Influence of L.V. Pustovalov’s Works on the Development of Petroleum Lithology

The article discusses the main directions of lithological studies in the oil-and-gas geology, continuing and developing the ideas and researches of L.V. Pustovalov. Several such studies are coordinated closely with other geological branches (tectonics, stratigraphy, and others). A wide range of such studies is devoted to analysis of the structure and development of sedimentary basins; elucidation of the structure of the internal structure of sedimentary complexes; prediction and prospecting for non-structural oil-and-gas traps; and study of natural oil-and-gas reservoirs at different hierarchical levels.