Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleOIL AND GAS GEOLOGY AND RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION
Course Unit CodeASOG200
Course Unit Details
Number of ECTS credits allocated5
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Know the fundamentals about the rocks containing hydrocarbons
  2. Know about the hydrocarbons formation and migration
  3. Know about Oil & Gas offshore and Onshore exploration
  4. Know about the Estimation and Classification of reserves
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesNONECo-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program components

Petroleum EngineeringHandbook, by L.W.Lake, SPE, 2007

Course Contents1.  Geology of Hydrocarbons
 - Sediments and Sedimentary rocks
 - Depositional Environment
 - Aspects of Structural Geology
 - H/C  formation, migration and entrapment
2.  Hydrocarbon Exploration
 - Geological Surveys
 - Seismic Exploration
 - Gravitational Methods
 - Exploratory Wells
 - Logging
3.  Hydrocarbon Reserves
 - H/C reserves estimation
 - H/C reserves Classification
4.  Field development and Recovery methods
 - Field development planning
 - Primary recovery methods
 - Secondary recovery methods
 - Enhanced oil Recovery
Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering (Developments in Petroleum Science), by L.P. DAKE, Elsevier, 1st edition 1978, last edition 2010.
References
  • Petroleum Production Systems, by Michael Economides, Daniel Hill, Christine Ehlig-Economides, Prentice Hall petroleum Engineering Series, 1994.
Planned learning activities and teaching methodsThe taught part of course is delivered to the students by means of lectures and video presentations, conducted with the help of computer. Lecture notes and presentations will be available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks.
Lectures will be supplemented by homework assignments and readings. 
Assessment methods and criteria
Assignments25%
Midterm Exam25%
Final Exam50%
Language of instructionEnglish
Work placement(s)NO

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