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The [[petroleum]] system is a unifying concept that encompasses all of the disparate elements and processes of petroleum geology. Practical application of petroleum systems can be used in exploration, resource evaluation, and research.

The [[petroleum]] system is a unifying concept that encompasses all of the disparate elements and processes of petroleum geology, including: the essential elements ([[source]], [[reservoir]], [[seal]], and [[overburden rock]]) and processes ([[trap formation]], [[generation]]-[[migration]]-[[accumulation]]) and all genetically related petroleum that originated from one pod of active [[source rock]] and occurs in [[show]]s, [[seep]]s, or [[accumulation]]s;<ref name=Magoonanddow_1994>Magoon, L. B., and W. G. Dow, 1994, The petroleum system: From source to trap: [http://archives.datapages.com/data/alt-browse/aapg-special-volumes/m60.htm AAPG Memoir 60], 655 p.</ref> also called [[hydrocarbon system]].<ref name=Petersetal_2012>Peters, Kenneth E., David J. Curry, and Marek Kacewicz, 2012, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/hedberg4/INTRODUCTION/INTRODUCTION.HTM An overview of basin and petroleum system modeling: Definitions and concepts], ''in'' Peters, Kenneth E., David J. Curry, and Marek Kacewicz, eds., Basin modeling: New horizons in research and applications: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=1106 AAPG Hedberg Series no. 4], p. 1-16.</ref>

 

Practical application of petroleum systems can be used in exploration, resource evaluation, and research.

==What is a petroleum system?==

==What is a petroleum system?==