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Fundamentals of Petroleum Geology - GEOS3321
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.bees.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
None
 
 
Equivalent: GEOS1111
 
 
Fee Band: 5 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Introduction to the earth sciences; nature and properties of rocks and minerals; sedimentation and sedimentary enviroments; stratigraphy and the geological time scale; geological maps and structures; introduction to plate tectonics. Nature and geological properties of petroleum; petroleum generation, migration, entrapment and degradation; sedimentology of petroleum-bearing sequences; primary and secondary porosity; structural and stratigraphic traps; formation waters; coal-bed methane, oil shale and other non-conventional petroleum sources; geological and geophysical methods in petroleum exploration and development; regional geology of selected petroleum basins.

Note: The one day field excursion is a compulsory part of the course and students will incur some personal costs.

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