autumn 2018 GEO-3115 Petroleum geology - 10 ECTS

Application deadline

Applicants from Nordic countries: 1 June for the fall semester.

Applicants from outside the Nordic countries: 15 April for the fall semester.


Type of course

This course is available as a single course.

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.


Language of instruction and examination

English.

Teaching methods

60 hours lectures/seminar and a 2 days excursion to Statoil, Harstad.

Assessment

5 hours written examination.

Grading scale:Letter grades A-F, whereof F is fail.

Admittance to the examination requires approved course work.

A re-sit exam will be arranged for students who do not pass the examination for this course.


Recommended reading/syllabus

Textbook: Richard C. Selley (1998): Elements of Petroleum Geology. 470 pp. 2nd edition or later.

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  • About the course
  • Campus: Tromsø |
  • ECTS: 10
  • Course code: GEO-3115