"Hydrocarbons in Crystalline Rocks" by N. Petford, K. J. W. McCaffrey

While oil and gas fields in crystalline basement are still discovered mostly by accident, as shown in this book, such reservoirs can be very prolific, especially if the basement rock is highly faulted or fractured. The chapters in this volume cover a diverse range of topics related broadly to the theme of hydrocarbons in crystalline rocks, and challenge explorationists’ definition of basement rock, which needs to be less narrow and more responsive to new geological ideas.



Commercial oil deposits in basement rocks are not geological "accidents" but are oil accumulations which obey all the rules of oil sourcing, migration and entrapment; therefore in areas of not too deep basement, oil deposits within basement rocks should be explored with the same professional skill and zeal as accumulations in the overlying sediments, Landes et al. (1960), AAPG Bulletin Given that most OPEC countries are currently at or within 5% of production capacity, there is a growing need to look for ‘new oil’ and other hydrocarbons in non-traditional sources.

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Nick Petford and Ken McCaffrey - Hydrocarbons in crystalline rocks: an introduction
Stephen R. Schutter - Hydrocarbon occurrence and exploration in and around igneous rocks


Stephen R. Schutter - Occurrences of hydrocarbons in and around igneous rocks
Kinji Magara - Volcanic reservoir rocks of northwestern Honshu island, Japan
Tako Koning - Oil and gas production from basement reservoirs: examples from Indonesia, USA and Venezuela
Nick Petford Controls on primary porosity and permeability development in igneous rocks
K. J. W. McCaffrey, J. M. Sleight, S. Pugliese and R. E. Holdsworth - Fracture formation and evolution in crystalline rocks: Insights from attribute analysis
S. R. Ogilvie, E. Isakov, C. W. Taylor and P. W. J. Glover - Characterization of rough-walled fractures in crystalline rocks
M. A. Koenders and Nick Petford - Thermally induced primary fracture development in tabular granitic plutons: a preliminary analysis
J. Potter and J. Konnerup-Madsen - A review of the occurrence and origin of abiogenic hydrocarbons in igneous rocks
Agamemnon Psyrillos, Stuart D. Burley, David A. C. Manning and Anthony E. Fallick - Coupled mineral-fluid evolution of a basin and high: kaolinization in the SW England granites in relation to the development of the Plymouth Basin
P. J. Degnan, A. K. Littleboy, U. McL. Michie, C. P. Jackson and S. P. Watson - Fracture-dominated flow in the Borrowdale Volcanic Group at Sellafield, NW England: the identification of potential flowing features, development of conceptual models and derivation of effective parameters
C. A. E. Sanders, L. Fullarton and S. Calvert - Modelling fracture systems in extensional crystalline basement