Petroleum Industry Press has issued this textbook by Caineng Zou on extracting unconventional petroleum resources. These are defined as oil and gas accumulated by diffusion, in reservoirs continuous with their source, without concentrated deposit areas, and not profitable under natural conditions. The first chapter covers the history of petroleum extraction and the place of these new deposits. The second covers the geology of such deposits. The body of the book devotes each chapter to a specific type of petroleum deposit and the extraction techniques: tight-sandstone oil and gas, coalbed methane, shale gas, carbonate-fracture-cavity reservoir, volcanic deposits, deposits in metamorphic rocks, heavy oil and bitumen, and natural gas hydrate. The book includes about twenty real-life case studies. The last chapter gives an industry outlook. The author identifies three necessary inventions for these techniques to be viable: new techniques for storage and transportation, more intensive horizontal drilling and fracking systems, and platform manufacturing-style exploitation. He makes two general points. The first is that the petroleum industry is temporary, and these techniques will make the industry last longer. The second is that compared with traditional drilling, extraction from unconventional deposits is significantly more expensive and more damaging to the environment. The more expensive petroleum products are, the more efficient extraction is, and the less environmental damage is visible to the public, the more likely they will be to be profitable. The author recommends focusing on fracking in North America, because more effective technologies for horizontal drilling are developing, and because its public connects drilling new wells with environmental damage, so environmental damage at existing wells is restricted less often. Oversize: 9x12" Annotation ⓒ2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

1.Introduction Section 1 History of Petroleum Geology Section 2 Current Situation and Trend of Global Petroleum Exploration Section 3 Differences between Conventional and Unconventional Petroleum Accumulations Section 4 Position and Significance of Unconventional Petroleum Geology 2.Unconventional Continuous Petroleum Accumulation Section 1 Concept and Types of Unconventional Continuous Petroleum Accumulations Section 2 Genesis and Characteristics of Unconventional Continuous Petroleum Accumulations Section 3 Nanometer-Scaled Pore-Throat System Section 4 Resource Assessment Methods of Unconventional Petroleum Deposits Section 5 Key Technologies of Unconventional Petroleum Exploration and Development 3.Tight-Sandstone Oil and Gas Section 1 Definition of Tight-Sandstone Oil and Gas Section 2 Origin of Tight-Sandstone reservoirs Section 3 Generation and Distribution of Tight-Sandstone Oil and Gas Section 4 Exploration Potential of Tight-Sandstone Oil and Gas Section 5 Typical Cases 4.Coalbed Methane Section 1 Generation of Coalbed Methane Section 2 Geologic Features of the Coal Reservoir Section 3 Occurrence State of Coalbed Methane and Production Mechanisms Section 4 Forming and Distributing Coalbed Methane Section 5 Evaluation and Selection of Coalbed Methane Resources Section 6 Case Study 5.Shale Gas Section 1 Connotation of Shale Gas Section 2 Characteristics of Shale Reservoir Section 3 Generation and Distribution of Shale Gas Section 4 Key Techniques for Shale Gas Development Section 5 Shale Gas Exploration Potential Section 6 Typical Cases 6.Carbonate Fracture-Cavity Reservoir Section 1 Origins and Identification of Carbonate Fracture-Cavity Reservoir Section 2 The Fracture-Cavity System and Units of Carbonate Reservoir Section 3 Migration Mechanism and Enrichment Factors of Hydrocarbon Accumulations in Carbonate Fracture-Cavity Reservoirs Section 4 Exploration and Development Technologies for Carbonate Fracture-Cavity Oil and Gas Accumulations Section 5 Exploration Potential and Direction of Carbonate Fracture-Cavity Hydrocarbon Resources Section 6 Case Study 7.Volcanic Reservoirs and Hydrocarbon Accumulations Section 1 Volcanic Rock Classification and Tectonic Environment Section 2 Genetic Mechanism of Volcanic Reservoirs Section 3 Oil and Gas Accumulation and Distribution in Volcanic Reservoirs Section 4 Evaluation and Prediction of Volcanic Oil and Gas Accumulations Section 5 Oil and Gas Resource Potential and Future Exploration in Volcanic Rocks Section 6 Case Studies 8.Oil and Gas in Metamorphic Reservoirs Section 1 Metamorphic Rock Type and Tectonic Setting Section 2 Origin of Metamorphic Reservoir Rocks Section 3 Hydrocarbon Accumulation and Enrichment Rules of Metamorphic Reservoir Section 4 Prediction Methods of Metamorphic Fractured Reservoirs Section 5 Case Study 9.Heavy Oil and Bitumen Section 1 Physical and Chemical Properties and Characteristics of Heavy Oil and Bitumen Section 2 Types and Distributions of Heavy Oil and Bitumen Section 3 Generation and Evolution of Heavy Oil and Bitumen Section 4 Mechanisms of Heavy Oil and Bitumen Accumulation and Pool Formation Section 5 Production Technologies of Heavy Oil and Bitumen Section 6 Potential and Distribution of Heavy Oil and Bitumen Resources Section 7 Case Study 10.Natural Gas Hydrate Section 1 Concepts and Characteristics of Natural Gas Hydrate Section 2 Natural Gas Hydrate Thermodynamic and Kinetic Models Section 3 Formation and Occurrence of Natural Gas Hydrate Section 4 Evaluation and Prediction for Natural Gas Hydrate and Its Energy Potential 11.Outlook on Unconventional Petroleum Resources Section 1 Future Development of Unconventional Petroleum Resources Section 2 Outlook on Techniques for Unconventional Petroleum Exploration and Exploitation.