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V.—Outlines of Oilfield Geology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

T. O. Bosworth
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Extract

It is remarkable that in English geological literature and in our Universities so little attention is given to this important branch of geology. Probably it is because in this country petroleum occurs only in small quantity; nevertheless, in many parts of the British Empire petroleum mining has become a great and increasing industry, and is one of the chief directions in which geology is of practical use to-day. The writer therefore hopes that an orderly summary of present knowledge may be useful.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 1912 , pp. 16 - 23
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1912

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page 17 note 1 Commercial quantities of oil from the Scottish Oilfield are not found present in the rocks as oil, but are produced on destructive distillation of certain carbonaceous shales.

page 20 note 1 Bull. No. 318, U.S. Geol. Surv., 1907, p. 16Google Scholar

page 23 note 1 Professor Mrazec, , “Excursions dans les regions pétrolifères de la vallée de la Prehova,” p. 62. Congrès International de Pétrole, 1907.Google Scholar