Illite and hydrocarbon exploration

Microbial Techniques for Hydrocarbon Exploration

INA's Experience in Hydrocarbon Exploration in Croatia

INA d.d. has carried out systematic hydrocarbon exploration in Croatia since 1952. In the last 62 years it resulted in the discovery of 57 onshore oil and gas fields and 17 offshore gas fields, i.e. 1.4 billion boe of hydrocarbon reserves of which 1.2 billion boe was recovered. The Pannonian Basin can be considered a relatively well explored area where remaining potential should be looked for i...

Applications of Magnetic Methods in Hydrocarbon Exploration

Magnetic data is useful in both hydrocarbon exploration and mining exploration. In hydrocarbon exploration, aeromagnetic data is an effective method for locating strike-slip faulting in magnetic basement. Also, high resolution surveys enhance delineation of both subtle basement features and intrasedimentary sources. In fact, magnetic methods has evolved from its sole use for mapping basement st...

Application of 2D inversion of magnetotelluric in exploration of hydrocarbon in south west of Iran

Since hydrocarbon sources have an important role in development of industry and technology, exploration of them has been lionized by human. The seismic reflection method is one of the most applicable investigative methods to identify the hydrocarbon reservoirs, but in some cases this method does not work well because of geology conditions and wave attenuation in depth. Thus, some exploration me...

Montmorillonite/illite Stability Diagrams

Chemical activity diagraoas , prepared to illustrate the properties expected if mixed-layer montmorillonite/illite is regarded as a solid solution, are compared to those derived from a treatment of these materials as a mixture of two phases. If the system is a solid solution, the coexisting aqueous solution should range from higher dissolved silica contents in the presence of kaolinite and a mo...