| Course Description : | Origin of oil and gas; source rock geochemistry; oil and gas
migration and accumulation; role of groundwater movement in oil
migration and formation of oil fields; reservoir rocks and oil traps;
exploration for oil: surface and subsurface methods, drilling rigs
and drilling mud, well logging; geologic cross-sections; sample
description; stratigraphic logs and well correlation; isopach maps;
three hours lab each week is required. |