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Course Description This course will introduce basic principles governing the processes involved in formation and occurrence of oil and gas. Learning Outcomes By the end of this course the student should be able: • To describe and explain the origin of hydrocarbons (oil and gas) and source rocks. • To explain the migration and trapping of oil and gas in rocks. • To describe the main stages involved in petroleum exploration. Course Contents: What is petroleum geology about, historical development in Petroleum industry. States of hydrocarbons. Physical and chemical properties of petroleum. Natural gases and crude oil. Relation between petroleum and hydrocarbon. Different theories on the origin of petroleum (organic & inorganic). Generation and migration of petroleum. Subsurface environments in which petroleum is formed and generated. Organic deposition and preservation, thermal maturation, migration of fluids. Different types of traps for petroleum reservoirs. Introduction to surface and subsurface exploration. Introduction to drilling. Delivery: 20 Hours of lectures and 20 Hours of Practicals Assessment: Coursework 40% and Final examination 60% Textbooks: 1. Selley, R.C. (1998). Elements of Petroleum Geology. Academic University Press. 2. North, F.K. (1986). Petroleum Geology 619 pp. Kluwer Academic Publishers 3. Laudon, R.C. (1995). Principles of Petroleum Geology 4. Knut, B. (2010). Petroleum Geosciences, 508 pp. Springer 5. Miall, A.D. (1999). Principles of Sedimentary Basin