Petroleum generating characteristics from asphaltene pyrolysis

• Horsfield, B., Heckers, J., Leythaeuser, D., Littke, R. and Mann,U. 1991 A study of the Holzener Asphaltkalk, Northern Germany: Observations regarding the distribution, composition and origin of organic matter in an exhumed petroleum reservoir. Mar. Petrol. Geol. 8, 198-211.
• Muscio, G.P.A., Horsfield, B. and Welte, D.H. 1991. Compositional changes in the macromolecular organic matter (kerogens, asphaltenes and resins) of a naturally matured source rock sequence from northern Germany as revealed by pyrolysis methods. In: Organic Geochemistry Advances and Applications in the Natural Environment (Edited by Manning D.A.C.), 447-449, Manchester University Press, Manchester and New York.
• Horsfield B., Düppenbecker, S.J., Schenk, H.J. and Schaefer, R.G. 1993 Kerogen typing concepts designed for the quantitative geochemical evaluation of petroleum potential. In: Basin modelling; Advances and applications edited by Dor A.G., Augustson J.H., Hermanrud C., Steward D.J. and Sylta O. Norwegian Petroleum Society Special Publication 3, 243-249.
• di Primio R., Horsfield B., and Guzman-Vega M.A. (2000) Determining the temperature of petroleum formation from the kinetic properties of petroleum asphaltenes. Nature 406, No. 6792, 173-176.
• Dieckmann, V.; Caccialanza, P. G. and Galimberti, R. (2002) Evaluating the timing of oil expulsion: about the inverse behaviour of light hydrocarbons and oil asphaltene kinetics, Organic Geochemistry 33, 1501-1513.

Petroleum generating characteristics from kerogen pyrolysis

• Muscio G.P.A. and Horsfield B. 1996 Neoformation of Inert Carbon during the Natural Maturation of a marine source rock; Bakken Shale, Williston Basin. Energy and Fuels 10, 10-18
• Muscio G., Horsfield B. and Welte D.H. 1994 The Bakken in-source reservoir system - new findings on organofacies and petroleum generation. In: Advances in Organic Geochemistry. Editedby Öygard K. et al. Org. Geochem. 22, 3-5, 461-476.
• diPrimio R. and Horsfield B. 1997 Predicting the Generation of Heavy Oils in Carbonate/Evaporitic Environments using Pyrolysis Methods. Org. Geochem. 24, 10/11, 999-1016
• Horsfield, B. 1989. Practical criteria for classifying kerogens: Some observations from pyrolysis-gas chromatography. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 53, 891-901.
• Horsfield B. 1997 The bulk composition of first-formed petroleum in source rocks. In: Petroleum and Basin Evolution (Edited by Welte D.H., Horsfield B. and Baker D.R.), 335-402, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg
• Schenk, H.J. and Horsfield B. 1998 Using natural maturation series to evaluate the utility of parallel reaction kinetics models: an investigation of Toarcian shales and Carboniferous coals, Germany. In: Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1997 (Edited by Horsfield B. et al.). Org. Geochem. 29, 137-154.
• Horsfield B., Curry D.J., Bohacs K., Littke R., Rullkötter J., Schenk H.J., Radke M., Schaefer R.G., Carroll A.R., Isaksen G. and Witte E.G. 1994 Organic geochemistry of freshwater and alkaline lacustrine environments, Green River Shale, Wyoming. In: Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1993. Edited by Öygard K. et al. Org. Geochem. 22, 3-5, 415-440.
• Dieckmann V., Horsfield B. and Schenk H.J. (2000) Heating rate dependency of petroleum-forming reactions: implications for compositional kinetic predictions. In: Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1999 (Edited by Yalcin et al.), Organic Geochemistry 31, 1333-1348
• Schenk, H. J. and V. Dieckmann (2004). "Prediction of petroleum formation: the influence of laboratory heating rates on kinetic parameters and geological extrapolations. In:." Marine and Petroleum Geology, 21, 79-95.
• Dieckmann, V., M. Fowler, Horsfield, B. (2004). "Predicting the composition of natural gas generated by the Duvernay Formation (Western Canada Sedimentary Basin) using a compositional kinetic approach." Organic Geochemistry, 35, 845-862
• Dieckmann, V. (2005) Modelling petroleum formation from heterogeneous source rocks: the influence of frequency factors on activation energy distribution and geological prediction. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 22, 375-390
• Keym M., Dieckmann V., Horsfield B., Erdmann M., Galimberti R., Kua L.C., Leith L., Podlaha O. (2006): Source rock heterogeneity of the Upper Jurassic Draupne Formation, North Viking Graben, and its relevance to petroleum generation studies. Org. Geochem 37, 220-243
• Dieckmann, V., Ondrak, R., Cramer, B., Horsfield, B. (2006): Deep basin gas: New insights from kinetic modelling and isotopic fractionation in deep-formed gas precursors. Marine and Petroleum Geology 23, 183199

