Petroleum Formation and Occurrence

Organic geochemistry, or to be more specific for the purposes of this review, petroleum geochemistry, is an area of research that has been developing extremely rapidly in the last few years. Many of the concepts developed in research laboratories in the late 1970s are now routinely used by petroleum companies in investigating exploration problems. The second edition of Petroleum Formation and Occurrence reflects many of the changes that have occurred in the field since the first edition of this book was published in 1978. The new chapters that have been added and the parts of the text that have been updated are a clear indication of the areas in which most work has been done in the past 6 years.