Petroleum Geoscience From Sedimentary Environments to Rock Physics /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bjørlykke, Knut (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Earth Sciences.

This comprehensive textbook presents an overview of petroleum geoscience for geologists active in the petroleum industry, while also offering a useful guide for students interested in environmental geology, engineering geology and other aspects of sedimentary geology. In this second edition, new cha...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Petroleum Geology
• Introduction to Sedimentology
• Sedimentary Geochemistry
• Sandstones and Sandstone Reservoirs
• Carbonate Sediments
• Mudrocks, Shales, Silica Deposits and Evaporites
• Stratigraphy
• Sequence Stratigraphy, Seismic Stratigraphy
• Heat Transport in Sedimentary Basins
• Subsurface Water and Fluid Flow in Sedimentary Basins
• Introduction to Geomechanics: Stress and Strain in Sedimentary Basins
• The Structure and Hydrocarbon Traps of Sedimentary Basins
• Compaction of Sedimentary Rocks Including Shales, Sandstones and Carbonates
• Source Rocks and Petroleum Geochemistry
• Petroleum Migration
• Well Logging: Principles, Applications and Uncertainties
• Seismic Exploration
• Explorational Rock Physics – The Link Between Geological Processes and Geophysical Observables
• 4D Seismic
• Interpretation of Marine CSEM - and Marine MT Data for Hydrocarbon Prospecting
• Production Geology
• Introduction to Reservoir Modelling
• Unconventional Hydrocarbons. Oil Shales, Heavy Oil, Tar Sand, Shale Gas, Shale Oil and Gas Hydrates
• Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
• Geology of the Norwegian Continental Shelf
• Exploration Strategy.