Course Description
The course describes in detail the origin, occurrence, movement and accumulation of oil and gas; reserve evaluation and modeling, exploration and exploitation strategies.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course the student should be able:
- To recognise and demonstrate the processes involved in the formation of Petroleum and produce conceptual models of oil and gas reservoir.
- To plan exploration and drilling strategies.
Course Content
Physical chemical properties of Petroleum including non-conventionals. Generation to migration of hydrocarbons. Formation of different types of hydrocarbon traps and seals. Classification of traps: structural traps, Diapiric traps, stratigraphic traps, diapiric traps, reefs. Hydrodyanamic traps. Exploration strategies and the role of the geologist. Exploration techniques used in locating hydrocarbon reservoirs. Geological and geophysical methods. Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum system. Geological input into drilling and completion. Well logging, interpretation and correlation. Formation evaluation. Shale gas tight reservoir cracking. Reservoir architecture in lab and field.
Delivery: 30 Lecture hours and 30 Hours of Practicals
Course Assessment: Coursework 40% and Final Examination 60%
Textbooks:
- Selley, R.C. (1998). Elements of Petroleum Geology. Academic University Press.
- North, F.K. (1986). Petroleum Geology 619 pp. Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Laudon, R.C. (1995). Principles of Petroleum Geology
- Knut, B. (2010). Petroleum Geosciences, 508 pp. Springer
- Miall, A.D. (1999). Principles of Sedimentary Basin
- Teacher: Mosses Ndayiragije Makoko