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Petroleum Geoscience

From Sedimentary Environments to Rock Physics

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  • Provides state-of-the-art knowledge required by geoscientists seeking a career in the petroleum industry

  • Written by authors with many years of professional experience

  • A valuable primer for tackling much more specialized, in-depth information and issues related to exploration and recovery of oil and gas

  • New chapters added and others expanded on geophysical methods in general and electromagnetic exploration methods in particular

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introduction to Petroleum Geology

    • Knut Bjørlykke
    Pages 1-29
  3. Introduction to Sedimentology

    • Knut Bjørlykke
    Pages 31-90
  4. Sedimentary Geochemistry

    • Knut Bjørlykke
    Pages 91-117
  5. Sandstones and Sandstone Reservoirs

    • Knut Bjørlykke, Jens Jahren
    Pages 119-149
  6. Carbonate Sediments

    • Nils-Martin Hanken, Knut Bjørlykke, Jesper Kresten Nielsen
    Pages 151-216
  7. Mudrocks, Shales, Silica Deposits and Evaporites

    • Knut Bjørlykke
    Pages 217-229
  8. Stratigraphy

    • Jenø Nagy, Knut Bjørlykke
    Pages 231-253
  9. Heat Transport in Sedimentary Basins

    • Knut Bjørlykke
    Pages 273-277
  10. Introduction to Geomechanics: Stress and Strain in Sedimentary Basins

    • Knut Bjørlykke, Kaare Høeg, Nazmul Haque Mondol
    Pages 301-318
  11. Source Rocks and Petroleum Geochemistry

    • Knut Bjørlykke
    Pages 361-372
  12. Petroleum Migration

    • Knut Bjørlykke
    Pages 373-384
  13. Seismic Exploration

    • Nazmul Haque Mondol
    Pages 427-454
  14. 4D Seismic

    • Martin Landrø
    Pages 489-514

About this book

This comprehensive textbook presents an overview of petroleum geoscience for geologists active in the petroleum industry, while also offering a useful guide for students interested in environmental geology, engineering geology and other aspects of sedimentary geology. In this second edition, new chapters have been added and others expanded, covering geophysical methods in general and electromagnetic exploration methods in particular, as well as reservoir modeling and production, unconventional resources and practical petroleum exploration.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Knut Bjørlykke

About the editor

Knut Bjørlykke (1938) studied geology at the University of Oslo and received his Cand. Real. Degree in 1964 and his Dr. Philos degree in 1974. He was Associate Professor at the University of Oslo from 1965 and in 1976 he became Professor of petroleum geology at the University of Bergen, Norway. From 1984 he has been professor at the University of Oslo and he has been visiting professor at the University of California (Santa Barbara) and the Colorado School of Mines. His main field of research has been sedimentology and petroleum geology and recent publications are mainly in the field of clastic diagenesis /reservoir quality and rock physics. He has been in charge of major research projects in these fields. Bjørlykke has been AAPG Distinguished Lecturer for Europe and North America and received the Grover E. Murray Memorial Distinguished Educator Award for 2003 from the AAPG. He received Statoil’s Research Prize for 1991.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Petroleum Geoscience

  • Book Subtitle: From Sedimentary Environments to Rock Physics

  • Editors: Knut Bjørlykke

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34132-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-34131-1Published: 19 June 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51896-0Published: 29 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-34132-8Published: 19 May 2015

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 662

  • Number of Illustrations: 92 b/w illustrations, 409 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geology

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Softcover Book USD 159.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 159.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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