autumn 2017 GEO-3115 Petroleum geology - 10 ECTS
Admission requirements
Bachelor's degree in geology, or a similar degree following a programme of study of at least three years, or similar education approved in accordance with the Norwegian Universities Act section 3-4. In addition, specialization in geology worth the equivalent of at least 80 ECTS credits is required. Normally, an average mark of C or better is required at the bachelor's degree level or other program for basis of admission.
Application code: 9371.
Obligatory prerequisites: Geo-1001 Innføring i Geologi (or similar).
Recommended prerequisites: GEO-2005 Sedimentologi, GEO-2002 Strukturgeologi, GEO-2007 Historisk og regional geologi, GEO-2006 Innføring i anvendt geofysikk.
Course content
This course gives an evaluation of conditions and processes involved in the generation and transformation of organic material in source rocks and the migration of these hydrocarbons to reservoir rocks. Geological conditions that are important for determining the location and production of petroleum are illuminated using actual examples.Objectives of the course
Knowledge
The students shall:
- Know of the basic concepts of Petroleum Geology.
- Know the physical and chemical properties of hydrocarbons.
- Understand the concept of a petroleum system.
- Understand the concepts of source, trap and reservoir.
- Have an understanding for the necessary geological conditions for generation, migration and accumulation of hydrocarbons.
- Have an understanding of volume-calculation and risk-determination of hydrocarbon-prospects.
- Have an understanding of the relation between field-, seismic- and well-data.
Skills
The students shall:
- Use geological knowledge in order to determine the possibility for presence of source, trap and reservoir.
- Be able to calculate volumes of a petroleum-prospect.
- Understand the elements applied to estimate the certainty that a trap contains hydrocarbons, determine risk-calculations for prospects with different data-coverage.
General competence
The students shall:
- Use data to gain understanding of a petroleum-system.
- Be able to solve problems analytically and prompt in written English.
- Be able to analyze a petroleum- geoscientific problem, and determine the necessary data in order to solve the problem.
Error rendering component
- About the course
- Campus: Tromsø |
- ECTS: 10
- Course code: GEO-3115
- Responsible unit
- Institutt for geovitenskap