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Migrationis the movement of oil and gas within the sub-surface.Primary migrationis the first phase of the migration process; it involves expulsion of hydrocarbons from their fine-grained, low-permeability source rock into a carrier bed having much greater permeability.Secondary migrationis the movement of oil and gas within this carrier bed.Accumulationis the concentration of migrated hydrocarbons in a relatively immobile configuration, where they can be preserved over long periods of time.Trapsare the means by which migration is stopped and accumulation occurs.
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Waples, D.W. (1985). Migration. In: Geochemistry in Petroleum Exploration. Geological Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5436-6_6
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