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The SEPM/AAPG core workshop "Giant Hydrocarbon Reservoirs of the World: From Rocks to Reservoir Characterization and Modeling" and this companion publication are an attempt to assemble information on giant (>500 MOEB recoverable reserves) reservoirs that is of value to a wide audience. Various examples and methods of reservoir characterization, development, and modeling practices are documented in this volume. Although far from exhaustive, this compilation includes a wide range of reservoirs when examined from any perspective, i.e., location, geology, production history, and characterization. Figure 1 shows the geographic distribution of the reservoir examples that are included in this volume.

This book has been written for those interested in, and concerned about, the future sources of metals for the industry, and through it for the rapidly growing population of the world. At present over 95% of the industrial metals come from mines situated on land and the exceptionally large (giant or world-class) deposits contribute the bulk, regardless of where they are located: one of the most practically relevant lessons of globalization. This role of the oversize deposits is projected to persist until at least the end of this century, but finding them is going to be increasingly more costly and will require all the sophistication and effort the exploration community could muster. This requires a solid broad knowledge to identify prospective areas for more detailed exploration, or to evaluate mineral occurrences available for acquisition, based on the time-tested technique of geological analogy. The chance of finding an orebody by accidentally stumbling upon it, or by unsophisticated prospecting, has by now been severely reduced. As mineral exploration is, and will continue to be, mainly precedent-oriented activity, there has been a need for a comprehensive text to provide essential facts about the global distribution of metals now and in the future, above the textbook level.