Unconventional Petroleum Geology, Second Edition presents the latest research results of global conventional and unconventional petroleum exploration and production. The first part covers the basics of unconventional petroleum geology, its introduction, concept of unconventional petroleum geology, unconventional oil and gas reservoirs, and the origin and distribution of unconventional oil and gas.
The second part focuses on unconventional petroleum development technologies, covering a series of resource assessment, lab analysis, geophysical interpretation, and drilling and completion technologies.The third and final section features case studies of unconventional hydrocarbon resources, including tight oil and gas, shale oil and gas, coal bed methane, heavy oil, gas hydrates, and oil and gas in volcanic and metamorphic rocks.
- Provides an up-to-date, systematic, and comprehensive overview of all unconventional hydrocarbons
- Added four new chapters
- Includes a glossary on unconventional petroleum types, including tight-sandstone oil and gas, coal-bed gas, shale gas, oil and gas in fissure-cave-type carbonate rocks, in volcanic reservoirs, and in metamorphic rocks, heavy crude oil and natural bitumen, and gas hydrates
- Presents new theories, new methods, new technologies, and new management methods, helping to meet the demands of technology development and production requirements in unconventional plays
Table of contents
Part I. Basic Knowledge About Unconventional Petroleum Geology
Chapter 1. Introduction
- 1. History of Petroleum Geology
- 2. Global Petroleum Development Trends
- 3. Strategic Position of Unconventional Petroleum Resources
- 4. Unconventional Petroleum Geology Establishment
Chapter 2. Meaning of Unconventional Petroleum Geology
- 1. Concepts of Unconventional Petroleum Geology
- 2. Theoretical Framework of Unconventional Petroleum Geology
- 3. Types of Unconventional Petroleum
- 4. Differences Between Unconventional and Conventional Petroleum
- 5. Orderly Accumulation of Conventional–Unconventional Petroleum
Chapter 3. Unconventional Petroleum Reservoirs
- 1. Fine-Grained Sediments
- 2. Lake-Centered Sediments
- 3. Types of Reservoirs
- 4. Microscale to Nanoscale Pore–Throat Systems
- 5. Mud Shale Pore Evaluation
- 6. Tight Sandstone Reservoir Evaluation
Chapter 4. Unconventional Petroleum Accumulation and Evaluation
- 1. High-Quality Source Rock Systems
- 2. Continuous Petroleum Accumulation
- 3. Evaluation of the Six Characteristics
- 4. Method of Evaluating Sweet Spots
Part II. Unconventional Petroleum Techniques
Chapter 5. Resource Assessment Methods for Unconventional Petroleum
- 1. Summary
- 2. Analogy Method
- 3. Statistical Methods
- 4. Genetic Method
Chapter 6. Experimental Analysis
- 1. Reservoir Characterization
- 2. Modeling Techniques
- 3. Techniques for Detecting Oil and Gas Possibility
Chapter 7. Geophysical Techniques
- 1. Logging Evaluation Techniques
- 2. Reservoir Prediction Technology Based on Prestack Seismic Data
Chapter 8. Well Drilling and Completion Techniques
- 1. Microseismic Monitoring
- 2. Horizontal Well Drilling and Completion Techniques
- 3. “Factory” Production Model
Part III. Unconventional Petroleum Miscellany
Chapter 9. Tight Oil and Gas
- 1. Summary
- 2. Tight Sandstone Gas
- 3. Tight Oil
- 4. Case Study
Chapter 10. Shale Oil and Gas
- 1. Summary
- 2. Shale Genesis and Geochemistry
- 3. Characteristics of Shale Reservoirs
- 4. Characteristics of Shale Gas
- 5. Characteristics of Shale Oil
- 6. Key Techniques for Shale Gas
- 7. Case Study
Chapter 11. CBM
- 1. Summary
- 2. Coalbed Methane Geology
- 3. Key Techniques for Shale Gas Development
- 4. Case Study
Chapter 12. Heavy Oil and Bitumen
- 1. Summary
- 2. Physical and Chemical Properties of Heavy Oil and Bitumen
- 3. Generation and Distribution of Heavy Oil and Bitumen
- 4. Production Technologies for Heavy Oil and Bitumen
- 5. Case Study
Chapter 13. Oil Shale
- 1. Summary
- 2. Characteristics of Oil Shale
- 3. Key Utilization Techniques for Oil Shale
- 4. Case Study
Chapter 14. Natural Gas Hydrate
- 1. Summary
- 2. Concepts and Characteristics of Natural Gas Hydrate
- 3. Formation and Occurrence of Natural Gas Hydrates
- 4. Key Techniques for Natural Gas Hydrates
Chapter 15. Other Unconventional Petroleum Resources
- 1. Carbonate Fracture–Cavity Hydrocarbon
- 2. Volcanic Reservoirs and Hydrocarbon Accumulations
- 3. Metamorphic Reservoirs and Hydrocarbon Accumulation
