Unconventional Petroleum Geology

Unconventional Petroleum Geology, Second Edition presents the latest research results of global conventional and unconventional petroleum exploration and production. The first part covers the basics of unconventional petroleum geology, its introduction, concept of unconventional petroleum geology, unconventional oil and gas reservoirs, and the origin and distribution of unconventional oil and gas.

The second part is focused on unconventional petroleum development technologies, including a series of technologies on resource assessment, lab analysis, geophysical interpretation, and drilling and completion. The third and final section features case studies of unconventional hydrocarbon resources, including tight oil and gas, shale oil and gas, coal bed methane, heavy oil, gas hydrates, and oil and gas in volcanic and metamorphic rocks.

• Provides an up-to-date, systematic, and comprehensive overview of all unconventional hydrocarbons
• Reorganizes and updates more than half of the first edition content, including four new chapters
• Includes a glossary on unconventional petroleum types, including tight-sandstone oil and gas, coal-bed gas, shale gas, oil and gas in fissure-cave-type carbonate rocks, in volcanic reservoirs, and in metamorphic rocks, heavy crude oil and natural bitumen, and gas hydrates
• Presents new theories, new methods, new technologies, and new management methods, helping to meet the demands of technology development and production requirements in unconventional plays

Exploration Geologists, Geochemists, and Geophysicists globally with a focus on hydrocarbon exploration. Students and instructors at the graduate level in the Geosciences

Part I. Basic Knowledge About Unconventional Petroleum Geology

Chapter 1. Introduction

• 1. History of Petroleum Geology
• 2. Global Petroleum Development Trends
• 3. Strategic Position of Unconventional Petroleum Resources
• 4. Unconventional Petroleum Geology Establishment

Chapter 2. Meaning of Unconventional Petroleum Geology

• 1. Concepts of Unconventional Petroleum Geology
• 2. Theoretical Framework of Unconventional Petroleum Geology
• 3. Types of Unconventional Petroleum
• 4. Differences Between Unconventional and Conventional Petroleum
• 5. Orderly Accumulation of Conventional–Unconventional Petroleum

Chapter 3. Unconventional Petroleum Reservoirs

• 1. Fine-Grained Sediments
• 2. Lake-Centered Sediments
• 3. Types of Reservoirs
• 4. Microscale to Nanoscale Pore–Throat Systems
• 5. Mud Shale Pore Evaluation
• 6. Tight Sandstone Reservoir Evaluation

Chapter 4. Unconventional Petroleum Accumulation and Evaluation

• 1. High-Quality Source Rock Systems
• 2. Continuous Petroleum Accumulation
• 3. Evaluation of the Six Characteristics
• 4. Method of Evaluating Sweet Spots

Part II. Unconventional Petroleum Techniques

Chapter 5. Resource Assessment Methods for Unconventional Petroleum

• 1. Summary
• 2. Analogy Method
• 3. Statistical Methods
• 4. Genetic Method

Chapter 6. Experimental Analysis

• 1. Reservoir Characterization
• 2. Modeling Techniques
• 3. Techniques for Detecting Oil and Gas Possibility

Chapter 7. Geophysical Techniques

• 1. Logging Evaluation Techniques
• 2. Reservoir Prediction Technology Based on Prestack Seismic Data

Chapter 8. Well Drilling and Completion Techniques

• 1. Microseismic Monitoring
• 2. Horizontal Well Drilling and Completion Techniques
• 3. “Factory” Production Model

Part III. Unconventional Petroleum Miscellany

Chapter 9. Tight Oil and Gas

• 1. Summary
• 2. Tight Sandstone Gas
• 3. Tight Oil
• 4. Case Study

Chapter 10. Shale Oil and Gas

• 1. Summary
• 2. Shale Genesis and Geochemistry
• 3. Characteristics of Shale Reservoirs
• 4. Characteristics of Shale Gas
• 5. Characteristics of Shale Oil
• 6. Key Techniques for Shale Gas
• 7. Case Study

Chapter 11. CBM

• 1. Summary
• 2. Coalbed Methane Geology
• 3. Key Techniques for Shale Gas Development
• 4. Case Study

Chapter 12. Heavy Oil and Bitumen

• 1. Summary
• 2. Physical and Chemical Properties of Heavy Oil and Bitumen
• 3. Generation and Distribution of Heavy Oil and Bitumen
• 4. Production Technologies for Heavy Oil and Bitumen
• 5. Case Study

Chapter 13. Oil Shale

• 1. Summary
• 2. Characteristics of Oil Shale
• 3. Key Utilization Techniques for Oil Shale
• 4. Case Study

Chapter 14. Natural Gas Hydrate

• 1. Summary
• 2. Concepts and Characteristics of Natural Gas Hydrate
• 3. Formation and Occurrence of Natural Gas Hydrates
• 4. Key Techniques for Natural Gas Hydrates

Chapter 15. Other Unconventional Petroleum Resources

• 1. Carbonate Fracture–Cavity Hydrocarbon
• 2. Volcanic Reservoirs and Hydrocarbon Accumulations
• 3. Metamorphic Reservoirs and Hydrocarbon Accumulation