Undergraduate Course: Hydrocarbon Reservoir Quality (EASC10015)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course examines the science underpinning porosity and permeability in sandstone and carbonate reservoirs. Thisi is particularly relevant for hydorcarbon exploration and production, has importance for CO2 storage sites and can also help understand deep aquifers. The mineralogy and physical arrangement of sedimentary grains, is changed during burial by compaction, geochemical reactions, and fluid flow. The themes are divided into Sandstones and Carbonates. Each theme progresses from depositional and shallow burial effects, to processes during deeper burial. Shallow and deep burial (dis)similarities will be explained.
The focus will be on several scales. Firstly the basin setting and gross basin architecture. Second the reservoir scale depositional (in)homogeneities. Thirdly, the cementation and dissolution effects at the pore scale, with integration of geological setting, basin modelling, geochemical measurements and petrological measurements. This will help understand how to predict good, or poor, quality porosity and permeability within a basin. Delivery will be through a series of four lecture days, shared with MSc classes from Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt. Formative assessment is by class dialogue and interaction.
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| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Sedimentology, or petroleum geoscience, or hydrogeology are useful. Check with organiser if you do not hold any of these at SCQF 9, or 10, or 11 |
| Additional Costs | None. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 18 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 30,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
68 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Written Exam: 0%, Course Work: 100 %, Practical Exam: 0%.
Assessment is 4 sides of A4 assessed essay. This includes text as 11pt Arial, and also diagrams and references as chosen by individual student. The aim is to interpret, critically summarise, and link together the main topics of the lecture courses. Criteria are : first class: innovation; upper second: accurate critique; lower second: sporadically flawed; third: serially flawed. These follow the CMS1 Common Marking Scheme. http://www.ed.ac.uk/student-administration/exams/regulations/common-marking-scheme
Assessment deadlines:
Documents of 4 sides must be submitted before 16H on Monday 29 February 2016. This must be electronically by Email to TO secretary, or via LEARN
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| Feedback |
For each lecture, students are provided with printed handouts of all notes and diagrams used. Feedback is predominantly by in-class Q&A during and after each lecture presentation. This is aided by a listing of recommended research-level publications. A short MCQ self-guided assessment will be available, to highlight major topics for each lecture. |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- To develop a critical understanding of how sandstone and carbonate reservoir porosity and permeability in the subsurface is influenced by sedimentological effects of depositional mineralogy, grainsize, and sorting.
- To develop a detailed understanding of the effects, from shallow-to-deep burial of compaction, cementation and dissolution. This knowledge will be integrated with basin modelling, geochemical measurements and petrological measurements.
- To illustrate some of the research and commercial methods, with case examples, by which porous reservoirs can be assessed.
- To engage with synthesis and condensation of information, via an assessed critical essay. This will showcase students detailed understanding of specific topics, linkage into a coherent understanding, and with objectives to offer professional level interpretations of forefront developments.
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Reading List
| Notified during class and by information on LEARN |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Hydrocarbonreservoir,CO2,Porosity,Permeability,Reservoir,Aquifer,Sedimentolgy,Sabdstone,Carb |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Stuart Haszeldine
Tel: (0131 6)50 8549
Email: S.Haszeldine@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Casey Hollway
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
Email: Casey.Hollway@ed.ac.uk |
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