By
R C Selley
Richard Selley, Department of Earth Science & Engineering, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London, UK
Description
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 to expand their knowledge beyond their specialized area. It is also an excellent introductory
text for a university course in petroleum geoscience.
Elements of Petroleum Geology begins with an account of the physical
and chemical properties of petroleum, reviewing methods of petroleum exploration and production. These methods include drilling, geophysical
exploration techniques, wireline logging, and subsurface geological mapping. After describing the temperatures and pressures of the subsurface
environment and the hydrodynamics of connate fluids, Selley examines the generation and migration of petroleum, reservoir rocks and trapping
mechanisms, and the habit of petroleum in sedimentary basins. The book contains an account of the composition and formation of tar sands
and oil shales, and concludes with a brief review of prospect risk analysis, reserve estimation, and other economic topics.
Audience:
Undergraduate and graduate students in geology, geophysics, and basin analysis; petroleum geologists in industry.
