A review of oil geochemistry in the UK North Sea
by Akinniyi Akinwumiju
The geochemical characteristics of UK North Sea oils have been investigated over very many years with the oils mainly being typed to the Kimmeridge Clay source rock (dominated by oil-prone Type II marine kerogen; e. g. Cornford, 1998; Underhill, 1998; Gautier, 2005; Raji et al.