Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | OIL AND GAS GEOLOGY AND RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | PEG200 | ||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||
Course Contents | - Introduction to petroleum geology: the Earth as a dynamic body. Origin, formation and age. Importance of geological time and geological periods. Long-term geological evolution. - Stratigraphic principles and geological maps: Stratigraphy and paleontology. Deformation of geological structures. Geological maps, construction of cross-sections maps and applications of sub-surface mapping for sedimentary basins and petroleum reservoirs. - Sedimentology: sedimentary basin analysis, siliciclastic and carbonate lithologies, significance of internal structures in sedimentary rocks. Source, reservoir and seal rocks. - Basic principles for reservoir characterization: Darcy’s law. Reservoir rock and fluid properties including compressibility, viscosity, capillary pressures, absolute and relative permeability. - Basic techniques for reservoir characterization: Material balance concept, phase behaviour of hydrocarbons, multi-phase fluid flow in porous media, flow regimes, fluid saturations, fluid coning and water influx. Reservoir types, reservoir monitoring and drive mechanisms of a reservoir. | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The course will be presented through formal lectures in class. The lectures will present to the student the course content and allow time for questions and discussion. Part of the material will be presented using visual aids such as powerpoint slides. The aim is to familiarize the student with the different and faster pace of presentation and also allow the instructor to present related material (videos, slides, photographs etc) that would otherwise be very difficult to do so. Notes shall be taken by the students in class during lectures. In addition, all of the course material will be made available through the class website and also through the university’s own e-learning platform. Finally, the instructor will be available to students during office hours or by appointment in order to provide any necessary tutoring. | ||||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |