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Hydrocarbon source-rock

Author: Roland VIALLY

Publication date: October 10, 2014

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8. Conclusions. Evolution or revolution?

The emergence of unconventional hydrocarbons, and more specifically bedrock hydrocarbons, has taken this subject well beyond the technical or even energy sphere, and turned it into a real social issue. Is this an evolution or a revolution?

8.1 Evolution

Ever since the notion of the petroleum system was developed and, above all, popularized in the world of oil exploration with the publication of Leslie B. Magoon's book "The Petroleum System: From Source to Trap". Magoon's "The Petroleum System: From Source to Trap" in the early 1980s, the nature and...

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