Dolomitization processes in hydrocarbon reservoirs: insight from geothermometry using clumped isotopes
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Clumped isotopes geothermometry was applied to two dolomitic hydrocarbon reservoirs. Results indicate that late burial dolomitization occurred at ~110°C in the Albian Pinda dolostone (offshore Angola) and ~90°C in the Mano-Meillon dolostone (Aquitaine Basin, France), and did not continue on during subsequent burial/thermal evolution to present-day conditions (150160°C). This study illustrates the great potential of the clumped isotopes approach to help unravel dolomitization processes in hydrocarbon reservoirs. © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of AIG-11.
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