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CONTENTS
Introduction 4
Unit 1. The Nature of Oil and Gas 5
Unit 2. Sedimentary rocks. Part 1. The importance and origins of sedimentary 10
rocks
Unit 3. Sedimentary rocks. Part 2. Nonmetallic mineral resources. Energy 15
resources
Unit 4. Geologic time 20
Unit 5. Dynamic Earth 26
Unit 6. Source Rocks, Generation of Petroleum 31
Unit 7. Migration and Accumulation of Petroleum 36
Unit 8. Reservoir Rocks. Saturation 42
Unit 9. Petroleum Traps 47
Unit 10. Petroleum Exploration—Geochemical Techniques 53
Unit 11. Petroleum Exploration—Geophysical Techniques 58
Unit 12. Drilling Preliminaries 64
Vocabulary 72
Glossary 85
List of Reference Books 92
Extra Practice Section 93
