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Petroleum Geoscience

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This is one of the newest books on petroleum geosciences. It is a bit too advanced for beginners; consequently, I would not use it as a stand-alone text for an upper-level undergraduate course in petroleum geology, especially for students with diverse academic backgrounds. I would use it as a complementary text because it covers up-to-date material not in other books on the subject, most of which are years - if not decades - older than this one. This book also includes material on geophysics and especially on borehole logging, including the newer types of devices and the logs they produce. The authors are professionals and know what they're doing. This is a good reference with material not in Selley, North, or Levorsen.

I bought this book for my fiance, a geology major, for Christmas. He absolutely loved it. He has read it front to back and then over again, I'm sure. Great for any geologist, but especially those looking into Petroleum Geology. Very insightful.

It is a nice book, well written. But most of the examples are UK north sea stuff, very little north america examples. The pictures are printed in black and white and some of the color pictures were not distinguishable.