本书涵盖地球科学概论、沉积岩与沉积相、构造地质、油气地质、油气田勘探与资源评价、油气田开发地质及能源勘探进展等内容。本书在第一版的基础上完善了经典的沉积、构造及油气地质等研究内容，加入最新油气田勘探、油气田开发及新能源进展等内容。本书共5个单元49课，每课由课文、词汇与词组组成，并在最后附有课文中常见的生词词汇及词组。同时，本书以二维码为纽带，加入了音频资源。
本书可作为高等院校资源勘查工程及地质工程本科专业英语教材，也可供相关专业的师生以及从事油气田勘探开发工作的生产和科研人员参考。

Module 1 Geological Foundation
Lesson 1 Geology
Lesson 2 The Earth
Lesson 3 Geologic Time Scale
Lesson 4 Common Minerals
Lesson 5 Rocks
Lesson 6 Stratigraphy and Paleontology
Lesson 7 The Earth's Resource
Lesson 8 Sedimentary Rocks
Lesson 9 Weathering,Erosion,Transportation and Deposition
Lesson 10 Diagenesis
Lesson 11 Clastic Rocks
Lesson 12 Sandstones
Lesson 13 Mud and Mudstones
Lesson 14 Carbonate Rocks
Lesson 15 Sedimentary Environments and Facies
Lesson 16 Folds
Lesson 17 Faults
Lesson 18 Unconformities
Lesson 19 Plate Tectonics
Lesson 20 Tectonic Movements
Lesson 21 Styles of Basin Structures
Module 2 Oil and Gas Geology
Lesson 22 Origin of Oil and Gas
Lesson 23 Source Rock
Lesson 24 Reservoir Rock
Lesson 25 Seal Rock
Lesson 26 Traps
Lesson 27 Migration and Accumulation
Module 3 Exploration of Hydrocarbon Fields
Lesson 28 Sedimentary Basins
Lesson 29 Petroleum System
Lesson 30 Play and Prospect
Lesson 31 Three Steps in Seismic Exploration
Lesson 32 Well Logs
Lesson 33 Subsurface Maps
Lesson 34 Evaluation of Oil & Gas Resources
Lesson 35 Petroleum Resources Management System
Module 4 Development of Oil-Gas Fields
Lesson 36 Development Geology
Lesson 37 Reservoir Drives
Lesson 38 Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
Lesson 39 Reservoir Heterogeneity
Lesson 40 Reservoir Characterization
Lesson 41 Modelling with Deep Learning
Module 5 Progress of Energy Exploration
Lesson 42 Unconventional Petroleum Resources
Lesson 43 Oil Sands and Heavy Oil
Lesson 44 Natural Gas-hydrates
Lesson 45 Geothermal Energy
Lesson 46 Coal-seam Gas
Lesson 47 Tight-gas Sands
Lesson 48 Shale Gas
Lesson 49 Shale Gas Resources and Exploration
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