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GL5033: FUNDAMENTALS OF PETROLEUM GEOSCIENCE (2017-2018)

Last modified: 27 Feb 2018 13:55


Course Overview

The course covers aspects of geology, geophysics and prospect evaluation to illustrate how geologists deal with uncertainty and risk during the exploration process.  It will look at the place of the geoscientist during the productive life of an oilfield.  Another key aspect of this course will be the issue of communication between geoscientists and engineers.  By the end of this course students should understand how geologists explore for oil and gas, and the main tools at their disposal; the role of the geophysicist; how to make prospect maps; petroleum volumetrics; subsurface fluid flow; and the creation of static reservoir models.




Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Professor David Macdonald

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

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

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)
  • One of Computing Science (CS) (Studied) or Engineering (EG) (Studied) or Geology And Petroleum Geology (GL) (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

1. Basic geology and geological nomenclature
2. The petroleum system: geological controls on formation and accumulation of hydrocarbons
3. Fundamentals of geophysical acquisition and data processing
4. Defining plays, fairways and prospects
5. Prospect mapping
6. Dealing with uncertainty and risk
7. Production geology and subsurface fluid flow
8. Formation evaluation and interpretation
9. Geological input into completions (particularly in late field life)
10. Data archiving and management.

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

There are some in-course exercises for formative feedback. The summative element consists of two exercises totalling 60% of the assessment, and an examination (40%) The exercises are: 1. a workbook of lab exercises accross the whole course (40%), and 2. a prospect map completed under time pressure in class (20%). The examination will be by multiple choice and will be computer marked.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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