Petroleum Geology

Fall 06
Thomas Gregg

Presentation Outline

Petroleum formation
The traps where petroleum can be found
Oil recovery
M. King Hubert & his projections for the US
World oil projections
Post-petroleum era

Energy Capture

http://www.indiana.edu/~diatom/diat
om.html

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapte
r08.html

Petroleum Formation
Diagenetic transformation of sapropelic
organic matter into kerogen
Catagenesis converts kerogen to petroleum

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Source & Reserve Rock

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Structural Traps
Anticline Trap

http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/systems/traps/structural/structural.html

Structural Traps
Fault Trap

http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/systems/traps/structural/structural.html

Structural Traps
Salt Dome Trap

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Stratigraphic Trap

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Oil Recovery
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary

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M. King Hubbert

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mages/MKingHubbert.jpg
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bbert/images/MKingHubbert.jpg

World Oil Production

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Total
Production

Producers

Net oil Exports

1. Saudi Arabia

10.37

1. Saudi Arabia

8.73

2. Russia

9.27

2. Russia

6.67

3. United
States

8.69

3. Norway

2.91

4. Iran

4.09

4. Iran

2.55

5. Mexico

3.83

5. Venezuela

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2.36

Numbers in Millions of
barrels per day

Total
consumption

Consumers

Importers4

Net Oil
imports

1. United States

20.5

1. United
States

11.8

2. China

6.5

2. Japan

5.3

3. Japan

5.4

3. China

2.9

4. Germany

2.6

4. Germany

2.5

5. Russia

2.6

5. South
Korea

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2.1

Numbers in Millions of
barrels per day

Petroleum Uses

Transportation
Food Production
Medical supplies
Medicine
Plastics
Production of goods
Electricity
Etc

Post-Petroleum Era
Where will our energy
come from?
Will war, famine, and
other disasters erupt
after peek oil?
Where will our food
come from?
What in your daily life
is oil not connected to
in some way?

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p-content/backbone10.jpg

"Growth, growth, growth -- that's all we've

known . . . World automobile production is
doubling every 10 years; human
population growth is like nothing that has
happened in all of geologic history. The
world will only tolerate so many doublings
of anything -- whether it's power plants or
grasshoppers." -- M. King Hubbert, 1975.

Resources

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http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/systems/traps/structural/structural.html
Schuler, Ron. M. King Hubbert. Updated 10-05-05. Obtained 12-12-06.
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http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter08.html
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http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/systems/traps/structural/structural.html
Infoplease. Top World Oil Producers, Exporters, Consumers, and Importers, 2004. Obtained 1212-06. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0922041.html

Image Resources
http://www.indiana.edu/~diatom/diatom.html
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter08.html
http://www.hybridcars.com/images/petroleum-patriot.gif
http://www.culverco.com/sseng/images/gas/4-4ai.gif
http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/systems/traps/structural/structural.html
http://www.torp.ku.edu/about/images/tertiary.png
http://www.hubbertpeak.com/hubbert/images/MKingHubbert.jpg
http://www.hubbertpeak.com/hubbert/images/MKingHubbert.jpg
http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/02/markets/peak_oil/GrowingGap2.gif
http://www.watchermagazine.com/wp-content/backbone10.jpg