Elements of Petroleum Geology by Selley, Richard C. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover image Title page Table of Contents Petroleum Exploration: Past, Present, and Future Copyright Preface to the Third Edition Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1. Historical Review of Petroleum Exploration 1.2. The Context of Petroleum Geology

Chapter 2. The Physical and Chemical Properties of Petroleum

2.1. Natural Gases 2.2. Gas Hydrates 2.3. Crude Oil

Chapter 3. Methods of Exploration

3.1. Well Drilling and Completion 3.2. Formation Evaluation 3.3. Geophysical Methods of Exploration 3.4. Borehole Geophysics and 4D Seismic 3.5. Subsurface Geology 3.6. Remote Sensing

Chapter 4. The Subsurface Environment

4.1. Subsurface Waters 4.2. Subsurface Temperatures 4.3. Subsurface Pressures 4.4. Subsurface Fluid Dynamics

Chapter 5. Generation and Migration of Petroleum

5.1. Origin of Petroleum: Organic or Inorganic 5.2. Modern Organic Processes on the Earth's Surface 5.3. Formation of Kerogen 5.4. Petroleum Migration 5.5. The Petroleum System

Chapter 6. The Reservoir

6.1. Porosity 6.2. Permeability 6.3. Capillary Pressure 6.4. Relationship between Porosity, Permeability, and Texture 6.5. Effects of Diagenesis on Reservoir Quality 6.6. Reservoir Continuity 6.7. Reservoir Characterization 6.8. Reserve Calculations 6.9. Production Methods

Chapter 7. Traps and Seals

7.1. Introduction 7.2. Nomenclature of a Trap 7.3. Distribution of Petroleum within a Trap 7.4. Seals and Cap Rocks 7.5. Classification of Traps 7.6. Structural Traps 7.7. Diapiric Traps 7.8. Stratigraphic Traps 7.9. Hydrodynamic Traps 7.10. Combination Traps 7.11. Traps: Conclusion

Chapter 8. Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Systems

8.1. Basic Concepts and Terms 8.2. Mechanisms of Basin Formation 8.3. Classification of Sedimentary Basins 8.4. Cratonic Basins 8.5. Troughs 8.6. The Rift-Drift Suite of Basins 8.7. Strike-Slip Basins 8.8. Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Systems

Chapter 9. Nonconventional Petroleum Resources

9.1. Introduction 9.2. Plastic and Solid Hydrocarbons 9.3. Tar Sands 9.4. Oil Shales 9.5. Tight Oil Reservoirs 9.6. Coalbed Methane 9.7. Shale Gas 9.8. Tight Gas Reservoirs

Chapter 10. Conclusions

10.1. Prospects and Probabilities 10.2. Reserves and Resources

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