Using petroleum inclusions to trace petroleum systems–A review

H Volk, SC George - Organic Geochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Petroleum-bearing fluid inclusions are small encapsulations of oil and gas that offer an
invaluable opportunity to better constrain the evolution of petroleum systems. Insights into …

Assessing the maturity of oil trapped in fluid inclusions using molecular geochemistry data and visually-determined fluorescence colours

SC George, TE Ruble, A Dutkiewicz, PJ Eadington - Applied Geochemistry, 2001 - Elsevier
The thermal maturity of oils extracted from inclusions and the fluorescence colours of oil-
bearing fluid inclusions have been measured in 36 sandstone samples from Australasian oil …

Geochemical comparison of fluid inclusion and present-day oil accumulations in the Papuan Foreland–evidence for previously unrecognised petroleum source rocks

H Volk, SC George, H Middleton, S Schofield - Organic Geochemistry, 2005 - Elsevier
Petroleum production in Papua New Guinea is limited to the Papuan Fold Belt. Present-day
oil accumulations in fields such as Iagifu, Hedinia and Gobe are thought to be mainly …

Geochemical comparison of oil-bearing fluid inclusions and produced oil from the Toro sandstone, Papua New Guinea

SC George, FW Krieger, PJ Eadington… - Organic …, 1997 - Elsevier
A detailed study was carried out to compare the geochemistry of the crude oil in the Lower
Cretaceous Toro sandstone reservoir in the Iagifu-7X well with oil trapped in fluid inclusions …

Fault intersections as critical hydrocarbon leakage zones: integrated field study and numerical modelling of an example from the Timor Sea, Australia

A Gartrell, Y Zhang, M Lisk, D Dewhurst - Marine and petroleum geology, 2004 - Elsevier
Fault intersections are identified as important sites for hydrocarbon leakage from the Skua
oil field in the Timor Sea, Australia. Integrated structural and fluid history data sets suggest …

Quantitative evaluation of the oil-leg potential in the Oliver gas field, Timor Sea, Australia

M Lisk, GW O'brien, PJ Eadington - AAPG bulletin, 2002 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Oil-bearing fluid inclusions in sandstone cores and cuttings represent hidden oil shows. The
frequency of quartz grains containing these inclusions (the GOI number) reflects the …

Geochemical analysis techniques and geological applications of oil-bearing fluid inclusions, with some Australian case studies

SC George, H Volk, M Ahmed - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Reliable geochemical information of similar quality to conventional analyses of crude oils
and source rocks can be obtained from oil-bearing fluid inclusions (FI). Carefully controlled …

Fluid inclusion evidence for an early, marine-sourced oil charge prior to gas-condensate migration, Bayu-1, Timor Sea, Australia

SC George, M Lisk, PJ Eadington - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2004 - Elsevier
The distribution of oil-bearing fluid inclusions (FI) in currently gas-bearing Jurassic reservoir
sandstones from Bayu-1 (Northern Bonaparte Basin, Timor Sea) is consistent with the Bayu …

Chemical changes of fluid inclusion oil trapped during the evolution of an oil reservoir: Jabiru-1A case study (Timor Sea, Australia)

J Bourdet, P Eadington, H Volk, SC George… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2012 - Elsevier
This study of the Jabiru oil field, Timor Sea (Australia), shows how the variability of visual
properties of fluid inclusions in palaeo-oil zones can be mapped to identify internal …

The analysis of oil trapped during secondary migration

SC George, M Ahmed, K Liu, H Volk - Organic Geochemistry, 2004 - Elsevier
During secondary migration, there is an opportunity for oil to be trapped as fluid inclusions
(FIs) within framework grains such as quartz and within diagenetic cements that have a …