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Henrik I. Petersen is affiliated with the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland in Denmark. Their research is primarily focused on engineering and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant volume of publications spanning these fields.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, including mechanics of materials, geology, geochemistry and petrology, analytical chemistry, and ocean engineering. This multidisciplinary approach supports their involvement in various research topics such as hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, geological studies and exploration, petroleum processing and analysis, coal and its by-products, geology and paleoclimatology research, geochemistry and geologic mapping, and CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions.

Henrik I. Petersen has published extensively in scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Coal Geology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Biochar
  • Journal of Petroleum Geology

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Assessing biochar's permanence: An inertinite benchmark," 2023, International Journal of Coal Geology
  • "Factors controlling accumulation of organic carbon in a rift-lake, Oligocene Vietnam," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Carbon stability and morphotype composition of biochars from feedstocks in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam," 2023, International Journal of Coal Geology
  • "Kerogen composition and maturity assessment of a solid bitumen-rich and vitrinite-lean shale: Insights from the Upper Jurassic Vaca Muerta shale, Argentina," 2020, International Journal of Coal Geology
  • "Sealing capability of the Eocene-Miocene Horda and Lark formations of the Nini West depleted oil field - implications for safe CO2 storage in the North Sea," 2022, International journal of greenhouse gas control

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Hamed Sanei
  • Arka Rudra
  • Niels H. Schovsbo
  • Hans Peter Nytoft
  • Qingyong Luo

Henrik I. Petersen's research topics involve detailed analysis of carbon compounds, geological mapping, and assessments related to sustainable carbon storage. Their work includes the study of biochars, kerogen composition, and shale properties, contributing data relevant to both climate impact assessments and energy resource management.

Best Publications

  • Graphite, semi-graphite, natural coke, and natural char classification—ICCP system

    B Kwiecińska;H.I Petersen

  • Oxygen groups in coals and alginite-rich kerogen revisited

    Henrik I. Petersen;Per Rosenberg;Hans P. Nytoft

  • Reflectance measurements of zooclasts and solid bitumen in Lower Paleozoic shales, southern Scandinavia: Correlation to vitrinite reflectance

    Henrik I. Petersen;Niels H. Schovsbo;Arne Thorshøj Nielsen

  • The petroleum generation potential and effective oil window of humic coals related to coal composition and age

    Henrik I. Petersen

  • Oil generation capacity of coals as a function of coal age and aliphatic structure

    Henrik I. Petersen;Hans P. Nytoft

  • Synchronous Wildfire Activity Rise and Mire Deforestation at the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary

    Henrik I. Petersen;Sofie Lindström

  • Geological evolution, regional perspectives and hydrocarbon potential of the northwest Phu Khanh Basin, offshore Central Vietnam

    Michael B.W. Fyhn;Lars H. Nielsen;Lars O. Boldreel;Le D. Thang

  • COAL-GENERATED OIL: SOURCE ROCK EVALUATION AND PETROLEUM GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE LULITA OILFIELD, DANISH NORTH SEA

    H. I. Petersen;J. Andsbjerg;J. A. Bojesen-Koefoed;H. P. Nytoft

  • A RE‐CONSIDERATION OF THE “OIL WINDOW” FOR HUMIC COAL AND KEROGEN TYPE III SOURCE ROCKS

    H. I. Petersen

  • Morphology, formation and palaeo-environmental implications of naturally formed char particles in coals and carbonaceous mudstones

    Henrik I. Petersen

  • Source Rock Evaluation of Coals from the Lower Maastrichtian Mamu Formation, se Nigeria

    S. O. Akande;I. B. Ogunmoyero;H. I Petersen;H. P. Nytoft

  • REFLECTANCE RETARDATION (SUPPRESSION) AND SOURCE ROCK PROPERTIES RELATED TO HYDROGEN‐ENRICHED VITRINITE IN MIDDLE JURASSIC COALS, DANISH NORTH SEA

    H. I. Petersen;P. Rosenberg

  • The procedure used to develop a coal char classification—Commission III Combustion Working Group of the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology

    E. Lester;D. Alvarez;A.G. Borrego;B. Valentim

  • Combustion char morphology related to combustion temperature and coal petrography

    Per Rosenberg;Henrik I. Petersen;Erik Thomsen

  • Characterisation of oil and potential source rocks in the northeastern Song Hong Basin, Vietnam: indications of a lacustrine-coal sourced petroleum system

    Henrik I. Petersen;Hans P. Nytoft;Lars H. Nielsen

  • Composition and organic maturity of Middle Jurassic coals, North-East Greenland: evidence for liptinite-induced suppression of huminite reflectance

    H.I Petersen;H Vosgerau

  • Petroleum potential of Oligocene lacustrine mudstones and coals at Dong Ho, Vietnam — an outcrop analogue to terrestrial source rocks in the greater Song Hong Basin

    H.I Petersen;C Andersen;P.H Anh;J.A Bojesen-Koefoed

  • Source Rock Properties of Lacustrine Mudstones and Coals (oligocene Dong HO Formation), Onshore Song Hong Basin, Northern Vietnam

    H. I. Petersen;Vu Tru;L. H. Nielsen;Nguyen A. Duc;Nguyen A. Duc

  • Organic Geochemistry in Relation to the Depositional Environments of Middle Jurassic Coal Seams, Danish Central Graben, and Implications for Hydrocarbon Generative Potential

    Henrik Ingermann Petersen;Per Rosenberg;Jan Andsbjerg

  • Petrographic and geochemical composition of kerogen in the Furongian (U. Cambrian) Alum Shale, central Sweden: Reflections on the petroleum generation potential

    H. Sanei;H. I. Petersen;N. H. Schovsbo;C. Jiang

  • Relative sea-level changes recorded by paralic liptinite-enriched coal facies cycles, Middle Jurassic Muslingebjerg Formation, Hochstetter Forland, Northeast Greenland

    H.I. Petersen;J.A. Bojesen-Koefoed;H.P. Nytoft;F. Surlyk

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Henrik Nielsen
Lars Henrik Nielsen Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Erik Thomsen
Erik Thomsen Aarhus University
Finn Surlyk
Finn Surlyk University of Copenhagen
Stefan Piasecki
Stefan Piasecki University of Copenhagen
Hamed Sanei
Hamed Sanei Aarhus University
Lars Stemmerik
Lars Stemmerik University of Copenhagen
Christian Tegner
Christian Tegner Aarhus University
Deolinda Flores
Deolinda Flores University of Porto
Wolfgang Oschmann
Wolfgang Oschmann Goethe University Frankfurt
Isabel Suárez-Ruiz
Isabel Suárez-Ruiz Spanish National Research Council

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