The South Atlantic petroleum province contains 4.3% of the world's discovered oil reserves and 2.4% of the world's discovered gas reserves. It contains a wide range of source rocks, reservoirs and trap types. There is a current sharp rise in reserve additions after technology has allowed for deepwater exploration. This book provides an overview of the geology for an area, which has only a fragmentary English language literature base. Special FeaturesIncludes a CD Rom of a tectonic features map, which is presented on an early drift reconstruction, together with maps for Brazil and a bibliography. Readership Petroleum geologists, exploration geochemists and biostratigraphers.  Also available:      South Caspian to Central Iran Basins - Special Publication no 312 - ISBN 9781862392717    The Nature and Origin of Compression in Passive Margins - Special Publication no 306 - ISBN 9781862392618            The Geological Society of LondonFounded in 1807, the Geological Society of London is the oldest geological society in the world, and one of the largest publishers in the Earth sciences.The Society publishes a wide range of high-quality peer-reviewed titles for academics and professionals working in the geosciences, and enjoys an enviable international reputation for the quality of its work.The many areas in which we publish in include:-Petroleum geology-Tectonics, structural geology and geodynamics-Stratigraphy, sedimentology and paleontology-Volcanology, magmatic studies and geochemistry-Remote sensing-History of geology-Regional geology guides

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