Petroleum Formation and Occurrence [Paperback]

Current and authoritative with many advanced concepts forpetroleum geologists, geochemists, geophysicists, orengineers engaged in the search for or production of crudeoil and natural gas, or interested in their habitats and thefactors that control them, this book is an excellentreference. It is recommended without reservation. AAPGBulletin.Current and authoritative with many advanced concepts forpetroleum geologists, geochemists, geophysicists, orengineers engaged in the search for or production of crudeoil and natural gas, or interested in their habitats and thefactors that control them, this book is an excellentreference. It is recommended without reservation. AAPGBulletin.Production and Accumulation of Organic Matter: A Geological Perspective.- Production and Accumulation of Organic Matter The Organic Carbon Cycle.- Evolution of the Biosphere.- Biological Productivity of Modern Aquatic Environments.- Chemical Composition of the Biomass: Bacteria, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Higher Plants.- Sedimentary Processes and the Accumulation of Organic Matter.- The Fate of Organic Matter in Sedimentary Basins: Generation of Oil and Gas.- Diagenesis, Catagenesis and Metagenesis of Organic Matter.- Early Transformation of Organic Matter: The Diagenetic Pathway from Organisms to Geochemical Fossils and Kerogen.- Geochemical Fossils and Their Significance in Petroleum Formation.- Kerogen: Composition and Classification.- From Kerogen to Petroleum.- Formation of Gas.- Formation of Petroleum in Relation to Geological Processes. Timing of Oil and Gas Generation.- Coal and its Relation to Oil and Gas.- Oil Shales: A Kerogen-Rich Sediment with Potential Economic Value.- The Migration and Accumulation of Oil and Gas.- An Introduction to Migration and Accumulation of Oil and Gas.- Physicochemical Aspects of Primary Migration.- Geological and Geochemical Aspects of Primary Migration.- SecondarylN