Assaad F.A. Field Methods for Petroleum Geologists

Springer, 2009. — 112 p.Petroleum Exploration Methods
Introduction—Petroleum Hydrocarbons
Historical Aspect
Petroleum Occurrence and Chemical Composition
Properties of Crude Oils
Natural Gas—Definition
Petroleum Hydrocarbon Non-Reservoir Rocks
Petroleum Reservoir Rocks
Petroleum Migration and AccumulationOil Migration
The Role of Connate Water
Differential Entrapment of Petroleum Hydrocarbons—Gussow Theory
Petroleum Accumulation
The Capacity of Oil and Gas Traps
Petroleum Province—DefinitionSedimentary Basins and Plate Tectonics
Scope
Continental Shelves
Plate Interactions
Development of Sedimentary Basins
Geodynamic Settings of Sedimentary Basins
Sedimentary Basins and Hydrocarbon Occurrences
Oil Migration and Subduction
Rifted-Margin Sediment PrismsSurface Geophysical Petroleum Exploration MethodsMagnetic Survey
Gravimetric Survey
Seismic Exploration Survey
General
Seismic Refraction Methods
Seismic Reflection Method
Land-Satellite Images in Salt Dome ExplorationDrilling Technology in Petroleum GeologyPetroleum Drilling Operations
Discussion
Types of Drilling Operations
Drilling Fluids
Properties of Drilling Muds
Composition and Nature of the Drilling Fluids
Mud Systems in Salt Structures
Salt Dome Drilling
Drilling Hazards
Drill Stem Testing (DST)
Scope
Discussion
General Remarks
About the DST—Procedure
Required Conditions and Reasons for Carrying Out a
DST in a Petroleum Reservoir FormationGeophysical Well Logging Methods of Oil and Gas ReservoirsBorehole Parameters and Rock Properties
ResistivityMeasurements byWell Electric Logs
Definition
Annulus and Resistivity Profiles—Hydrocarbon Zone
Formation Temperature (Tf)
Specific Log Types
Spontaneous Potential Logs (SP)
Resistivity Logs (R)
Porosity Logs
Gamma Ray Logs
Well Design and Well Type Completions
Scope
Open Hole Completions
Perforated Completions
Screening Techniques
Other Type Well CompletionsA Guide to Lithiostratigraphic Correlation Charts – A Model Type/North Africa
A Lithostratigraphic Correlation Chart—A Model Type/North AfricaAspect
Petroleum Perspective
Geology of Algeria
Tectonic History
Structural Geology of Algeria
Geologic Provinces of the Algerian Sahara
An Approach to a Computerized Lithostratigraphic Chart in North Africa
Stratigraphy of the Algerian Saharan Platform
A Geological Study of An Exploratory Well at the
Eastern Border of the Algerian Sahara (Ry-1)
Petroleum Geology of the Libyan Sahara
Scope
Stratigraphy of Sebha Area West of Libya
Petroleum Geology of Egypt, Northeast Africa
The Western Desert of Egypt
Geological Results of the Petroleum Exploration of the Assiut-KhargaWell
The Nile Delta of Egypt
The Gulf of Suez Region, Egypt
Economic Aspects of Salt StructuresAppendix
The Petrodata DataBase System
Scope
The Petrodata System
Historical Aspect
Classification of the Petrodata System
Economic Aspects
Recommendation
A Type Computerized Montage Drilling Report of an Exploratory
Well (Boumahni well Bi-1)
Appendix A