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Oil and Gas Exploration: Methods and Application

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ISBN: 978-1-119-22746-5

February 2017

American Geophysical Union

304 pages

Description

Oil and Gas ExplorationMethods and Application presents a summary of new results related to oil and gas prospecting that are useful for theoreticians and practical professionals. The study of oil and gas complexes and intrusions occurring in sedimentary basins is crucial for identifying the location of oil and gas fields and for making accurate predictions on oil findings.

Volume highlights include:

  • Advanced geophysical techniques for achieving hydrocarbon exploration efficiency from beneath the Earth
  • Discussion of theoretical and practical approaches in solving problems related to exploring and mining new oil and gas deposits
  • New geological concepts  for predicting  potential hydrocarbon targets
  • Novel methods of control of the outworking of these deposits using different geophysical methods, significant for optimization of mining hydrocarbon and carbonate deposits
  • Estimation of the degree of outworking of oil and gas deposits, to facilitate the use of space-time monitoring of different kinds of fields
  • Analysis of exploration data by an efficient processing system, based on strong methods proven mathematically

Oil and Gas Exploration is a valuable resource for exploration geophysicists, petroleum engineers, geoengineers, petrologists, mining engineers, and economic geologists, who will gain insights into exploring new methods involved in finding natural resources from our Earth.

Read an interview with the editors to find out more:
https://eos.org/editors-vox/where-and-how-can-we-find-new-sources-of-oil-and-gas

About the Author
Said Gaci, Geophysics Engineer, Sonatrach Division Exploration, Algeria and Olga Hachay, Professor/Lead Scientist, Institute of Geophysics Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Said Gaci received the Diploma in geophysical engineering and the Magister degree in petroleum economics and strategic management from the Algerian Petroleum Institute, Boumerdés, Algeria, in 1997 and 2004, respectively, and the Magister and Ph.D. degrees in geophysics from the University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algiers, Algeria, in 2002 and 2011, respectively. He worked as a Senior Geophysicist with the Division Exploration, Sonatrach, Boumerdés, from 2004 to 2015. Currently, he is the head of Development and Valorization Department at the Algerian Petroleum Institute. His research interests include the application of signal processing and pattern recognition techniques in geosciences.

Olga Hachay received the Ph.D. degree in geophysics from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, in 1979, and earned the title of Professor in geophysics from Moscow State University (Geological Faculty), Moscow, Russia, in 1994.  Dr. Hachay is the leader scientific researcher of  the Institute of geophysics Ural Branch of Russian Academy of sciences in the frame of the laboratory of borehole geophysics since 2008. She is involved in many research projects and published several papers in reputed journals.