Petroleum Formation and Occurrence: A New Approach to Oil and Gas Exploration

Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Production and Accumulation of Organic Matter The Organic Carbon Cycle....Pages 3-13
Evolution of the Biosphere....Pages 14-20
Biological Productivity of Modern Aquatic Environments....Pages 21-30
Chemical Composition of the Biomass: Bacteria, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Higher Plants....Pages 31-54
Sedimentary Processes and the Accumulation of Organic Matter....Pages 55-62
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Diagenesis, Catagenesis and Metagenesis of Organic Matter....Pages 69-73
Early Transformation of Organic Matter: The Diagenetic Pathway from Organisms to Geochemical Fossils and Kerogen....Pages 74-91
Geochemical Fossils and Their Significance in Petroleum Formation....Pages 92-122
Kerogen: Composition and Classification....Pages 123-147
From Kerogen to Petroleum....Pages 148-184
Formation of Petroleum in Relation to Geological Processes. Timing of Oil and Gas Generation....Pages 185-201
Coal and its Relation to Oil and Gas....Pages 202-224
Oil Shales: A Kerogen-Rich Sediment with Potential Economic Value....Pages 225-236
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
An Introduction to Migration and Accumulation of Oil and Gas....Pages 257-259
Physicochemical Aspects of Primary Migration....Pages 260-284
Geological and Geochemical Aspects of Primary Migration....Pages 285-298
Secondary Migration and Accumulation....Pages 299-314
Reservoir Rocks and Traps, the Sites of Oil and Gas Pools....Pages 315-323
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Composition of Crude Oils....Pages 333-368
Classification of Crude Oils....Pages 369-377
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Geochemical Fossils in Crude Oils and Sediments as Indicators of Depositional Environment and Geological History....Pages 378-389
Geological Control of Petroleum Type....Pages 390-408
Petroleum Alteration....Pages 409-419
Front Matter....Pages 427-427
Identification of Source Rocks....Pages 429-471
Oil and Source Rock Correlation....Pages 472-486
Locating Petroleum Prospects: Application of Principle of Petroleum Generation and Migration....Pages 487-499
Mathematical Models: A Quantitative Approach to the Evaluation of Oil and Gas Prospects....Pages 500-521
Back Matter....Pages 529-540