Petroleum, oil field waters, and authigenic mineral assemblages Are they in metastable equilibrium in hydrocarbon reservoirs

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• authigenic mineral 71%
• hydrocarbon reservoir 60%
• oil field 50%
• petroleum 40%
• crude oil 21%
• hydrocarbon 20%
• water 16%
• Gibbs free energy 15%
• oil 13%
• calculation 12%
• carbon 9%
• fugacity 9%
• calcite 9%
• maturation 8%
• carboxylic acid 6%
• formation water 6%
• alkane 5%
• oxygen 5%
• communication 4%
• basin 4%
• gulf 4%
• illitization 4%
• albitization 4%
• decarboxylation 4%
• secondary porosity 3%
• carbonate 3%
• coast 3%
• inorganic carbon 3%
• temperature 3%
• albite 3%
• mineral 3%
• desulfurization 3%
• kerogen 3%
• used water 3%
• channel flow 3%
• distribution 3%
• hydrogen sulfide 3%
• smectite 3%
• dehydration 2%
• sedimentary basin 2%
• anion 2%
• plagioclase 2%
• hydrolysis 2%
• pH-value 2%
• fluid flow 2%
• mass transfer 2%
• carbon dioxide 2%
• organic carbon 2%
• thermodynamics 2%
• methane 2%
• drilling 2%
• crust 2%
• dissolution 2%
• salinity 2%
• young 2%
• oxidation 1%
• bacterium 1%
• acid 1%
• laboratory 1%
• gas 1%
• chemical 1%
• test 1%

Chemical Compounds

• Oil Field Water 100%
• Petroleum 48%
• Hydrocarbon 37%
• Disproportionation 17%
• Alkane 14%
• Fugacity 14%
• Calcite 12%
• Gibbs Free Energy 10%
• Formation Water 9%
• Carbonate 8%
• Carbon Number 8%
• Communication 6%
• Secondary Porosity 6%
• pH Value 5%
• Mineral 5%
• Carboxylic Acid 5%
• Dioxygen 5%
• Kerogen 5%
• Carbonic Acid 4%
• Salinity 4%
• Pressure 4%
• Organic Carbon 3%
• Weight 3%
• Hydrogen Sulfide 3%
• Desulfurization 3%
• Decarboxylation 3%
• Dehydration 2%
• Methane 2%
• Carbon Dioxide 2%
• Dissolution 2%
• Time 2%
• Flow 2%
• Hydrolysis 2%
• Thermodynamics 2%
• Anion 2%
• Gas 1%
• Carbon Atom 1%
• Oxidation Reaction 1%
• Reaction Yield 1%