This brief presents recent developments and new methodologies in the area of petroleum
geochemistry including innovative unconventional analytical methods such as Raman NMR and XPS
spectroscopy that are based on advanced analytical chemistry and recently developed
instrumentation. It discusses delineating mechanisms for petroleum generation expulsion
migration and accumulation in reservoirs from the source rock. This brief provides data
illustrations and detailed explanation of each method discussed as well as data collection
interpretation of the results and intercorrelated characteristics of different case studies
from a variety of samples. Geologists engineers and graduate students interested in the
petroleum industry will all find the book valuable.
