Richard Sykes

Engineering · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis(34), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research(15), Coal Properties and Utilization(12), Geological formations and processes(8), Petroleum Processing and Analysis(8)

Publications74 total

Aerial LiDAR Based, Source Resolved Methane Emissions Inventory: Permian Basin Case Study for Benchmarking U.S. Emissions
2025Open Access
Geophysical characterisation and improved delineation of coaly source rocks from integrated analysis of laboratory, well and seismic data
The APPEA Journal·2023
Evaluation of Re–Os geochronology and Os isotope fingerprinting of Late Cretaceous terrestrial oils in Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
Marine and Petroleum Geology·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Late Paleocene CO <sub>2</sub> drawdown, climatic cooling and terrestrial denudation in the southwest Pacific
Climate of the past·2022· 11 citedOpen Access
Comment on cp-2021-122
2021Open Access
Comment on cp-2021-122
2021Open Access
Late Paleocene CO <sub>2</sub> drawdown, climatic cooling, and terrestrial denudation in the southwest Pacific
2021· 2 citedOpen Access
Depositional influences on Re-Os systematics of Late Cretaceous–Eocene fluvio-deltaic coals and coaly mudstones, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
International Journal of Coal Geology·2021· 10 citedOpen Access
Delineation of coaly source rock distribution and prediction of organic richness from integrated analysis of seismic and well data
Marine and Petroleum Geology·2020· 18 cited
Re-Os geochronology and isotope systematics, and organic and sulfur geochemistry of the middle–late Paleocene Waipawa Formation, New Zealand: Insights into early Paleogene seawater Os isotope composition
Chemical Geology·2020· 22 citedOpen Access
Mid-Paleocene climatic cooling, CO 2 drawdown and terrestrial denudation in the Southwest Pacific
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts·2019
Correction to: Interpretation of source rock depositional environment and age from seep oil, east coast of New Zealand
International Journal of Earth Sciences·2019· 3 citedOpen Access
Depositional and organofacies influences on the petroleum potential of an unusual marine source rock: Waipawa Formation (Paleocene) in southern East Coast Basin, New Zealand
Marine and Petroleum Geology·2019· 29 cited
Interpretation of source rock depositional environment and age from seep oil, east coast of New Zealand
International Journal of Earth Sciences·2019· 38 cited
Retardation of Diamondoid Generation and Isomerisation in Coals and Implications for Calibrating Maturities of Coal-Sourced Oils
29th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry·2019
Peat biomass and early diagenetic controls on oil generation from Mahakam delta coals, Kutei basin: preliminary study of coals from the Jalan Baru section near Samarinda
Proc. Indon Petrol. Assoc., 34th Ann. Conv.·2018· 5 cited
Unraveling Petroleum Degradation, Maturity, and Mixing and Addressing Impact on Petroleum Prospectivity: Insights from Frontier Exploration Regions in New Zealand
Energy & Fuels·2018· 44 cited
Tectono-sedimentary evolution and source rock distribution of the mid to Late Cretaceous succession in the Great South Basin, New Zealand
The APPEA Journal·2014· 25 cited
Marine influence helps preserve the oil potential of coaly source rocks: Eocene Mangahewa Formation, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
Organic Geochemistry·2013· 52 cited
The structural evolution of organic matter during maturation of coals and its impact on petroleum potential and feedstock for the deep biosphere
Organic Geochemistry·2013· 41 cited
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Sebastian Naeher(6), Brian Horsfield(5), Christopher J. Hollis(5), J. Ian Raine(4), Erica M. Crouch(4), V. Ashkenazi(4), L R Snowdon(3), S.D. Killops(3), Rob Funnell(3), Kai Mangelsdorf(3), Zachary F.M. Burton(3), J. Michael Moldowan(3), Stephan A. Graham(3), Christopher D. Clowes(3), G. Todd Ventura(3), Enock Rotich(3), Monica R. Handler(3), David Selby(3), Murray Jones(3), Jan J. Hartog(3)