FLEET, A. J. & SCOTT, A. C. Coal and coal-bearing strata as oil-prone source rocks: an overview • General studies • POWELL, T. G. & BOREHAM, C. J. Terrestrially sourced oils: where do they exist and what are our limits of knowledge? • COLLINSON, M. E., VAN BERGEN, P. F., SCOTT, A. C. & DE LEEUW, J. W. The oilgenerating potential of plants from coal and coal-bearing strata through time: a review with new evidence from Carboniferous plants • PHILP, P. R. Geochemical characteristics of oils derived predominantly from terrigenous source materials • STOUT, S. A. Chemical heterogeneity among adjacent coal microlithotypes implications for oil generation and primary migration from humic coal MACGREGOR, D. S. Coal-bearing strata as source rocks - a global overview • Case histories • THOMPSON, S., COOPER, B. S. & BARNARD, P. C. Some examples and possible explanations for oil generation from coals and coaly sequences • MATCHETTE-DOWNES, C. J., FALLICK, A. E., KARMAJAYA, & ROWLAND, S. A maturity and palaeoenvironmental assessment of condensates and oils from the North Sumatra Basin, Indonesia • CURRY, D. J., EMMETT, J. K. & HUNT, J. W. Geochemistry of aliphatic-rich coals in the Cooper Basin, Australia, and Taranaki Basin, New Zealand: implications for the occurrence of potentially oil-generative coals • BAGGE, M. A. & KEELY, M. L. The oil potential of Mid-Jurassic coals in northern Egypt • SCOTT, A. C. & FLEET, A. J. Coal and coal-bearing strata as oil-prone source rocks: current problems and future directions • Index