The oil and gas industry will continue to boom in the coming future. Obtaining oil and gas from conventional and non-conventional resources will become more and more challenging. This intensifying need will impose very considerable demands on work force, financial and technology capabilities. Since the future supplies of oil and gas are to expand, advanced technology will become increasingly ne...

Data on the origin and migration of oil in the highly productive Gulf Coast Tertiary are sparse. What is known with some certainty is that crude oil (1) is most commonly found in old salt-related structures, (2) probably migrated vertically a considerable distance through faultassociated fracture systems, and (3) most likely originated in deeply buried high-pressure marine-slope shales. All oth...