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CS5599: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT GROUP PROJECT IN OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION 2 (2016-2017)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

​The maturity of the O&G exploration sector and the current hydrocarbon price dynamics is forcing companies in this sector to achieve dramatically higher levels of efficiency through the introdution of digital technologies that can indeed "deliver more spending less". Central to this objective is the wide-scale adoption of a variety of software-centric systems that can increase both the level of certainty about oil and gas presence in a certain field and the confidence on geophysical and engineering data needed for cost-effective hydrocarbon extraction.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Old Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Ernesto Compatangelo

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

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

  • CS5094 Introduction to Oil and Gas Computing (Studied)
  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)
  • CS5095 Data Management and Security (Studied)
  • GL5033 Fundamentals of Petroleum Geoscience (Studied)
  • CS5090 Agile Digital Product Development (Studied)
  • MSc Oil and Gas Computing (Passed)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

  • CS5702 Industrial Case Studies for Oil & Gas Computing - Production (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

​Oil and gas exploration is supported by a wide variety of systems and tools that include (but are not limited to) visual reservoir modelling (2D, 3D, 4D), interpretation of exploration data from sensorial sources (seismic, geomagnetic, gravimetric, electromagnetic, optical ) on board of subsea, land, air, and salellite devices, "big data" analytics on geophysical databases looking for hydrocarbons and rock strata distribution information. Student workgroups will develop novel software-based proof-of-concept solutions to challenging exploration issues suggested by our industrial partners.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


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

Weekly meetings; Final presentation; Report and software submission

Resit -

​Due to the group-based nature of this course, the resit will be based on the identification of a self-contained portion of the original groupwork task that the resitting student can tackle on her/his own. Resit will include a final individual presentation, report and software submission.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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