Courses Handbook 2010

312149 (v.1) Petroleum Geology and Geophysics 311


Area: Department of Petroleum Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.5
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Geological principles, Earth structure, Identification of common rocks and minerals, Geological time, historical geology and stratigraphy, Sedimentary rocks, Depositional patterns and Reservoir rocks, Surface and subsurface mapping, Hydrocarbons, Petroleum traps, Diagenesis in sandstones, Seismic methods for lithology detection, High resolution 3D and time-lapse 4D seismic.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 030399 Process and Resources Engineering not elsewhere classified
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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