A fluid inclusion study of cement and vein minerals from the Celtic Sea Basins, offshore Ireland

Late Palaeozoic hydrocarbon migration through the Clair field, West of Shetland, UK Atlantic margin

“…Oil inclusion fluorescence colours have been used as a qualitative guide for the thermal maturity of migrating oils (Stasiuk and Snowdon, 1997;Bradshaw et al, 1998;O'Reilly et al, 1998) and are directly related to oil density (API gravity; Stasiuk and Snowdon, 1997;Parnell et al, 1999). Studies have shown that oil inclusions of higher API gravity and maturity fluoresce in the blue end of the visible spectrum, whereas those of lower API gravity and maturity fluoresce in the red region (McLimans, 1987;Bodnar, 1990).…”

Fluid inclusions in buried quartz of the Yanchang sandstone in the Jiyuan area, Ordos Basin, China: Implications for basin evolution and petroleum accumulation

“…The measurement of the homogenization temperature of the inclusions follows the general method that O’Reilly et al. (1998) and Zhao et al.…”

Simulation of the fluorescence evolution of “live” oils from kerogens in a diamond anvil cell: Application to inclusion oils in terms of maturity and source

“…Alternatively, they can be assessed by qualitatively correlating fluorescence to other independent maturity or environmental parameters (McLimans, 1987(McLimans, , 1991Videtich et al, 1988;Guilhaumou et al, 1990;Li and Mai, 1992;Earnshaw et al, 1993;Lisk et al, 1993;Sellwood et al, 1993;Goldstein and Reynolds, 1994;Lisk and Eadington, 1994;Stasiuk and Snowdon, 1997;Bradshaw et al, 1998;O'Reilly et al, 1998;Oxtoby, 2002). Crude oils have been used as standards for establishing the relationship between fluorescence and API gravity, and thus have been used to calibrate the colors of included oils in the same petroleum system (Blanchet et al, 2003).…”