Organics to petroleum
What are the major differences in the general organic chemistry of terrestrial vs. marine organic matter?
What are the important steps in the maturation of marine organic matter to form petroleum? Under what conditions of burial do these step occur?
What are the major groups of organic compounds present in petroleum? What is the relationship between molecular weight and behavior of petroleum hydrocarbons?
What is a ‘petroleum system’?
How does the geothermal gradient influence petroleum maturation?
What are petroleum ‘traps’? How do we locate them?
What methods are used to define the extent of petroleum reservoirs?
What is overpressure?
What is a Hubbert Curve?