Occurrence and preservation of primary organic matter in a hybrid unconventional reservoir: Montney Formation, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

OH Ardakani, J Cesar, PK Pedersen, SJ Mackie… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lower Triassic Montney Formation of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
(WCSB) is a world-class unconventional hydrocarbon resource in North America. It was …

Insights on using solid bitumen reflectance as a thermal maturity proxy in the Bakken Formation, Williston Basin, USA

PC Hackley, C Scott, JE Birdwell, JL Nedzweckas… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
To further refine the use of solid bitumen reflectance (BRo in%) as a measurement of
thermal maturity in source-rock reservoirs, we examined its relationship to other thermal …

Geochemical evidence for the internal migration of gas condensate in a major unconventional tight petroleum system

JM Wood, J Cesar, OH Ardakani, A Rudra, H Sanei - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Unconventional petroleum systems go through multiple episodes of internal hydrocarbon
migration in response to evolving temperature and pressure conditions during burial and …

Paleo-biodegradation and hydrocarbon mixing in a major hybrid petroleum reservoir

J Cesar, OH Ardakani, E Watt, Y Song, A Kingston… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Some of the parental material for hydrocarbons produced from low-permeability reservoirs in
Western Canada corresponds to thermal products from biodegraded oil. This has been …

[HTML][HTML] Oil migration from internal and external source rocks in an unconventional hybrid petroleum system, Montney Formation, western Canada

A Rudra, JM Wood, V Biersteker, H Sanei - International Journal of Coal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Unconventional hybrid petroleum systems are partially to entirely self-sourced. Their
hydrocarbons are generated within internal (intraformational) organic-rich mudstone source …

Influence of faults on late-stage migration of methane-rich gas in a major unconventional hydrocarbon accumulation: Montney Formation, western Canada

JM Wood, T Euzen, J Cesar - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Faults are thought to act as barriers or conduits for intraformational hydrocarbon migration
within unconventional low-permeability hydrocarbon accumulations. However, well …

δ13Corg record from the Latest Permian to Middle Triassic in the middle paleo-latitude Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: Global correlation and environmental …

H Zhu, G Zhang, M Li, Y Cui, D Li, L Sun… - Palaeogeography …, 2025 - Elsevier
We present a new organic carbon isotopic record (δ 13 C org) from the c-65-F/94-B-8 (c-65-
F) core, located in the middle paleo-latitudinal Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) …

Intraformational migration of oil, gas-condensate and methane-rich gas in a major unconventional petroleum accumulation: Montney Formation, Western Canada

JM Wood - … Resources Technology Conference, 4-6 December …, 2024 - library.seg.org
The Early Triassic Montney Formation in western Canada hosts a world-class
unconventional petroleum accumulation with a complex history of hydrocarbon charging …

Fluid flow and water/rock interaction during the Early Triassic evolution of the western Canada sedimentary basin as revealed by carbonate diagenesis

MH Liseroudi, OH Ardakani, PK Pedersen… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Diagenetic evolution of sedimentary basins, which is crucial to resource exploration and
development, and carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), is mainly controlled by …

Depositional, stratigraphic and structural controls on the geometry of Montney Formation reservoirs: Lower Triassic, northeast British Columbia, northwest Alberta

IP Proverbs, KL Bann, B Taylor… - Bulletin of …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Lower Triassic Montney Formation is a world-class unconventional
hydrocarbon reservoir that spans the border of northeast British Columbia and northwest …