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EG504Y: PETROPHYSICS, CORE ANALYSIS AND FORMATION EVALUATION (2024-2025)

Last modified: 29 Jul 2024 14:46


Course Overview

Petrophysics, core analysis and formation evaluation are key disciplines in the oil and gas industry and renewable energy such as geothermal energy. It provides the main source of data on porosity, permeability and fluid saturations in the subsurface.  Petrophysics is a crossroad discipline and petrophysicists work closely with geologists and petroleum engineers in exploration and production.  This course provides essential information about petrophysics and core analysis and formation evaluation to allow petroleum engineers to interact effectively with geoscientists.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Yingfang Zhou

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme
  • Engineering (EG)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course provides a background knowledge required for subsurface petrophysical properties and formation core analysis. It looks at the tools available to analyse the lithology and fluid content of a petroleum reservoir and how petrophysicists work with other discipline to estimate hydrocarbon volumes in the subsurface.  The course identifies the multiple data sources required for reservoir evaluation, emphasising integration of all available data, potential sources of error and uncertainty within the data.  It shows how to relate wireline data to core; gives a solid grounding in the acquisition and evaluation of routine (RCA) and special (SCAL) core analysis datasets; and teaches how to apply these principles to a fully computerised formation evaluation workflow.


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 60
Assessment Weeks 19 Feedback Weeks 20

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Written exam

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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualAnalyseIntegrate all other available data such as mud logs, sample descriptions and core with wireline log data.
ConceptualApplyDescribe the theoretical basis and practical limitations of logging tools.
FactualRememberIdentify rock lithology in terms of composition, mineralogy, structure and thickness; identify reservoir fluids; and evaluate reservoir volumes.
ReflectionEvaluateEvaluate reservoir intervals defined in clastic and shaly sandstone systems; also understand the similarities and differences with carbonate reservoirs.

Report: Individual

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 40
Assessment Weeks 11 Feedback Weeks 14

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Report on practical work assessment

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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualApplyDescribe the theoretical basis and practical limitations of logging tools.
FactualRememberIdentify rock lithology in terms of composition, mineralogy, structure and thickness; identify reservoir fluids; and evaluate reservoir volumes.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Report: Individual

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 40
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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 60
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
Sorry, we don't have this information available just now. Please check the course guide on MyAberdeen or with the Course Coordinator

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualAnalyseIntegrate all other available data such as mud logs, sample descriptions and core with wireline log data.
FactualRememberIdentify rock lithology in terms of composition, mineralogy, structure and thickness; identify reservoir fluids; and evaluate reservoir volumes.
ReflectionEvaluateEvaluate reservoir intervals defined in clastic and shaly sandstone systems; also understand the similarities and differences with carbonate reservoirs.
ConceptualApplyDescribe the theoretical basis and practical limitations of logging tools.

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