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Over the past two decades there has been increased interest in the availability of hydrocarbon charge through a better understanding of petroleum geochemistry and the identification and characterization of petroleum source rocks. These rocks are geochemically unique and form under specific sets of circumstances. This book brings together both geologic and geochemical data from fifteen petroleum source rocks, ranging in age from Devonian to Eocene, that would otherwise be widely dispersed in the literature or available only in proprietary corporate databases. Much of this information, presented in either a tabular or graphic fashion, provides the petroleum explorationist and the geochemist with a framework to establish relationships among various geochemical indices and depositional settings.
The case studies included in this volume span two overall thematic blocks: the first one focuses on mudstone deposition in several settings and the second focuses on the diagenetic processes that have affected important mudstone units. The two papers opening the volume describe recent lake sedimentation from South America and Africa, respectively.
Giant oil and gas fields have been discovered in the deep water regions of Angola, Brazil, and Nigeria. This volume includes: Descriptions of the petroleum geology of more than 12 basins along the two margins; Discussion of various components of the petroleum systems within these basins; Discussion on the use of the petroleum systems concept in the South Atlantic marginal basins to classify and characterise the diversity of the systems; Methodologies used in the assessment of petroleum system components; Overviews of the different components of the region's petroleum systems.