EASC 332       2 Credit Hours

Introduction to Petroleum Geology

This information is for second semester 2017/2018 academic year

Teacher responsible

Prof. David Atta Peters

Availability

This course is available open to all visiting students but only as a second semester course.

Course Content

The course introduce student to an overview of exploration activities in Ghana since 1896 when the first oil well was drill till the present exploration and production activities. It also looks at the upstream activities of other jurisdictions in oil and gas exploration and production. It will also differentiate between conventional and unconventional types of oil and gas as well as their impact on the environment. 

Teaching

The course will be made up of lectures, discussion on topical issues in the oil industry and assignments.  

Formative Coursework

The course is made up of Interim Assessment, Assignments and Final Examination.

Indicative reading

•          Environmental management in oil and a gas exploration. Joint E & P Forum/UNEP Technical Publication.

•          Prerequisites for a petroleum discovery. Nils Ræstad, Bridge Consult 2008

•          Norman Hyne  (2012) Nontechnical guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling and Production (3rd Edition) . PennWell Corporation, USA . 724 pp

•          Richard Selly (1985). Elements of Petroleum Geology (2nd Edition) by.  W. H. Freeman and Company, New York. 449 pp.

•          Maverick Energy Inc. (1999). Fundamentals of Finding Oil & Gas.  12 pp.

•          Halliburton (2001).  Basic Petroleum Geology and Log Analysis.  80 pp

•          Baker Hughes INTEQ  (1999).  Petroleum Geology. 750-500-111 Rev A

•          Any relevant reading material on Petroleum Geology

Assessment and Grading

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