Title: Dynamics of oil and gas accumulations /
Authors: Perrodon, Alain
Date: 1983
Publisher: Elf Aquitaine,
Physical description: 368 p. : ill., maps ; 31 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: T
Abstract: Sciences de la terre.
Contents: SEDIMENTARY BASINS: Main basin types -- Geodynamics of sedimentary basins -- SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS AND MECHANISMS AND THEIR PETROLEUM CONSEQUENCES: Characteristics and rates of certain sedimentary environments -- Mineral transformations related to subsidence -- HYDROCARBONS: Characteristics of crude oils and natural gases -- Hydrocarbon genesis -- Primary migrations and the source rock concept -- RESERVOIRS AND SEALS: Reservoirs -- Seals -- HYDROCARBON FLOWS, SECONDARY MIGRATION, TRAPPING AND SEEPAGE: Driving force and mechanisms of secondary migration -- Chief modes of migration and trapping -- Dysmigrations, alterations and seeps -- Trapping and accumulation -- THE MAJOR TYPES OF TRAPS AND POOLS: Structural pools -- Stratigraphic and combination pools -- Miscellaneous pools and unconventional resources -- THE CONCEPT Of PETROLEUM SYSTEMS AND PROVINCES: Main petroleum criteria -- Main geological criteria -- Hydrocarbon distribution -- THE MAIN TYPES Of PETROLEUM PROVINCE: Platform basins -- Rift basins -- Orogenic belt provinces -- THE MAIN PETROLEUM PROVINCES: Provinces of the Middle East -- Provinces of the USSR -- The North Sea province -- The North american provinces -- The provinces of the Gulf of Mexico -- The Venezuelan provinces -- Saharan basins -- Niger Delta province -- The provinces of Southeast Asia -- Main petroleum provinces of western Europe -- PETROLEUM EXPLORATION: Exploration yield and strategy -- The American example -- Ultimate hydrocarbon resources.
Notes: "This is the entirely revised and updated text of the French edition: Perrodon, A.: Géodynamique pétrolière. Genèse et répartition des gisements d'hydrocarbures.-- Elf Aquitaine et Masson, 1980"--P. [2]
Subject headings (LCSH): Natural gas reserves; Natural gas--Geology; Petroleum engineering; Petroleum reserves; Petroleum--Geology