GEOLOGY
Petroleum geology is the study of origin, occurrence, movement, accumulation, and exploration of hydrocarbon fuels. It refers to the specific set of geological disciplines that are applied to the search for hydrocarbons.
This book is written primarily for students of petroleum geosciences in the terminal phases of university work and for those who are just beginning a career in the oil industry. The main thrust of the book is petroleum geology. The text also includes, however, material on geophysics and petroleum reservoir engineering. Both of these branches are presented at a very basic level, and petroleum geoscientists need more knowledge than this book contains. |
The aim of this book is to introduce petroleum geoscience to geologists, be they senior undergraduates or postgraduates, and to nongeologists (petrophysicists, reservoir engineers, petroleum engineers, drilling engineers, and environmental scientists) working in the petroleum industry. We define petroleum geoscience as the disciplines of geology and geophysics applied to understanding the origin and distribution and properties of petroleum and petroleum-bearing rocks. The book will deliver the fundamentals of petroleum geosciences and allow the reader to put such information into practice. |
Since petroleum exploration and production make use of many of the same geological parameters, it is essential that geologists, geophysicists, and engineers share a common ground and knowledge, understanding each other as well as what they see in the geologic record. Written for individuals with limited or non-specific geologic experience, Basic Petroleum Geology addresses the fundamental concepts of the earth in terms of petroleum occurrence, exploration, and recovery. As a review and different point of view, this book is a reference for the practicing geologist, geophysicist and engineer. |
A petroleum system encompasses a pod of active source rock and all related oil and gas and includes all the essential elements and processes needed for oil and gas accumulations to exit. The essential elements are the source rock, reservoir rock, seal rock, and overburden rock, and the processes include trap formation and the generation-migration-accumulation of petroleum. All essential elements must be placed in time and space such that the processes required to form a petroleum accumulation can occur. |
Geology is the science that deals with the history and structure of the earth and its life forms, especially as recorded in the rock record. A basic understanding of its concepts and processes is essential in the petroleum industry, for it is used to predict where oil accumulations might occur. It is the job of the petroleum geologist to use his/her knowledge to reconstruct the geologic history of an area to determine whether the formations are likely to contain petroleum reservoirs. |
This is a book on the geology of hydrocarbon reservoirs in carbonate rocks. Although it is written for petroleum geologists, geophysicists, and engineers, it can be useful as a reference for hydrogeologists and environmental geologists because reservoirs and aquifers differ only in the fl uids they contain. Environmental geoscientists interested in contaminant transport or hazardous waste disposal also need to know about porosity (capacity to store) and permeability (capacity to fl ow) of subsurface formations. |
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