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Rolando Di Primio

Rolando Di Primio

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Earth Science

D-Index
36
Citations
3912
World Ranking
7387
National Ranking
541

Overview

Rolando Di Primio is affiliated with Constructor University in Germany. Their research encompasses multiple disciplines within engineering, chemistry, and environmental science, with a focus on hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis. Over the course of their career, they have contributed to topics including petroleum processing and analysis, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, enhanced oil recovery techniques, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, methane hydrates and related phenomena, as well as microbial community ecology and physiology.

The scientist's publication record includes significant works published in peer-reviewed journals and widely recognized venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • On the determination of oil charge history and the practical application of molecular maturity markers, 2022, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Timing and origin of multiple petroleum charges in the Solveig oil field, Norwegian North Sea: A rhenium-osmium isotopic study, 2020, AAPG Bulletin
  • Corroborative insights into genetically related kerogen, asphaltenes and hydrocarbons using free and bound biomarkers, 2022, International Journal of Coal Geology
  • A modified isooctane-based DNA extraction method from crude oil, 2023, mLife
  • Hydrocarbon distribution along the Soapaga thrust (Eastern Cordillera, Colombia) based on new strategic geochemistry samples, 2021, Acta Geochimica

Di Primio frequently collaborates with several authors in their field, notably including Brian Horsfield and Jens Kallmeyer with six joint publications each. Other frequent co-authors are Alexander J. Probst with five collaborations, Armando Alibrandi with four, and Shengyu Yang with three.

The scientist's works are often published in recurring venues such as Marine and Petroleum Geology and the SPWLA 63rd Annual Symposium Transactions, as well as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), AAPG Bulletin, and the International Journal of Coal Geology.

Their main fields of study emphasize engineering topics, particularly mechanics of materials, with notable contributions to analytical chemistry and ocean engineering. Subfields also include global and planetary change and mechanical engineering.

  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • SPWLA 63rd Annual Symposium Transactions
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • AAPG Bulletin
  • International Journal of Coal Geology

  • Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental Science

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Mechanical Engineering

  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Petroleum Processing and Analysis
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Best Publications

  • The conversion of oil into gas in petroleum reservoirs. Part 1 : Comparative kinetic investigation of gas generation from crude oils of lacustrine, marine and fluviodeltaic origin by programmed-temperature closed-system pyrolysis

    H.J. Schenk;R. di Primio;Brian Horsfield

  • From petroleum-type organofacies to hydrocarbon phase prediction

    R. di Primio;B. Horsfield

  • Three-dimensional modeling study of the low-permeability petroleum system of the Bakken Formation

    Philipp P. Kuhn;Rolando di Primio;Ronald Hill;James R. Lawrence

  • Living microbial ecosystems within the active zone of catagenesis: Implications for feeding the deep biosphere

    B. Horsfield;H.J. Schenk;K. Zink;R. Ondrak

  • Effects of biodegradation on oil and gas field PVT properties and the origin of oil rimmed gas accumulations

    Steve Larter;Steve Larter;Rolando di Primio

  • Influence of maturity on distributions of benzo- and dibenzothiophenes in Tithonian source rocks and crude oils, Sonda de Campeche, Mexico

    D. Santamarı́a-Orozco;B. Horsfield;R. di Primio;D.H. Welte

  • Determining the temperature of petroleum formation from the kinetic properties of petroleum asphaltenes

    Rolando di Primio;Rolando di Primio;Brian Horsfield;Mario A. Guzman-Vega

  • Hydrocarbon plumbing systems above the Snøhvit gas field: Structural control and implications for thermogenic methane leakage in the Hammerfest Basin, SW Barents Sea

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  • Tectonically induced adjustment of passive-margin accommodation space; influence on the hydrocarbon potential of the Orange Basin, South Africa

    Douglas A. Paton;David van der Spuy;Rolando di Primio;Brian Horsfield

  • Petroleum system evolution in the inverted Lower Saxony Basin, northwest Germany: a 3D basin modeling study

    B. Bruns;R. di Primio;U. Berner;R. Littke

  • Insights into the Petroleum System Evolution of the southern Orange Basin, South Africa

    Douglas. A. Paton;Rolando di Primio;Gesa Kuhlmann;David van der Spuy

  • PVT and phase behaviour analysis in petroleum exploration

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  • 3D-basin modelling of the Hammerfest Basin (southwestern Barents Sea): A quantitative assessment of petroleum generation, migration and leakage

    Enmanuel Rodrigues Duran;Rolando di Primio;Zahie Anka;Daniel Stoddart

  • Segmentation and volcano-tectonic characteristics along the SW African continental margin, South Atlantic, as derived from multichannel seismic and potential field data

    Hannes Koopmann;Hannes Koopmann;Dieter Franke;Bernd Schreckenberger;Henning Schulz

  • Hydrocarbon Generation Kinetics of Lacustrine Yanchang Shale in Southeast Ordos Basin, North China

    Shuangbiao Han;Brian Horsfield;Jinchuan Zhang;Qian Chen;Qian Chen

  • Stable carbon isotopic ratios of CH4–CO2-bearing fluid inclusions in fracture-fill mineralization from the Lower Saxony Basin (Germany) – A tool for tracing gas sources and maturity

    Volker Lüders;Birgit Plessen;Rolando di Primio

  • Physical properties of petroleum formed during maturation of Lower Cambrian shale in the upper Yangtze Platform, South China, as inferred from PhaseKinetics modelling

    Jingqiang Tan;Brian Horsfield;Nicolaj Mahlstedt;Jinchuan Zhang

  • Predicting the generation of heavy oils in carbonate/evaporitic environments using pyrolysis methods

    R. Di Primio;B. Horsfield

  • Identification of a large Upper Cretaceous polygonal fault network in the Hammerfest basin: Implications on the reactivation of regional faulting and gas leakage dynamics, SW Barents Sea

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  • Evidence of a widespread paleo-pockmarked field in the Orange Basin: An indication of an early Eocene massive fluid escape event offshore South Africa

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  • Pressure solution in carbonate source rocks and its control on petroleum generation and migration

    Detlev Leythaeuser;Ornella Borromeo;Fausto Mosca;Rolando di Primio

  • Passive margin evolution and its controls on natural gas leakage in the southern Orange Basin, blocks 3/4, offshore South Africa

    Gesa Kuhlmann;Selwyn Adams;Curnell Campher;David van der Spuy

  • HYDROCARBON SEEPAGE AND CARBONATE MOUND FORMATION: A BASIN MODELLING STUDY FROM THE PORCUPINE BASIN (OFFSHORE IRELAND)

    J. Naeth;R. Primio;B. Horsfield;R. G. Schaefer

  • Petroleum potential and kinetic models for hydrocarbon generation from the Upper Cretaceous to Paleogene Latrobe Group coals and shales in the Gippsland Basin, Australia

    Soumaya Abbassi;Dianne S. Edwards;Simon C. George;Herbert Volk

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver C. Mullins
Oliver C. Mullins Schlumberger (United States)
Andrew E. Pomerantz
Andrew E. Pomerantz Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)

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