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Science 2 March 1979:
Vol. 203. no. 4383, pp. 897 - 899
DOI: 10.1126/science.203.4383.897
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Generation of Oil-Like Pyrolyzates from Organic-Rich Shales

M. D. LEWAN 1, J. C. WINTERS 1, and J. H. MCDONALD 1

1 Amoco Production Company Research Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74102

Pyrolyzates similar to natural crude oils were generated from organic-rich shales by hydrous pyrolysis. With this type of pyrolysis it is possible to make more sophisticated correlations between crude oils and their source rocks, evaluate the hydrocarbon potential of a source rock, and elucidate the variables involved in the natural oil-generating process.

Submitted on June 5, 1978
Revised on November 27, 1978


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