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lements, this geological system cannot generate petroleum due to unfavorable post-depositional petroleum system processes. Image courtesy of Owen
In this work, distinct petroleum systems were
established by unique, regionally significant,
basin- and stratigraphically-constrained source
rocks. These source rocks were considered to
have, or have had, the potential to charge plays in
a basin, and were recorded in the global Neftex ®
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Figure 1> Diagram showing the elements and processes of a conventional petroleum system, and its hierarchical organization within the
proposed schema.