Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling, and Production Book

	List of Figures
	List of Plates
	Preface
	Introduction
Ch. 1	The Nature of Gas and Oil	1
Ch. 2	The Earth's Crust - Where We Find It	15
Ch. 3	Identification of Common Rocks and Minerals	27
Ch. 4	Geological Time	35
Ch. 5	Deformation of Sedimentary Rocks	49
Ch. 6	Sandstone Reservoir Rocks	73
Ch. 7	Carbonate Reservoir Rocks	91
Ch. 8	Sedimentary Rock Distribution	107
Ch. 9	Mapping	119
Ch. 10	Ocean Environment and Plate Tectonics	129
Ch. 11	Source Rocks, Generation, Migration, and Accumulation of Petroleum	149
Ch. 12	Petroleum Traps	167
Ch. 13	Petroleum Exploration - Geological and Geochemical	195
Ch. 14	Petroleum Exploration - Geophysical	209
Ch. 15	Drilling Preliminaries	233
Ch. 16	Drilling a Well - the Mechanics	247
Ch. 17	Drilling Problems	273
Ch. 18	Drilling Techniques	285
Ch. 19	Testing a Well	297
Ch. 20	Completing a Well	333
Ch. 21	Surface Treatment and Storage	361
Ch. 22	Offshore Drilling and Production	375
Ch. 23	Workover	393
Ch. 24	Reservoir Mechanics	405
Ch. 25	Petroleum Production	413
Ch. 26	Reserves	431
Ch. 27	Improved Oil Recovery	439
	Glossary	451
	Figure References	551
	Unit Conversions	557
	Oil and Gas Records	559
	Index	563