Time-Temperature Relation in Oil Genesis: GEOLOGIC NOTES

1974/12/01 by Jacques Connan
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Environmental Science · #Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics #Geological Studies and Exploration #Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

paper · doi:10.1306/83d91beb-16c7-11d7-8645000102c1865d

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Chemical kinetic laws for first-order reactions have been applied to the threshold of intense oil generation. If t (in millions of years) represents the age of the threshold formation and T (°K), the corresponding temperature present, t is related to T by the expression In t = 6,942 × 1/T - 14.965. This equation means that the younger the sedimentary series is, the higher is the temperature of the formation in which the intense oil-genesis phase begins.

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