GEOL 335 - Petroleum Geology and Geophysics

Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2014 and alternate years

Prerequisite: GEOL 100, GEOL 101 or GEOL 105, and geology major. Corequisite: GEOL 395-01. A survey of the theory and practice of petroleum geology and geophysics. Topics covered include the nature and origin of petroleum, a study of where oil and gas accumulate from the perspective of basin analysis, and the basic principles of reflection seismology and petrophysics. The key petroleum system elements of charge, seal, reservoir and structure are studied within the context of how a geologist or geophysicist goes about exploring for and developing petroleum accumulations. Emphasis is placed on the Geology use of industry software and data to analyze geologic features, deposits, and basins that are relevant to petroleum exploration and production. Connors.