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Introduction to petroleum geology

Part 1: Introduction
1. History
2. Current usage
3. Future prospects
Part 2: The 6 things needed for petroleum
1. Source rocks
a. Organic matter & productivity
b. Preservation potential
c. Marine mudrocks
d. Stratified lakes
e. Deltas
2. Heat
a. Maturation
b. Oil & gas windows
3. Migration pathway
4. Reservoir
a. Porosity
b. Permeability
5. Seal
6. Trap
a. Stratigraphic
b. Structural
c. Combination
d. Hydrodynamic
Reading:
1. Bjrlykke, K. 2010. Petroleum Geoscience: From Sedimentary Rocks to
Rock Physics. Springer, Heidelberg. Chapter 1.
2. Gluyas, J. and Swarbrick, R. E. 2004. Petroleum Geoscience. Blackwell,
Oxford, Sections 1.5-1.6 & 4.2-4.5.

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Introduction to petroleum geology: Principal Figures

Source rocks

Heat

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Introduction to petroleum geology: Principal Figures

Migration pathway

Traps

Bjrlykke 2010

Stratigraphic traps

Structural traps

Bjrlykke 2010

Combination traps

Bjrlykke 2010

Hydrodynamic traps