Petroleum geology is the study of origin, occurrence, movement, accumulation, and exploration of hydrocarbon fuels. It refers to the specific set of geological disciplines that are applied to the search for hydrocarbons (oil exploration).
Literature
BJORLYKKE K.: Petroleum Geoscience, From Sedimentary Environments to Rock Physics. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
SELLEY R., SONNENBERG S.: Elements of Petroleum Geology, Academic Press, 2014.
TROYEE D.: Sediment Compaction and Applications in Petroleum Geoscience, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019.
NICHOLS G.: Stratigraphy and Sedimentology. Blackwell Publishing, 1999.
Advised literature
BJORLYKKE K.: Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1989.
EINSELE G.: Sedimentary Basins, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1992.
PERRY C., TAYLOR K.: Environmental Sedimentology Blackwell Publishing, 2007.
TURCKER M.U.: Sedimentary Rocks ind the Field. Wiley New York, 1993.