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Overview

Kenneth E. Peters is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of engineering and environmental science, with a particular focus on mechanics of materials, global and planetary change, analytical chemistry, artificial intelligence, and environmental chemistry.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including:

  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Petroleum processing and analysis
  • Geochemistry and geologic mapping
  • Methane hydrates and related phenomena
  • Enhanced oil recovery techniques
  • Geological studies and exploration

They have contributed to research published in multiple venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Organic Geochemistry
  • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • International Journal of Coal Geology
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Kenneth E. Peters are:

  • Insights into catalytic effects of clay minerals on hydrocarbon composition of generated liquid products during oil cracking from laboratory pyrolysis experiments, 2021, Organic Geochemistry
  • Molecular mechanisms of solid bitumen and vitrinite reflectance suppression explored using hydrous pyrolysis of artificial source rock, 2022, Organic Geochemistry
  • Oil biomarker signature and hydrocarbon prospectivity of Paleozoic versus Mesozoic source rocks in the Faghur-Sallum basins, Egypt's Western Desert, 2022, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Organic geochemistry of possible Middle Miocene-Pliocene source rocks in the west and northwest Nile Delta, Egypt, 2021, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Soil geochemistry of hydrogen and other gases along the San Andreas fault, 2023, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Kenneth E. Peters often collaborates with several co-authors, most frequently with:

  • Carl J. Wendt
  • W.Sh. El Diasty
  • Ahmed Khairy
  • William Meredith
  • Paul C. Hackley

Best Publications

  • The Biomarker Guide: Interpreting Molecular Fossils in Petroleum and Ancient Sediments

    Kenneth E. Peters;J. M. Moldowan

  • The Biomarker Guide

    K. E. Peters;C. C. Walters;J. M. Moldowan

  • Guidelines for Evaluating Petroleum Source Rock Using Programmed Pyrolysis

    K. E. Peters

  • Applied Source Rock Geochemistry

    Kenneth E. Peters;Mary Rose Cassa

  • Effects of source, thermal maturity, and biodegradation on the distribution and isomerization of homohopanes in petroleum

    K.E. Peters;J.M. Moldowan

  • Correlation of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in sedimentary organic matter 1

    K. E. Peters;R. E. Sweeney;I. R. Kaplan

  • Biomarkers and isotopes in the environment and human history

    Kenneth E. Peters;Clifford C. Walters;J. Michael Moldowan

  • Diamondoid hydrocarbons as indicators of natural oil cracking

    J. E. Dahl;J. M. Moldowan;K. E. Peters;G. E. Claypool

  • Effects of hydrous pyrolysis on biomarker thermal maturity parameters: Monterey Phosphatic and Siliceous members

    K.E. Peters;J.M. Moldowan;P. Sundararaman

  • Early Generation Characteristics of a Sulfur-Rich Monterey Kerogen

    David K. Baskin;Kenneth E. Peters

  • Geochemistry of Crude Oils from Eastern Indonesia

    Ken E. Peters;Tom H. Fraser;Welly Amris;Budi Rustanto

  • Applications of petroleum geochemistry to exploration and reservoir management

    Ken E Peters;Martin G Fowler

  • Sulfur speciation in heavy petroleums: Information from X-ray absorption near-edge structure

    Geoffrey S. Waldo;Robert M.K. Carlson;J.Michael Moldowan;Kenneth E. Peters

  • Source indicators of humic substances and proto-kerogen. Stable isotope ratios, elemental compositions and electron spin resonance spectra☆

    Daniel H Stuermer;K.E Peters;I.R Kaplan

  • Selective biodegradation of extended hopanes to 25-norhopanes in petroleum reservoirs. Insights from molecular mechanics

    Kenneth E. Peters;J.Michael Moldowan;Mark A. McCaffrey;Frederick J. Fago

  • Chemostratigraphic reconstruction of biofacies: Molecular evidence linking cyst-forming dinoflagellates with pre-Triassic ancestors

    J. Michael Moldowan;Jeremy Dahl;Jeremy Dahl;Stephen R. Jacobson;Bradley J. Huizinga

  • Petroleum isotopic and biomarker composition related to source rock organic matter and depositional environment

    K.E. Peters;J.M. Moldowan;M. Schoell;W.B. Hempkins

  • Thermal alteration of Cretaceous black shale by diabase intrusions in the eastern Atlantic. II - Effects on bitumen and kerogen

    Bernd R.T. Simonet;S. Brenner;K.E. Peters;I.R. Kaplan

  • A New Geochemical-Sequence Stratigraphic Model for the Mahakam Delta and Makassar Slope, Kalimantan, Indonesia

    K. E. Peters;John W Snedden;A. Sulaeman;J. F. Sarg

  • Paleoenvironmental implications of novel C30 steranes in Precambrian to Cenozoic Age petroleum and bitumen

    Mark A McCaffrey;J Michael Moldowan;Paul A Lipton;Roger E Summons

  • Applied Source Rock Geochemistry: Chapter 5: Part II. Essential Elements

    Kenneth E. Peters;Mary Rose Cassa

  • Biological markers in sediments and petroleum

    Kenneth E. Peters

Frequent Co-Authors

Clifford C. Walters
Clifford C. Walters ExxonMobil (United States)
J. Michael Moldowan
J. Michael Moldowan Stanford University
Isaac R. Kaplan
Isaac R. Kaplan University of California, Los Angeles
Oliver C. Mullins
Oliver C. Mullins Schlumberger (United States)
Andrew E. Pomerantz
Andrew E. Pomerantz Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)
Stephan A. Graham
Stephan A. Graham Stanford University
Robert K. Nelson
Robert K. Nelson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Christopher M. Reddy
Christopher M. Reddy Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Robert M. K. Carlson
Robert M. K. Carlson Stanford University
Bernd R.T. Simoneit
Bernd R.T. Simoneit Oregon State University

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