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This Second Edition of Elements of Petroleum Geology is completely updated and revised to reflect the vast changes in the field in the fifteen years since publication of the First Edition. This book is a usefulprimer for geophysicists, geologists, and petroleum engineers in the oil industry who wish...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Selley, Richard C., 1939-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Academic Press, [1998]
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Petroleum > Geology.
Natural gas > Geology.
Online Access:Table of contents
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 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
  • Nonconventional petroleum resources
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix A : standard units and conversion factors
  • Appendix B : glossary
  • Index.