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 …

Mineralogical and geochemical evidence for biogenic and petroleum-related uranium mineralization in the Qianjiadian deposit, NE China

L Zhao, C Cai, R Jin, J Li, H Li, J Wei, H Guo… - Ore Geology Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The sandstone-hosted Qianjiadian uranium deposit, hosted in the Upper Cretaceous Yaojia
Formation in the Qianjiadian area, Songliao Basin, NE China, has been studied for over …

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 …

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 …

Preservation of hydrocarbons and biomarkers in oil trapped inside fluid inclusions for> 2 billion years

SC George, H Volk, A Dutkiewicz, J Ridley… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2008 - Elsevier
Oil-bearing fluid inclusions occur in a ca. 2.45 Ga fluvial metaconglomerate of the Matinenda
Formation at Elliot Lake, Canada. The oil, most likely derived from the conformably overlying …

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 …

Geochemistry of oil in fluid inclusions in a middle Proterozoic igneous intrusion: implications for the source of hydrocarbons in crystalline rocks

A Dutkiewicz, H Volk, J Ridley, SC George - Organic geochemistry, 2004 - Elsevier
The ca. 1280 Ma dolerite sill within the Mesoproterozoic Roper Group in the Roper
Superbasin, Australia, contains evidence for at least two episodes of hydrocarbon migration …

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 …