摘要: Based on a 1984 conference, this volume is compilation of 31 the papers presented at that conference. These articles address challenging questions where world's explorationists must search for petroleum. Potential and prospective areas discussed include: Antarctica, Circum-Arctic, Alaska, Arctic basins Canada, Eastern Amazon, Gulf Mexico, U.S. Atlantic margin, Arabia, Mozambique, Ghana, Australia, northwestern China, Philippine Islands, west Siberia, Mediterranean, Sicily, North Sea, Norway, Greenland sea, Barents sea.