petroleum geologist

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petroleum
noun[U]
uk
/pəˈtrəʊ.li.əm/
us
/pəˈtroʊ.li.əm/
a dark, thick oil obtained from under the ground, from which various substances including petrol, paraffin, and diesel oil ...
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geologist
noun[C]
uk
/dʒiˈɒl.ə.dʒɪst/
us
/dʒiˈɑː.lə.dʒɪst/
a person who ...
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(Definition ofpetroleumandgeologistfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For this reason, any palaeontologist, sedimentologist orpetroleumgeologistshould be interested in this topic and know how to use ichnology.
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The short course that the book is based upon must be an excellent training for the averagepetroleumgeologist.
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My point is still valid, that at least one eminentpetroleumgeologisthas claimed that the reserves are good enough for 2,000 years to come.
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These seven key aspects require thepetroleumgeologistto obtain a 4-dimensional idea of the subsurface (the three spacial dimensions, plus time).
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The editors are both experienced petroleum geologists, who have worked hard to ensure an even standard of treatment.
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The book is a very desirable library purchase and at discounted price should appeal to many petroleum geologists.
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Petroleum geologists are usually linked to the actual discovery of oil and the identification of possible oil deposits or leads.
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He is one of the best-known petroleum geologists in the world and the founder of several prestigious journals in the oil and gas industry.
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Later these deposits have the potential to become hydrocarbon seals and are of particular interest to petroleum geologists.
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The general flow of fluids (water, hydrocarbons, geothermal fluids, etc.) in deeper formations is also a concern of geologists, geophysicists and petroleum geologists.
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Petroleum geologists broadly classify traps into three categories that are based on their geological characteristics: the structural trap, the stratigraphic trap and the far less common hydrodynamic trap.
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