Factors influencing hydrogen yield in water radiolysis and implications for hydrocarbon generation: a review

Hydrocarbon generation is a process of adding H and removing S, N, and other heteroatoms. Traditional theories of hydrocarbon generation and the evaluation of oil and gas reservoirs both neglect consideration of the influence of exogenous H2. To probe the possibility that exogenous H2 from water radiolysis influences hydrocarbon generation by source rocks, data from water radiolysis experiments are collected, and factors affecting H2 yield are...