PE6402 - FUNDAMENTALS OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY (Syllabus) 2013-regulation Anna University

PE6402 FUNDAMENTALS OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY  LPTC
3003

OBJECTIVES: To enable the students to
• Have basic understanding of broad array of tools used in the search for and production of hydrocarbon reserves
• Learn the principles of mapping a subsurface reservoir and estimating the volumetrics.

UNIT I 9
Introduction to earth science - Origin of earth. Nature and properties of minerals and rocks. Sedimentation and sedimentary environment. Stratigraphy and geological time scale. Introduction of plate tectonics.

UNIT II 9
Sedimentalogy of Petroleum bearing sequences - Sedimentary basins. Generation and Migration of Petroleum. Physical and Chemical properties of Petroleum.


UNIT III 9
Subsurface Environment – Formation fluids – Composition, temperature, pressure and dynamics. Traps and Seals. The Reservoir. Generation and Migration and Distribution.

UNIT IV 9
Exploration Methods - Well drilling. Formation Evaluation. Geophysical. Borehole Seismic and 4D Seismic. Subsurface geology.

UNIT V 9
Non conventional petroleum resources and reserve estimation. – Plastic and solid hydrocarbons. Tar sands. Oil and gas shales. Coal bed methane. Assessment of reserves.

TOTAL : 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:
Students able to understand how geologists conduct the search for petroleum resources through the value chain or the life cycle of a petroleum resource.

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Cox, P.A., “The Elements on Earth”, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1995.
2. Wilson, M., Igneous Petrogenesis”, Unwin Hyman, London 1989.

REFERENCES
1. Boggs, S., “Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy”, second edition, Merrill Publishing Co., Toronto, 1995.
2. Krumblein, W.C. and Sloss, L.L., “Stratigraphy and Sedimentation”, second edition W.H. Freeman and Co., 1963.
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