Is the world running out of hydrocarbons?Where will we find oil and gas to fuel the twenty-first century?Are unconventional sources of hydrocarbons waiting to be tapped? This book addresses these important issues concerning energy needs in this century. The volume is a compilation of expert papers presented at the second Wallace E. Pratt Memorial Conference, Petroleum Provinces of the Twenty-first Century, held at San Diego, California, on January 12-15, 2000. The chapters describe the remaining hydrocarbon potential of most of the major petroleum basins that likely will provide the world's energy in the near future. Topics *significance of hydrocarbon discoveries in the 1990s *the question of whether the world is running out of hydrocarbons *nontraditional hydrocarbon sources such as old fields and natural-gas hydrates *hydrocarbon potential of North America, the United Kingdom, Asia, Central and South America, the Middle East, and Africa Petroleum Provinces of the Twenty-first Century deals with all aspects of petroleum systems-source, reservoir, seal, and migration. The book will interest explorers and managers who want a global perspective on exploration opportunities and a concise introduction to the petroleum geology of a particular area. American Association Of Petroleum Engineers (AAPG) Founded in 1917, we are the world's largest professional geological society, with over 30,000 members. We are a pillar of the world-wide scientific community. Our books foster scientific research, advance the science of geology and promote the most effective use of petroleum extraction & processing technology and practice. Some of the areas we publish in GISPetroleum EngineeringWell Log AnalysisGeological ModelingCarbonate PetrologySeismic ImagingReservoir CharacterizationRegional Petroleum Analysis