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Nine oils from seven different discoveries in the Northern North Sea area and 10 Jurassic shale samples from three wells in the same area have been analysed and correlated using molecular marker and isotopic properties. The oils were divided into two groups, the main difference between the groups being the maturity. Highest maturity is encountered in the two samples from blocks 30/4 and 35/8. The most likely source kerogens for the oils are different maturity stages of the Draupne and Heather Formations such as in 30/7–7, possibly with some input from the Drake Formation, represented by the maturity stage in 30/3–1.
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Schou, L., Eggen, S., Schoell, M. (1985). Oil—oil and oil—source rock correlation, Northern North Sea. In: Thomas, B.M. (eds) Petroleum Geochemistry in Exploration of the Norwegian Shelf. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4199-1_7
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