Elements of Petroleum Geology

This Second Edition of Elements of Petroleum Geology is fully updated and revised to the first edition. This book is a useful proprietor for geophysicists, geologists, and petroleum engineers in the oil industry. It is also an excellent introduction to a university course in petroleum geoscience.
Elements of Petroleum Geology begins with an account of petroleum exploration and production. These methods include drilling, geophysical exploration techniques, wireline logging, and subsurface geological mapping. After describing the temperatures and pressures of the subsurface environment, and the habit of petroleum in sedimentary basins. The book contains an overview of the composition and the review of prospective analysis, reserve estimation, and other economic topics.


* Updates the First Edition completely
* Reviews of the concepts and methodology of petroleum exploration and production
* Written by a preeminent petroleum geologist and sedimentologist with 30 years of petroleum exploration in remote corners of the world
* Contains information pertinent to geophysicists, geologists, and petroleum reservoir engineers

(Chapter Headings) Introduction. The Physical and Chemical Properties of Petroleum. Methods of Exploration. The Subsurface Environment. Generation and Migration of Petroleum. The Reservoir. Traps and Seals. Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Systems. Non-Conventional Petroleum Resources. Conclusions. Appendices.