"oil generation" is a valid phrase and is used in written English.
You might use it, for example, in a sentence such as: "The current oil generation is becoming increasingly expensive and inefficient."
The Ordovician carbonate source rock in the Ordos Basin began to generate oil in the Middle Triassic, reached peak oil generation in the Jurassic, and over-matured to generate gas in the Early Cretaceous (Tang et al. 2000).
In summary, the Late Cretaceous sediments are generally characterised by relatively high potential for oil generation (Fig. 11b).
My wife, a child of the olive- oil generation, picked her salsify batons – ooh, batons!
These fractures and pores were mainly formed by oil generation, tectonic stress, or dissolution.
Maximum oil generation occurs from depths of 2,000 to 2,900 metres (6,600 to 9,500 feet).
That's more than natural gas (2,181), coal (2,115) and oil generation of electric power (480) combined.
Rock-Eval pyrolysis data and Illite Crystallinity Index indicated that the Pabdeh Formation is in beginning of oil generation.
Aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons geochemical data indicate level of maturity corresponding to the onset of oil generation.
The exploration, development and studies of the oils from the coal greatly developed non-marine oil generation theory.
Coal and oil generation fell sharply during that same period, and the state's last large coal-fired power plant shut down last year.
Finally, the timing of oil generation for Belayim, Thebes, Lower Rudeis and Brown Limestone source rocks in the Northern Gulf of Suez area is updated.
