Petroleum geology / R.E. Chapman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chapman, Richard E.

Series:

Developments in petroleum science ; 16.

Developments in petroleum science ; v. 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum--Geology.

Petroleum.

Petroleum engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (435 pages)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1983.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front Cover; Petroleum Geology; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgement; Postscript; Part 1: General; CHAPTER 1. CONCEPTS OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS; Summary; Introduction; Accumulation of sediment; Transgressions and regressions; Eustatic sea-level changes; Lithological associations in sedimentary basins; Classification of sedimentary basins; References; CHAPTER 2. EARLY DEFORMATION OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS: GROWTH STRUCTURES; Summary; Introduction; Definitions and terminology; Growth faults; Growth anticlines; References

CHAPTER 3. COMPACTION OF SEDIMENT AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES; Summary; Compaction of sediment and sedimentary rocks; Pore-water expulsion; Interstitial water pressures; Mechanical aspects of pore water in sedimentary rocks; Fluid migration from abnormally high pore pressures; References; CHAPTER 4. A SYNOPSIS OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; Introduction; Geological inference; Petroleum geology; Geophysics; References; CHAPTER 5. DRILLING; Introduction; Cable-tool drilling; Rotary drilling; References; CHAPTER 6. THE LOGGING OF BOREHOLES; Summary; General; Principles of electrical logging

Temperature; References; CHAPTER 7. THE NATURE OF OIL AND GAS FIELDS; Summary; Giant oil fields; The oil-rich countries; References; CHAPTER 8. THE NATURE OF PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; Summary; References; CHAPTER 9. ORIGIN AND MIGRATION OF PETROLEUM: GEOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS; Summary; Introduction; Hydrodynamic aspects of migration; Origin and migration of petroleum in carbonate rocks; References; CHAPTER 10. ORIGIN AND MIGRATION OF PETROLEUM: GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL ASPECTS; Summary; Introduction; Primary Migration; Crude oils with high wax content

Alteration of crude oil after generation: water-washing and biodegradation; References; CHAPTER 11. ORIGIN. MIGRATION AND ACCUMULATION OF PETROLEUM: DISCUSSION; Summary; Evidence of stratigraphic position of source for accumulations; Petroleum migration and faults; References; Part 2: Petroleum geology of transgressive sequences; CHAPTER 12. FOSSIL CORAL REEFS; Summary; Introduction; Silurian reefs of the Great Lakes area; Devonian reefs of western Canada; Cretaceous reefs of Mexico; Paleocene reefs of Libya; References; CHAPTER 13. PALAEOGEOMORPHIC AND UNCONFORMITY TRAPS; Summary

Palaeogeomorphic, palaeotopographic traps; Unconformity traps; References; Part 3: Petroleum geology of regressive sequences; CHAPTER 14. ABNORMAL PRESSURES; Summary; Observations; Interpretation of observations; The nature of the transition zone; Other possible causes of abnormal pressures; References; CHAPTER 15. DIAPIRS, DIAPIRISM AND GROWTH STRUCTURES; Summary; Diapirs; Diapirism; Discussion; Growth structures and incipient diapirism; References; CHAPTER 16. SYNTHESIS; Summary; Introduction; Deformation of sedimentary basins; Regressive sequences; Rift basins; References; APPENDIX 1. CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF SHALE-TRANSIT-TIME PLOTS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-77833-8

9786611778330

0-08-086871-1

OCLC:

476220771