Oil Shale ebook is available to be downloaded here now. In 1694 the British Crown issued Patent Number 330 to Martin Eele and his colleagues who reported to have found a way to extract and make great quantities of pitch, tar and oil out of a “sort of stone”. This is the first verified report … Read more
3-D seismic interpretation ebook is available to be downloaded here now. 3-D seismic data have become the key tool used in the oil and gas industry to understand the subsurface. In addition to providing excellent structual images, the dense sampling of a 3-D survey can sometimes make it possible to map resewoir quality and the … Read more
Tectonics and Seismic Sequence Stratigraphy ebook is available to be downloaded here now. The application of sequence stratigraphic models to seismic data is restricted by the vertical and spatial resolution of the data. The fundamental stratigraphic unit of the sequence stratigraphic technique is the seismically distinguished ‘sequence’ although the concept of tectonically related ‘mega-sequences’ is … Read more
Introduction to Well Logs and Subsurface Maps ebooks is available to be downloaded here now. This book introduces different types of geophysical logs and subsurface maps that can be generated from basic well data, and subsurface problems that can be solved using geophysical logs and subsurface maps. “Hands-on” exercises will reveal how each map type … Read more
Advances in Reservoir Geology ebook is available to be downloaded here now. With the increasing maturity of exploration in the North Sea Basin the challenge for reservoir geology has moved towards the exploitation of smaller and technically more demanding hydrocarbon accumulations, and the maximization of reserves from the established, producing fields. In both cases there … Read more
Well Logging for Earth Scientists ebook is available to be downloaded here now. Twenty years ago, the objectives of the first edition of this book were numerous and ambitious: to demystify the process of well log analysis; to examine the physical basis of the multitude of geophysical measurements known collectively as well logging; to clearly … Read more
Geothermal Resources ebook is available to be downloaded here now. Since the Arab oil embargo of 1974, it has been clear that the days of almost limitless quantities of low-cost energy have passed. In addition, ever worsening pollution due to fossil fuel consumption, for instance oil and chemical spills, strip mining, sulphur emission and accumulation … Read more
Sequence Stratigraphy ebook is available to be downloaded here now. In 1989, the chief geologist of BP Exploration and his senior colleagues recognized the need to expand the company’s resource ofsequence stratigraphers, and created the Stratigraphic Studies Group. This group initially in cluded a few experts, but was composed chiefly of a mixture of willing … Read more
Carbonate Reservoirs ebooks is available to be downloaded here now. In the decade since the publication of Carbonates Diagenesis and Porosity, I have given numerous public and in-house innduxtry seminar under the auspices of Oil and Gas Consultants International (OGCI). These seminars were based on the carbonate diagenesis and porosity theme, using the first volume … Read more
Offshore Geotechnical Engineering ebook is available to be downloaded here now. Interest in the construction and development of offshore structures is increasing for several reasons. Demand for hydrocarbons makes offshore oil and gas commercially attractive. Increasing interest in renewable energy has made offshore wind farms attractive, and wave, current, and tidal energy systems will soon … Read more