Geochemical attributes, pore structures and fractal characteristics of Barakar shale deposits of Mand-Raigarh Basin, India

S Kumar, VA Mendhe, AD Kamble, AK Varma… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pore structures in the shale matrix are an essential factor affecting the storage capacity of
gas of shale beds as well as production performance. Twenty organic-rich shale samples at …

[HTML][HTML] Feature selection in GC-MS, NMR and MALDI-TOF spectra of tar sand bitumen

S Rudyk, Y Ongarbayev, P Spirov - Unconventional Resources, 2023 - Elsevier
Expectations from unconventional reservoirs are often overly optimistic when estimation
criteria are transferred from one location to another but some of the many important …

Geoelectrical resistivity imaging of shallow oil sands in the Eastern Dahomey Basin (SW Nigeria): Implication for heavy oil exploration and production

OE Eruteya, MA Lawal, KO Omosanya… - Journal of African Earth …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Eastern Dahomey Basin hosts an extensive reserve of oil sands, a significant
portion of which is unexplored and located within the southwestern part of Nigeria. Here, we …

Source rock evaluation of Afowo clay type from the Eastern Dahomey Basin, Nigeria: insights from different measurements

S Mohammed, M Opuwari, S Titinchi - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Cretaceous Afowo Formation in the Eastern Dohamey Basin is characterized
by an admixture of lithofacies ranging from sandstones, claystones, shales, clays …

Geochemical evidences linking the Lower Cretaceous source rocks to the biodegraded bitumen seeps and tar sands in the Gulf of Guinea Basin

A Toyin, N Zhong, FO Idris, O Adekeye, S Shi - Organic Geochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
The source of biodegraded bitumen seeps and tar sands in the Nigerian axis of the Gulf of
Guinea province has been a contentious issue for decades. The most prevalent opinion is …

Geochemical evaluation of the carbonaceous shale of the upper cretaceous Anambra Basin for potential gas generation, Nigeria

GO Akintola, PR Ikhane, F Amponsah-Dacosta… - Arabian Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The rise in demand for natural gas has spurred the need to investigate the inland
sedimentary basin for more potential sources. In response, the petrophysical parameters of …

Sedimentation, depositional environments, and hydrocarbon potential of the Maastrichtian-Paleocene Araromi Formation, eastern Dahomey (Benin) Basin …

OA Oluwajana, AO Opatola, OJ Adamolekun… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2021 - Springer
The Cretaceous sediments in southwestern Nigeria are host to one of the largest bitumen
deposits in the world. In the current paper, an integrated study on sedimentology …

Pore structure and seal capacity of Ilaro formation shales in the eastern Dahomey Basin: implications from mercury injection capillary pressure and spontaneous …

CF Ukaomah, L Zhang, Y Xu, M Sun, B Yang… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A petrophysical evaluation of caprock pore characteristics and seal capacity is critical for
geologic storage of CO2. In this study, integration of X-ray diffraction, mercury injection …

Evaluation of source rock potential and hydrocarbon composition of oil sand and associated clay deposits from the Eastern Dahomey Basin, Nigeria

S Mohammed, M Opuwari, S Titinchi, T Bata… - Journal of African Earth …, 2019 - Elsevier
Oil sands are classified as unconventional hydrocarbon plays and are being exploited to
augment global energy needs. Nigeria has the largest conventional oil industry in Africa, but …

[HTML][HTML] n-Alkane bound biomarker fingerprints from asphaltenes in the bitumens of Eastern Dahomey Basin, Nigeria: Source and genetic implications

MA Egbeola, OC Adeigbe, OJ Adamolekun - Petroleum Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The asphaltene fractions of the bitumens of Eastern Dahomey Basin in Nigeria, were
analyzed by flash pyrolysis-gas chromatography (Py-GC) method in order to unravel its …