The Journal of Petroleum Geology is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the geology of petroleum and natural gas. It was established in 1978 and is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of Scientific Press Ltd. The editor-in-chief is Christopher Tiratsoo (Scientific Press Ltd.). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 1.872, ranking it 99th out of 190 journals in the category "Geosciences, Multidisciplinary".