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TGB4160

Petroleum Geology

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Credits 7.5
Level Second degree level
Course start Autumn 2024
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

Conditions controlling primary production and accumulation of organic matter. Source rock formation and analysis. Conversion of organic material to petroleum. Primary and secondary migration of petroleum. Porosity and permeability in reservoir rocks. The role of depositional environment as a controlling factor for reservoir quality. Classification and formation of petroleum traps. Basic understanding of pressure data and hydrocarbon-water contacts. Basin types and their petroleum potential. Regional petroleum geology of some selected petroleum provinces with examples from the Continental shelf. The exercises include construction of burial graphs, maturation calculations, source rock analysis, construction and interpretation of structure maps and migration analysis, and thin section microscopy of potential reservoir rocks.

Learning outcome

Knowledge: The student should have knowledge about:

  • Classification and composition of petroleum.
  • Accumulation and preservation of organic matter in sediments.
  • Source rocks, formation of petroleum.
  • How primary and secondary migration of petroleum take place.
  • Formation and classification of structural and stratigraphic traps, sealing.
  • Reservoir rocks, porosity and permeability and what control these properties.
  • Petroleum systems and hydrocarbon plays.

Skills: The student should be able to:

  • Construct burial graphs and perform maturity calculations.
  • Interpret simple geochemical logs.
  • Evaluate the porosity of reservoir rocks based on microscope analysis of thin sections.
  • Construct and interpret 1D and 3D petroleum system models.
  • Carry out petroleum system, play and prospect analysis.
  • Perform risk evaluation of petroleum accumulations at prospect and play level and calculating the prospect's volumetric size and value.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and obligatory exercises. The course is evaluated by a reference group.

Compulsory assignments

  • Exercises

Further on evaluation

The examination papers will be given in English only. Students are free to choose Norwegian or English for written assessments. If there is a re-sit examination, the form of assessment may be changed from written to oral examination.

Course materials

Text book and other teaching materials.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
SIG0523 7.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Geology
  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Geoscience

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2024

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code D Date 2024-12-11 Time 09:00 Duration 4 hours Exam system Paper
Place and room for school exam

The specified room can be changed and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. You can find your room location on Studentweb.

Idrettssenteret (Dragvoll)
Room Storhall del 2
11 candidates
Room DI42
3 candidates

Re-sit examination - Summer 2025

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code D Duration 4 hours Exam system Paper
Place and room
The specified room can be changed and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. You can find your room location on Studentweb.