Elements of petroleum geology

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6739665

Selley, R C

This work surveys the modern science of petroleum geology. Its aim is twofold: to describe generation, migration, and entrapment of oil and gas, and to outline the various procedures used in their location, evaluation, and production. Selley begins the book with an account of the physical and chemical properties of petroleum, followed by a review of the methods of petroleum exploration and production, including drilling, geophysical exploration techniques, wireline logging, and subsurface geological mapping. Selley next describes the temperatures and pressures of the subsurface environment and the composition and hydrodynamics of connate fluids. He goes on to examine the generation and migration of petroleum, reservoir rocks, and trapping mechanisms, the habitat of petroleum in sedimentary basins, and the composition and formation of tar sands and oil shales. Selley ends the book with a brief review of prospect risk analysis, reserve estimation, and other economic topics.

• OSTI ID: 6739665
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
CHEMISTRY
CONNATE WATER
DOCUMENT TYPES
DRILLING
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENT
EVALUATION
EXPLORATION
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GEOCHEMISTRY
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
GEOLOGIC TRAPS
GEOLOGY
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROSTATICS
INTERSTITIAL WATER
MAPPING
MATERIALS
NATURAL GAS
OIL SANDS
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ORIGIN
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
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PRODUCTION
RESERVOIR ROCK
REVIEWS
SEDIMENTARY BASINS
SURVEYS
TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
WATER
WELL DRILLING
WELL LOGGING