Description

During this course the students will learn some important parts of the history behind the hydrocarbon industry, as well as the current economic situation and future prognostics in a wide range of scenarios. The students will also be taught the most important rules of the generation, maturation, migration and storage of hydrocarbons, and the different aspects to be taken into consideration not just at the time of exploration, but also during production and development of a field in general. In order to achieve that students will have the opportunity to practice using initially some didactic data sets, but evolving to very complex realistic scenarios, where their true instincts and knowledge of the most varied disciplines taught in the entire course come into play, really serving as a testing platform for their general knowledge and understanding of sedimentary basins, tectonic setting and geological processes. 

Compétences requises

Plate Tectonics; Sedimentology; Depositional Environments; Basin Analysis

Compétences visées

Historic facts of the industry; current global situation of hydrocarbons; main aspects behind exploration, then production of hydrocarbons; and some important aspects of the financial characteristics involved in generating revenues in oil and gas exploration.

Syllabus

Oil and gas exploration; Ten steps to heaven; History of the petroleum industry; Current and future situation of the oil and gas industry

Bibliographie

Society for Sedimentary Geology (http://www.sepmstrata.org) is a great source of general information, including links to more detailed manuscripts and books might interest the students. Additionally, there are substantial amount of incredible material available at American Association of Petroleum Geologists website(https://www.aapg.org), also with papers and books published by the AAPG publisher.

Contacts

Responsable(s) de l'enseignement

• Guilherme Bozetti