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Postgraduate Course: Hydrocarbons (EASC11004)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Geosciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThe course introduces many of the concepts and methods utilised by the petroleum industry in finding and exploiting fossil fuel reserves.Many of the technologies of the Many geosciences graduates are employed in this industry, and it is hoped that the course will prepare for both job applications and resulting interviews, as well as giving a broad overview of the subject. The technologies are also employed in assessing sites for geological carbon storage.
Course description W1 Geological elements of a petroleum system; future sources of energy including clathrates and oil shales. (MW)
P1 Location of reserves and resources worldwide, unconventional hydrocarbons, exploration histories (MW)

W2 Origin of oil and gas; source rocks (MW)
L2b Maturation of source rocks; geochemical compositions of crude oils; measures of maturation and migration. (MW)

W3 Migration from the source rock; migration to the trap; sealing of trap; fluid pressure in the subsurface. (MW)
P3 Calculation of burial and maturation. (MW)

W4 Petroleum systems, plays, traps and fluids (MW)
P4 Plays, traps and field volumes (MW)

W5 Drilling and wireline logs (MW)
P5 Wireline log interpretation (MW) ¿ formative practical, will be taken in and marked but mark will not contribute to final course mark.

NOTE ¿ you should revise the principles of seismic, magnetic and gravity surveying (from your previous years¿ notes) ready for the next 3 weeks work:

W6 Principles of rock physics (MC)
P6 Use of geophysical survey techniques to appraise a concealed basin (MW).

W7 Amplitude-versus-offset analysis (MC)
P7 Beatrice field seismic interpretation exercise (MW)

W8 Quantitative Seismic Interpretation (MC)
P8 Sedimentology of the Ninian Delta using oilfield data (MW)

W9 Introduction to Southern north Sea plays (MW)
P9 Southern North Sea plays (MW)

W10 Controls on Jurassic oil plays in the Northern North Sea (MW)
P10 The practical use of seismic sections in defining structural and stratigraphic traps in the Brent Province (MW).

W11 Carbon Capture and Storage (MW)
P11 Geological Carbon Storage (MW)
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Draw on a broad and integrated knowledge of the basic principles and industrial applications of petroleum geology, petroleum geochemistry, subsurface fluids, geophysical exploration and wireline well logging.
  2. Display detailed knowledge of the plays in the North and South North Sea.
  3. Appreciate some of the specialised techniques used in the hydrocarbon industry: reconnaissance gravity, magnetic and regional seismic reflection surveys and wireline logging.
  4. Understand the principles of interpretation of the main logging devices used in the hydrocarbon industry.
Reading List
(*, ** indicate usefulness)

** Selley RC (1998) Elements of Petroleum Geology, 2nd ed. Academic Press

* Gluyas JG & Swarbrick R (2004) Petroleum Geoscience. Blackwell.
ISBN 0632 03767 9. Good for integration of geology and geophysics applied to hydrocarbon exploration and production


* Glennie KW (1998) Introduction to the Petroleum Geology of the North Sea. 4th ed. Blackwell Science AVAILABLE IN ELECTRONIC FORM via the UoE LIBRARY - do library search on Glennie KW.

Note there are several versions of this book from c. 1984 to present. Most of the paper copies in the library are older editions. For this course they are probably fine, the geology doesn¿t change very fast¿ though data about individual oil and gas fields may be out of date.

* Kearey P, Brooks M and Hill, I. (2003) An Introduction to Geophysical Exploration. Blackwell. ISBN 0 632 04929 4. Good for seismic reflection, magnetics & gravity.

Also refer to:

Hunt, J.M. (1995) Petroleum Geochemistry and Geology ISBN 0-7167-2441 3. A bit advanced for this course but still good. Out of print but in library.

Rider M (1996) The geological interpretation of well logs, 2nd ed. Whittles Publishing, Caithness. ISBN 1 870325 36 2 (£38).

North FK (1985) Petroleum Geology. Allen and Unwin. Out of print but in library.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Practical classes encourage data analysis and synthesis of a wide range of geoscience topics.
Additional Class Delivery Information Wednesday 9 - 12 Hutton Lecture Theatre, Grant Institute
KeywordsHydrocarbons,Oil industry,Natural gas,Carbon Capture and Storage,Wireline logs
Contacts
Course organiserDr Mark Wilkinson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5943
Email: Mark.Wilkinson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Edwin Cruden
Tel: (0131 6)50 2543
Email: Edwin.Cruden@ed.ac.uk
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