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TPG4560

Petroleum Geoscience and Engineering, Specialization Project

Credits 15
Level Second degree level
Course start Autumn 2026
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement work

About

About the course

Course content

Academic content must be agreed upon with lecturers within the discipline.

Learning outcome

Competence: After completing the specialization project, the student should have

  • learned to delve into a specific topic within the subject area.
  • have a scientific basis for completing a master's thesis within the subject area.

Knowledge and skills: After completing the course, the student should have learned scientific working methods when completing an independent project within the subject area. The student should have learned to carry out a project and write a project report in accordance with current standards and with the use of relevant digital tools

Learning methods and activities

The project work is carried out individually or in small groups of students (normally two) under the supervision of a professor/lecturer. Subject-specific digital tools including programming is used where relevant.

Further on evaluation

If the project is performed as group work, the students and supervisor shall make an agreement about individual or joint assessment of the final project report.

Required previous knowledge

It is provided that the student has completed all courses which are listed as compulsory for the specialization in the study plan, or gets approval from the person with course responsibility.

Course materials

Given at the beginning of the semester.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
TPG4570 15 sp Autumn 2025
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

  • Petroleum Engineering - Production Engineering
  • Petroleum Engineering - Drilling Engineering
  • Petroleum Engineering - Reservoir Engineering
  • Petrophysics
  • Petroleum Production/Well Technology
  • Deep drilling Engineering
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Petroleum Production

Contact information

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Geoscience

Timetable

Timetable

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Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: work
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2026

work
Weighting 100/100 Date Submission 2026-12-15 Time Submission 14:00 Exam system Inspera Assessment

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