Publications

• B.J. Katz and F. Lin, 2014. Lacustrine basin unconventional resource plays: Key differences. Marine and Petroleum Geology 56, 255-265.
• B.J. Katz, 2011. Microbial processes and natural gas accumulations. The Open Geology Journal 5, 75-83.
• B.J. Katz, 2010. Geologic and geochemical controls on oil quality. Boletin de la Asociacion Mexicana de Geologos Petroleros, A.C. 55, 9-21.
• T. Cool, B. Katz, T. Dinges, D. Reimers and R. Flesher, 2008. Hydrocarbon source rock assessment and revised biostratigraphy of DSDP Site 369A, offshore northest African Margin. Journal of Petroleum Geology 31, 117-134.
• B. Katz and V.D. Robison, 2006. Oil quality in deepwater settings – concerns, perceptions, observations and reality. AAPG Bulletin 90, 909-920.
• B.J. Katz, 2006. Significance of ODP results on deepwater hydrocarbon exploration – Eastern equatorial Atlantic region. Journal of African Earth Science 46, 331-345.
• B.J. Katz and R.C. Haack, 2006. Hydrocarbon charge in Niger Delta petroleum systems. Journal of Mining and Geology 42, 1-14.
• B.J. Katz, 2005. Controlling factors on source rock development – A review of productivity, preservation and sedimentation rate. In N. Harris (ed.), Deposition of Organic Carbon-Rich Sediments: Models, Mechanism and Consequences. SEPM Special Publication 82, 7-16.
• B.J. Katz, A. Narimanov and R. Husinzadeh, 2002. Significance of microbial processes in gases of the South Caspian basin. Marine and Petroleum Geology 19, 783-796.
• B.J. Katz, 2001. Lacustrine basin exploration – current thoughts. Journal of Paleolimnology 26, 161-179.
• Seventy-five peer-reviewed publications and more than 120 presentations on the applications of geochemistry to petroleum exploration. These works have addressed exploration risk, controls on the deposition of organic-rich sediments, characterization of organic matter and lacustrine basins. These works have touched six continents.