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Upon scanning the web, it became clear to us that most petroleum geology Websites with an educational focus assumed a basic background in geology. Our approach has been to provide a content-rich site that attempts to cover most of the major aspects of the geology of oil, while giving the user some geologic fundamentals along the way

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