Because oil-prone Type-II kerogens can generate oil at different vitrine reflectance values, Lewan GeoConsultants uses an Rock-Eval HI established relationships with kerogen atomic H/C ratios or Atomic H/(H+C) fractions to determine and map stages of petroleum formation and transformation ratios (TR) to test kinetic models.

Royal Society Paper on Hydrous Pyrolysis

AAPG presentation on Bakken shale