Lesson One General Petroleum Geology 1
Lesson Two Concept of Facies 7
Lesson Three Characteristics of the Delta System 13
Lesson Four Shallow Marine Carbonate Environments 20
Grammar Exercises（Lessons 1—4） 28
Lesson Five Chemical Composition of Pctroleum 31
Lesson Six Sedimentary Organic Matter 36
Lesson Seven General Scheme of Oil-Gas Formation 41
Lesson Eight Application of Biological Markers 47
Grammar Exercises（Lessons 5—8） 52
Lesson Nine Porosity and Permeability 55
Lesson Ten The Reservoir Rocks 62
Lesson Eleven Migration and Accumulation of Hydrocarbon 67
Lesson Twelve Petroleum Producing Mechanisms 73
Grammar Exercises（Lessons 9—12） 78
Lesson Thirteen Factors Favoring Hydrocarbon Abundance 81
Lesson Fourteen Growth Anticline 86
Lesson Fifteen Fault Traps 92
Lesson Sixteen Traps for Oil and Gas 98
Grammar Exercises（Lessons 13—16） 102
Lesson Seventcen The Formation ofGraben 105
Lesson Eighteen Fundamental Types of Petroliferous Basin 112
Lesson Nineteen Role of Gcophysics in Oil Exploration 119
Lesson Twenty Seismology in Exploration 126
Grammar Exerciscs（Lessons 17—20） 133
Basic Vocabulary 136
Vocabulary 138