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Gas-prone

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-001642

Describing a petroleum system or a source rock that is more likely to generate natural gas than crude oil. This tendency is influenced by the type of organic matter present in the source rock and the thermal maturity it has reached. Type III kerogen, for example, is typically gas-prone.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-001642
FieldOil and gas
SubjectGeology
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-001642",
  "term": "Gas-prone",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "Describing a petroleum system or a source rock that is more likely to generate natural gas than crude oil. This tendency is influenced by the type of organic matter present in the source rock and the thermal maturity it has reached. Type III kerogen, for example, is typically gas-prone.",
  "subject": "Geology",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/gas-prone/"
}

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