... Abstract In late 2004, a focused effort was begun to update the 1997 SPE/WPC Petroleum Reserves Definitions and the 2000 SPE/WPC/AAPG Petroleum Resources Classification and Definitions. The 2007 system builds on previous industry efforts to provide sufficient guidance to achieve a high level...

... evaluation and further research are required before any commercial development might be considered. Introduction Oil shales are sedimentary rocks containing a high proportion of organic matter (kerogen), which can be converted into a material similar to petroleum by heating. Great quantities of oil shale...

... Introduction In oil and gas exploration, many questions relating to the petroleum system in a basin are addressed qualitatively and these qualitative models are used to predict how traps might have been charged. However, basin-scale petroleum migration simulators can provide valuable...

... Abstract The modern theory of the abiotic genesis of hydrocarbons, which has been developed during the last 50 years in Russia, recognizes that petroleum is a primordial material of deep origin which has been erupted into the crust of the Earth. Up to now the modern theory of the abiotic...