SEPM: Crude Oil Alteration – Processes and Examples
Room Room 301
Co-Chairs: L. A. Trindade and S. R. Larter
8:00 -- Introductory Remarks
8:05 -- J. Scotchmer, R. Patience: Predicting Petroleum Biodegradation in Undrilled Prospects: How Far Can You Go?
8:25 -- B. Carpentier: New Concepts for Biodegradation Evaluation in Oil fields, a Combined Geological and Numerical Approach
8:45 -- C. C. Magnier, I. Kowalewski, L. A. F. Trindade, D. Levaché, B. Carpentier: Metal Trace Elements in Oils for Quantifying the Degree of Biodegradation in Reservoirs
9:05 -- S. Larter, A. Wilhelms, M. Erdmann, C. Zwach, A. Aplin: Deterministic modelling of deep subsurface biodegradation -progress and prognosis
9:25 -- S. Yongge: 13C/12C Isotope Fractionation Accompanying Biodegradation of Hydrocarbons in A Natural Laboratory: Implications for Source Identification
9:45 -- Break
10:00 -- D. L. Hall, M. A. Bigge, D. M. Jarvie: Fluid Inclusion Evidence for Alteration of Crude Oils
10:20 -- V. Hernandez, M. I. Alberdi, M. A. Vivas, A. F. Callejón, L. Rojas: Geological Processes Controlling the API Lateral Variations in Naricual Formation. Bosque-Bucare Area. Eastern Venezuela
10:40 -- L. Dzou, A. Pepper: Kuparuk Field, Alaskan North Slope: Did Alteration by Evaporative Fractionation Really Occur during Trap Filling?
11:00 -- S. L. Losh, L. M. Cathles, III, P. Meulbroek: Gas Washing of Oil Along A Regional, North-South Transect in the Gulf of Mexico, Offshore Louisiana
11:20 -- S. Kisamori, M. Mitani, A. Okui: Potential of Quinoline Compounds for the Secondary Oil Migration Indicator