Unconventional Petroleum Geology

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