Online Courses Handbook 2003

302560 (v.2) Geology 411 - Petroleum Geology

Area:	Department of Applied Geology
Contact Hours:	2.0
Credits:	12.5
Lecture:	2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):	Admission: to Honours Program in BSc (App Geol)
Petroleum geology. Sedimentology - processes, stratigraphy, maturation, migration and distribution of hydrocarbons. Subsurface methods. Drilling, cores and sample logs. Electric logs. Surface methods. Geochemical and geophysical methods, gravity andmagnetics, reflection and refraction seismic. Data acquisition and its use to reconstruct the geological and palaeogeographical history of a basin. Prospect and field - regional reconstruction of basin history and identification of low risks areas and study ofprospects.

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