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Sources and Reactions of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Formation

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Petroleum Hydrocarbons

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The present chapter is devoted to biogenic compounds serving as starting material for petroleum hydrocarbons. Presented are results of laboratory experiments in the simulation of natural petroleum formation processes, also discussed are possible mechanisms of reactions thus involved. Moreover, it reviews and analyzes contemporary perceptions related to transformations of organic molecules during diagenesis and catagenesis, together with reactions and important intermediates in these transformations.

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  1. Institute of Geology and Exploitation of Combustible Fuels, Fersman Str. 50, 117312, Moscow, USSR

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Petrov, A.A. (1987). Sources and Reactions of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Formation. In: Petroleum Hydrocarbons. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71737-6_6

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