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The hunt for hydrocarbons is one of the most fascinating pursuits engaged in by the human species. Its early history is replete with stories of doggedly persistent wildcatters, who hovered on the feather edge of financial ruin to drill for oil against virtually insurmountable odds, in areas where the most influential geologists agreed that there could not possibly be any oil.
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Sengbush, R.L. (1986). Introduction. In: Petroleum Exploration: A Quantitative Introduction. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4554-8_1
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