Petroleum geology comprises those geological disciplines which are of greatest significance for the finding and recovery of oil and gas. Since most of the obvious and “easy to find” petroleum already has been discovered it is necessary to use sophisticated methods in the exploration of sedimentary basins. These include advanced geophysical techniques and basin modelling. There is also much more emphasis now on enhanced recovery from the producing fields. Petroleum technology has made great progress and many new tools and modelling programs have been developed, both in exploration and production.
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Bjørlykke, K. (2015). Introduction to petroleum geology. In Petroleum Geoscience: From Sedimentary Environments to Rock Physics, Second Edition (pp. 1–29). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34132-8_1
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