 (or pre-stage): Died and ... 1 formation of a called solid compound kerogen All the formed sediments, if they are ... the formation of a called solid compound kerogen, disseminated - considering its small proportion: simple ...
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Talk:Kerogen
Talk:Kerogen I am not a chemist but I don't understand why kerogen is made up of chemical compounds but ... me: "If you can find out what "kerogen" is, please do let me know.This ... however your confusion lies in thinking that kerogen is a chemical compound. It isn't ... variability of the compounds that make up kerogen means that determining their individual chemical ...
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Talk:Abiogenic petroleum origin
... Part I: oil and gas generation from kerogen : Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 12, pp ... discern simple black shales with so-called kerogen (new edition of phlogiston) and oil shales ... metamorphosed Phanerozoic sediments which, presumably, contained a kerogen which had been converted to a carbide ... biogenic dehydrogenation reactions of bituminous coal or kerogen to anthracite or graphite, the hydrogen content ... Wouldn't some mildly hydrogenous anthracite-grade kerogen approach the composition of "diamondoid"? If ...
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Oil shale
... shales rich enough in organic material (called kerogen) to yield petroleum upon distillation. The kerogen in oil shale can be converted to ... in the absence of air and the kerogen is converted to oil and separated out ... algal swamp converts the organic matter to kerogen by the following processes; compaction, due to ... the well and allowed to heat the kerogen over time, slowly converting it into ...
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Catagenesis (geology)
... and/or gaseous hydrocarbon Hc from primary kerogen X and can be summarised using the ... math> where X 0 is the initial kerogen concentration and X(t) is the kerogen concentration at time t. It is generally ... X where X is the reactant (kerogen) and κ is the reaction-rate constant ...
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Talk:Oil shale
... rock) which contains a large quanitity of Kerogen (IIRC all shales contain some Kerogen). According to the chemists, Bitumen has a lower average molecular weight then Kerogen and is soluble in carbon disulphide. These ...
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Non-conventional oil
... shales rich enough in organic material (called kerogen) to yield petroleum upon distillation. The kerogen in oil shale can be converted to ... in the absence of air and the kerogen is converted to oil and separated out ...
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Talk:Hubbert peak theory
... 5 km deep shale with 1% of kerogen. You are confusing "light oil" with "conventional ... a large part, not oil at all (kerogen). Second, there is a important notion you ... water...) is very difficult to take out. Kerogen from shale is even worst. Even if ...
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