Petroleum geology

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).

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Total Publications

Lifetime

11,205

Prior Five Years

2,868

Total Citations

Lifetime

223,510

Prior Five Years

36,535

Total Scholars

Lifetime

13,729

Prior Five Years

11,043

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Academic Institutions Lifetime		Academic Institutions Prior Five Years		Non-academic Institutions Lifetime
#1	University of Bergen Norway	#1	China University of Petroleum China	#1	Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development China
#2	Durham University United Kingdom	#2	China University of Geosciences China	#2	Natural Resources Canada Canada
#3	China University of Petroleum China	#3	Nanjing University China	#3	United States Geological Survey United States
#4	University of Leeds United Kingdom	#4	University of Alberta Canada	#4	National Energy Technology Laboratory United States
#5	University of Oxford United Kingdom	#5	University of Texas at Arlington United States	#5	Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources Germany
#6	Heriot Watt University United Kingdom	#6	Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay India	#6	Institut für Theoretische Physik Germany
#7	University of Texas at Austin United States	#7	China University of Petroleum - Beijing China	#7	GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Germany
#8	Royal Holloway, University of London United Kingdom	#8	Cardiff University United Kingdom	#8	Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel Germany
#9	United Arab Emirates University United Arab Emirates	#9	Shandong University of Science and Technology China	#9	Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale Italy
#10	University of Oslo Norway	#10	Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences China	#10	HM Research Associates Ltd. United Kingdom
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