Petroleum Formation and Occurrence

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.- Secondary Migration and Accumulation.- Reservoir Rocks and Traps, the Sites of Oil and Gas Pools.- The Composition and Classification of Crude Oils and the Influence of Geological Factors.- Composition of Crude Oils.- Classification of Crude Oils.- Geochemical Fossils in Crude Oils and Sediments as Indicators of Depositional Environment and Geological History.- Geological Control of Petroleum Type.- Petroleum Alteration.- Heavy Oils and Tar Sands.- Oil and Gas Exploration: Application of the Principles of Petroleum Generation and Migration.- Identification of Source Rocks.- Oiland Source Rock Correlation.- Locating Petroleum Prospects: Application of Principle of Petroleum Generation and Migration - Geological Modeling.- Geochemical Modeling: A Quantitative Approach to the Evaluation of Oil and Gas Prospects.- Habitat of Petroleum.- The Distribution of World Oil and Gas Reserves and Geological-Geochemical Implications.