Unit name | Petroleum Sedimentology |
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Unit code | EASC30024 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1B (weeks 7 - 12) |
Unit director | Professor. Whitaker |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
Mandatory units in Year 1 and Year 2 of the relevant degree programme (BSc or MSci Geology, BSc or MSci Environmental Geoscience or BSc or MSci Geophysics). |
Co-requisites |
n/a |
School/department | School of Earth Sciences |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This unit draws upon the skills and knowledge gained from Year 1 Dynamic Surface teaching in EASC10001, and the units EASC20007 Sedimentology and EASC20042 Applied Geophysics. It enables students to apply their knowledge of sedimentology and geophysics to hydrocarbon-prone sedimentary basins to develop an understanding of hydrocarbon source, reservoir and trap systems, of basin-fill architecture and of the movement of fluids through reservoir systems.
The unit includes a compulsory fieldwork element that will be consolidated via poster presentation. Formative feedback on poster swill be provided. Failure to attend the field trip, unless valid documentation is presented, and contribute to a poster will result in loss of credit points for the unit and may lead to a requirement to withdraw from the degree programme.
Case studies from a number of different industrial and geological settings will be used to expand knowledge of a range of regional geologies, including examples from across the UK and other examples from across the World.
Students will also be introduced to emerging opportunities offered by unconventional reservoirs and also carbon storage and sequestration.
On successful completion of the unit you will be able to
15 Lectures, 5 practicals and 2 days of fieldwork
Final 3 hour examination (100%).
Formative feedback will be provided during the poster session by staff and demonstrators, with detailed feedback to each poster group and more generic feedback on Blackboard.
There are no specific texts for this unit.