- Petroleum Exploration: Past, Present, and Future - Introduction, Historical Review of Petroleum Exploration - Physical and Chemical Properties of Petroleum (Natural Gases, Gas Hydrates, Crude Oil) - Methods of Exploration (Well Drilling and Completion, Formation Evaluation, Geophysical Methods, Borehole Geophysics and 4D Seismic, Subsurface Geology, Remote Sensing) - Subsurface Environment (Subsurface Water, Temperature, Pressure, Fluid Dynamics - Generation and Migration of Petroleum (Organic / Inorganic Origin of Petroleum, Organic Processes on the Earth's Surface, Formation of Kerogen, Petroleum Migration) - Reservoirs (Porosity, Permeability, Capillary Pressure, Texture, Diagenesis and Reservoir Quality, Reservoir Continuity and Characterization, Reserve Calculations, Production Methods - Traps and Seals (Traps, Distribution of Petroleum within a Trap, Seals and Cap Rocks, Structural Traps, Diapiric Traps, Stratigraphic Traps, Hydrodynamic Traps, Combination Traps) - Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Systems (Basic Concepts and Terms, Mechanisms of Basin Formation, Tectonic Classification of Sedimentary Basins, Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Systems) - Nonconventional Petroleum Resources (Plastic and Solid Hydrocarbons, Tar Sands, Oil Shales, Tight Oil Reservoirs, Coalbed Methane, Shale Gas, Tight Gas Reservoirs
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