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Author:   Knut Bjørlykke
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 2015
Weight:   1.712kg
ISBN:  

9783662518960

ISBN 10:   3662518961
Pages:   662
Publication Date:   29 October 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction to Petroleum Geology.- Introduction to Sedimentology.- Sedimentary Geochemistry.- Sandstones and Sandstone Reservoirs.- Carbonate Sediments.- Mudrocks, Shales, Silica Deposits and Evaporites.- Stratigraphy.- Sequence Stratigraphy, Seismic Stratigraphy.- Heat Transport in Sedimentary Basins.- Subsurface Water and Fluid Flow in Sedimentary Basins.- Introduction to Geomechanics: Stress and Strain in Sedimentary Basins.- The Structure and Hydrocarbon Traps of Sedimentary Basins.- Compaction of Sedimentary Rocks Including Shales, Sandstones and Carbonates.- Source Rocks and Petroleum Geochemistry.- Petroleum Migration.- Well Logging: Principles, Applications and Uncertainties.- Seismic Exploration.- Explorational Rock Physics – The Link Between Geological Processes and Geophysical Observables.- 4D Seismic.- Interpretation of Marine CSEM - and Marine MT Data for Hydrocarbon Prospecting.- Production Geology.- Introduction to Reservoir Modelling.- Unconventional Hydrocarbons. Oil Shales, Heavy Oil, Tar Sand, Shale Gas, Shale Oil and Gas Hydrates.- Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS).- Geology of the Norwegian Continental Shelf.- Exploration Strategy.

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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.

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