Geochemical analysis may indicate oil kitchen near Seychelles bank

Journal Article · Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:7150581

Plummer, P S ^[1]

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1. Seychelles National Oil Co., Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles (CA)

This paper reports that the regular occurrence of tarballs on beaches in the Seychelles archipelago attests to the presence of a mature and generating hydrocarbon kitchen in the Mesozoic succession on and/or adjacent to the Seychelles bank. Since 1978 many tarballs have been collected and analyzed form Coetivy Island while, despite a seemingly annual occurrence of tarballs on the main island of Mahe and nearby Silhouette some 300-350 km to the north northwest, to date only one such sample has been analyzed from each island.

• OSTI ID: 7150581
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Vol. 90:35; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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