Photo from Spring 2006: On February 25, 2006 the Petroleum Geology class
visited
both an active
drill rig and outcrops of the horizons targeted by drilling.
Course Description:
This course is designed to expose the upper level undergraduate
(and graduate students) in Geosciences and/or Petroleum Engineering
to Petroleum Geology. The course will include the origin of source rocks,
rock properties, migration of hydrocarbons, and correlation methods
for rock formations. During the final weeks of the course, students
will be placed into exploration teams and will work up a drilling program
based on skills learned over the semester. Explorationists from Pennzoil
(Houston) will evaluate projects. Highlights include:
* Seismic stratigraphy
*Field trip to reservoir rocks
*Wireline log analysis
*Exploration project in Gulf of Mexico
A special emphasis will be placed on the growing need for engineers
and scientists to integrate skills in petroleum engineering, geophysics
and geology in the search for hydrocarbons. The course is recommended
for students interested in applied geology, whether petroleum or hydrogeology.
Text and Readings:
1) Selley, Richard C., 1998, Elements of Petroleum Geology 2nd ed.,
Academic Press, 470 p.
2) Allan, Urban S., 1989, Model for Hydrocarbon Migration and Entrapment
within Faulted Structures, AAPG Bulletin 73:803-811.
3) Asquith, G., 1982, Basic Well Log Analysis for Geologists, Methods
in Exploration Series, AAPG, 216 p.
4) Yergin, D., The Prize, Simon and Schuster, 885 p.
5) Schowalter, T.T., The mechanics of secondary hydrocarbon migration
and entrapment, The Wyoming Geological Association Earth Science Bulletin,
v.9.
6) Waples, D., 1981, Time and Temperature as Factors in Oil Generation,
in Organic Geochemistry for Exploration Geologists, Burges Publishing
Co., p. 95-106.
7) Gluyas, J. and Swarbrick, R., 2004, Petroleum Geoscience, Blackwell
Publishing Company, 359 p.
8) Levorsen, A.I., 1967, Geology of Petroleum, W. H. Freeman and Company,
724 p.
Syllabus from Spring 2007
