Bullentin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Aims & Scope

The Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published four times a year.

Founded in 1953, the BCPG aims to be the journal of record for papers dealing with all aspects of petroleum geology, broadly conceived, with a particularly (though not exclusively) Canadian focus.

International submissions are encouraged, especially where a connection can be made to Canadian examples.

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Energy, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Lower Cretaceous gas shales in northeastern British Columbia, Part I: geological controls on methane sorption capacity

  Citation: 528

  Authors: G. R.L., R. M.

• Shale gas potential of the Lower Jurassic Gordondale Member, northeastern British Columbia, Canada

  Citation: 422

  Authors: D. J.K., R. M.

• Significance of microbial activity in Australian coal bed methane reservoirs -- a review

  Citation: 160

  Authors: M., P.

• Lower Cretaceous gas shales in northeastern British Columbia, Part II: evaluation of regional potential gas resources

  Citation: 142

  Authors: G. R.L., R. M.

• Sedimentology and stratigraphic architecture of a point bar deposit, Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation, Alberta, Canada

  Citation: 89

  Authors: P. A., J. L., S. M., H.

• Sequence stratigraphy and paleogeography of a Cenomanian deltaic complex: the Dunvegan and lower Kaskapau formations in subsurface and outcrop, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada

  Citation: 79

  Authors: A. G.

• In-situ stress and coal bed methane potential in Western Canada

  Citation: 67

  Authors: J.S.

• In situ stress magnitude and orientation estimates for Cretaceous coal-bearing strata beneath the plains area of central and southern Alberta

  Citation: 65

  Authors: J.S.

• Depositional styles in a low accommodation foreland basin setting: an example from the Basal Quartz (Lower Cretaceous), southern Alberta

  Citation: 63

  Authors: B.A.

• Source rock analysis, thermal maturation and hydrocarbon generation in Siluro-Devonian rocks of the Gaspe Belt basin, Canada.

  Citation: 61

  Authors: R.