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This popular-scientific book, originally published in the Soviet Union, presets the up-to-date state of knowledge in the field of petroleum and gas. It covers a wide range of topics of historical, scientific, and engineering interest. The author discusses modern concepts concerning the geology and geochemistry of petroleum and associated gas, their origin, and formation of petroleum and gas deposits. Methods of petroleum and gas prospecting and production are described, and data on their reserves are presented. The book also deals with such aspects as transportation and storage of petroleum and gas, their processing into various products, etc. The late author of the book, Professor Andreevich Sokolov - a graduate of the Moscow University (Doctor of Chemical Sciences) - was a distinguished Soviet scientist and authority in the field of geology and geochemistry of petroleum. He was awarded the State Prize for his scientific and research work. For many years he headed laboratories of leading institutes of the USSR Academy of Sciences. During the last years of his life he was engaged in work for the Council on the Origin of Petroleum at the USSR Academy of Sciences. Over 100 of his scientific papers and monographs have been published in the USSR.Sokolov, Vasily Andreevich is the author of 'Petrolium' with ISBN 9780898757255 and ISBN 0898757258.
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