Understanding oil and gas shows and seals in the search for hydrocarbons. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Dolson.
• Authors: Dolson, John, 1949-
• Contents: Introduction to the oil industry and oil show evaluation: a personal retrospective -- The basics of traps, seals, reservoirs and shows -- Drilling, mud logging, wireline logs and cores -- Understanding seals, pressures and hydrodynamics -- Quantifying seals and saturations -- capillary pressure, pseudo-capillary pressure and quantitative show assessment -- Basic well log analysis, quick look techniques, pitfalls and volumetrics -- Using fluid inclusion data in exploration -- Shows and geochemistry: extracting more information from source rocks and hydrocarbons -- Building and testing migration models -- Appendices -- Common conversion equations and fluid classifications -- Constructing Winland pore throat graphs in Excel -- Equations in Excel to convert mercury-injection capillary pressure data to height above free water -- Equations in Excel to make pseudo-capillary pressure curves -- Converting paleogeographic maps or shapefiles in ARCGIS to grids.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 486 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 553.2/8; Energy; Petroleum -- Geology; Petroleum -- Prospecting; Petroleum -- Geology; Petroleum -- Prospecting; NATURE / Natural Resources; NATURE / Rocks & Minerals; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Mineralogy; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Science -- Energy; Science -- Earth Sciences -- General; Technology & Engineering -- Power Resources -- General; Mineralogy & gems; Economic geology; Power generation & distribution; Energy technology & engineering; Mineral resources; Geology, economic; Electric engineering; Fossil fuel technologies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319297101; 3319297104; 3319297082; 9783319297088
• Related ISBNs: 9783319297088
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 29, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.