Fundamentals of Petroleum Geology Syllabus for B.Tech 5th sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Fundamentals of Petroleum Geology B.Tech (R13) fourthsem is as follows
OBJECTIVE: 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 Hours]
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 Hours]
Sedimentalogy of Petroleum bearing sequences – Sedimentary basins. Generation and Migration of Petroleum. Physical and Chemical properties of Petroleum.
UNIT III [9 Hours]
Subsurface Environment – Formation fluids – Composition, temperature, pressure and dynamics. Traps and Seals. The Reservoir. Generation and Migration and Distribution.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
OUTCOME:
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:
- Cox, P.A., “The Elements on Earth”, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1995.
- Wilson, M., Igneous Petrogenesis”, Unwin Hyman, London 1989.
REFERENCES:
- Boggs, S., “Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy”, second edition, Merrill Publishing Co., Toronto, 1995.
- Krumblein, W.C. and Sloss, L.L., “Stratigraphy and Sedimentation”, second edition W.H.Freeman and Co., 1963.
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