Status and Outlook of Deep Marine Petroleum Exploration and Development in China -- Evolution of Deep Marine Sedimentary Filling and Development of High-quality Hydrocarbon Source Rocks in Cratonic Basins, China -- Tectonic-sedimentary differentiation of cratonic basins in China and its controlling effects on the development of large-scale carbonate reservoirs -- Structural Transformation in Cratonic Basins and Influence on Oil and Gas Accumulation in Deep Marine Strata -- Geothermal and Geopressure Regimes in Ultra-deep Sedimentary Strata, Tarim and Sichuan Basins -- Diversity and effectiveness of deep marine source rocks in the Sichuan and Tarim basins -- Multiple Types of Deep Carbonate Reservoirs in China: Consensuses and New Developments -- Dynamic Mechanism and Prediction Methods for Deep Marine Hydrocarbon Accumulation -- Typical Examples and Exploration Potentials of Large-scale Petroleum Accumulations in Deep and Ultra-Deep Carbonate Reservoirs in China -- Geological Characteristics and Development Techniques of Ultra-Deep Carbonate Sour Gas Reservoirs: A Case Study of the Puguang Gas Field -- Fluid Flow Mechanism and Numerical Simulation Method in Deep Fracture-Cavity Reservoirs, Tarim Basin -- Deep Shale Gas Accumulation, Flow Mechanisms and Development Methods in the Sichuan Basin -- Advances in Drilling and Completion for Deep Marine Reservoirs.

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This open access book focuses on the geological conditions associated with oil and gas exploration and complex in China’s deep marine strata. The petroleum industry is faced with the challenges of limited knowledge of deep petroleum systems, reduced signal-to-noise ratio of deep reservoir targets, and increased engineering risks associated with drilling and completion of ultra-deep wells. This book tackles these challenges with the introduction and investigation of a variety of geological processes from basin evolution, source rock and reservoir deposition, petroleum generation, migration, accumulation, and redistribution in the three ancient cratons in China. It addresses these geological processes in both sedimentary facies and strike-slip fault controlled reservoirs, including theoretical, experimental, and simulation approaches. In addition, it discusses new advances in the geophysics, drilling, and completion engineering specifically related to the deep marine strata. This book will be very useful for petroleum geologists, geophysicists, engineers, technicians, academics, and students who need to study the petroleum geology and exploration methods.