Phase prediction

• di Primio, R., Dieckmann, V., Mills N., (1998): PVT and phase behaviour analysis in petroleum exploration. Organic Geochemistry, V. 29, p. 207-222.
• di Primio, R. (2002): Unravelling secondary migration effects through the regional evaluation of PVT data: a case study from Quadrant 25, NOCS. Organic Geochemistry, 33, p. 643-653.
• di Primio, R., Skeie, J.E., (2004): Development of a compositional kinetic model for hydrocarbon generation and phase equilibria modelling: A case study from Snorre Field, Norwegian North Sea. In: Cubitt J.M., W.A. England, S.R. Larter (Eds.). Understanding Petroleum Reservoirs: Towards an Integrated Reservoir Engineering and Geochemical Approach, Geological Society Special Publication 237, Geological Society Publishing House, London, pp. 157-174
• di Primio, R., Horsfield, B. (2006): From petroleum-type organofacies to hydrocarbon phase prediction, AAPG Bulletin, 90, 7 2006. 1031-1058

Oil-gas conversion

• Horsfield, B., Schenk, H.J., Mills, N. and Welte, D.H. 1992 Investigation of the in-reservoir conversion of oil to gas: compositional and kinetic findings from closed-system programmed-temperature pyrolysis. In: Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1991 Edited by Eckardt, Ch. et al., Organic Geochemistry 19, 191-204.
• Schenk H.J., di Primio R. and Horsfield B. 1997 The conversion of oil into gas. Part 1: Comparative kinetic investigation of gas generation from crude oils of lacustrine, marine and fluviodeltaic origin by programmed-temperature closed-system pyrolysis. Org. Geochem. 26, 467-481.
• Dieckmann V., Horsfield B., Schenk H.J., and Welte D.H. 1998 Kinetics of petroleum generation and cracking by programmed-temperature closed-system pyrolysis of Posidonia Shale. Fuel 77, 23-31
• Dieckmann V., Schenk H.J., Horsfield B. (2000) Assessing the overlap of primary and secondary reactions by closed- versus open-system pyrolysis of marine kerogens, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 56 (1), 33 - 46.
• Erdmann M. and Horsfield B. (2006): Enhanced late gas generation potential of petroleum source rocks via condensation reactions: Evidence from the Norwegian North Sea. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70, 3943-3956.

MSSV method

• Horsfield, B., Disko, U. and Leistner, F. 1989. The micro-scale simulation of maturation: Outline of a new technique and its potential applications. Geologische Rundschau 78/1, 361-374.
• Schenk H.J. and Horsfield B. 1993 Kinetics of Petroleum Generation from Open versus Closed System Pyrolysis Experiments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 57, 623-630.
• Hall K., Horsfield B. and Mills N. 1993 On the feasibility of coupling microscale sealed vessel (MSSV) pyrolysis, gas chromatography and isotope ratio mass spectrometry for studying the thermal degradation of crude oil into natural gas. In: Organic Geochemistry. Poster sessions from the 16th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Stavanger 1993 (Edited by K. Oygard), Falch Hurtigtrykk, Oslo, 794-797.

Organics in fluid inclusions

• Horsfield, B. and McLimans, R.K. 1985. Geothermometry and geochemistry of aqueous and oil-bearing fluid inclusions from Fateh Field, Dubai. In: Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1983. Edited by Schenck, P. et al. Pergamon Journals, Oxford, 733-740.
• Jochum J., Germann A., Friedrich G., Horsfield B. and Pickel W. 1995 Mechanical decrepitation coupled with gas chromatography - a new method for the determination of hydrocarbons in ore minerals. Third Biennial SGA Meeting (Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits). Mineral Deposits: From their Origin to their Environmental Impacts. Prague, Czech Republic, August 28-31, 1995.
• Volk, H., Mann, U., Burde, O., Horsfield, B. & Such, V. Petroleum inclusions and residual oils; constraints for deciphering petroleum migration. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 69-70, 595-599 (2000).

Seepage expressions

• Cavanagh A.J., di Primio R., Scheck-Wenderoth M. and Horsfield B. (2006) Severity and timing of Cenozoic exhumation in the southwestern Barents Sea. Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol. 163, 114.
• Naeth, J., di Primio, R., Horsfield, B., Schaefer, R.G., Shannon, P.M., Bailey, W.R., and Henriet, J.P., 2005. Hydrocarbon seepage and carbonate mound formation: a basin modelling study from the Porcupine Basin (offshore Ireland). Journal of Petroleum Geology, 28 (2), p. 43-62.