ESCI 796, 896 Special Topics: Petroleum Geoscience January 2016; 4.0 credits Instructor: Mike Moore Course Description: Current application of petroleum geoscience centers around the concept of the petroleum system. A petroleum system includes source rock, reservoir rock, and seal rock as well as the processes of trap formation and generation‐migration‐ accumulation of hydrocarbons. This course will study each aspect of the petroleum system and explore how processes link together to form producible hydrocarbon accumulations. Special emphasis will be devoted to introducing students in the skills and tools a petroleum geoscientist needs to explore and produce hydrocarbons including well log interpretation and correlation, stratigraphy, seismic interpretation, and useful types of maps and cross sections. The course includes several “hands on” exercises where students will apply these concepts and skills, both individually and in teams, using actual data including integrated datasets from the deep water Gulf of Mexico. Course Objectives: To study how petroleum system elements and processes combine to produce hydrocarbon fields. Learn skills and tools a petroleum geoscientist needs to find and produce oil and gas. Apply concepts and tools to explore for and develop actual oil and gas fields in 2480 120° F 120° F 350° F 350° F Generation Generation Migration Migration Seal Rock Seal Rock Reservoir Rock Reservoir Rock Oil Oil Water Water Gas Cap Gas Cap Entrapment Entrapment
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ESCI 796, 896 Special Topics: Petroleum Geoscience
January 2016; 4.0 credits
Instructor: Mike Moore
Course Description: Current application of petroleum geoscience centers around the concept of the petroleum system. A petroleum system includes source rock, reservoir rock, and seal rock as well as the processes of trap formation and generation‐migration‐accumulation of hydrocarbons. This course will study each aspect of the petroleum system and explore how processes link together to form producible hydrocarbon accumulations. Special emphasis will be devoted to introducing students in the skills and tools a petroleum geoscientist needs to explore and produce hydrocarbons including well log interpretation and correlation, stratigraphy, seismic interpretation, and useful types of maps and cross sections. The course includes several “hands on” exercises where students will apply these concepts and skills, both individually and in teams, using actual data including integrated datasets from the deep water Gulf of Mexico. Course Objectives:
To study how petroleum system elements and processes combine to produce hydrocarbon fields.
Learn skills and tools a petroleum geoscientist needs to find and produce oil and gas.
Apply concepts and tools to explore for and develop actual oil and gas fields in
2480
120° F120° F
350° F350° FGenerationGeneration
MigrationMigration
Seal RockSeal Rock
ReservoirRockReservoirRock
OilOil
WaterWater
Gas CapGas Cap
EntrapmentEntrapment
the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
Have fun doing it! Pre‐requisites: Students are expected to have a background in geology and/or broad training in math, physical sciences and engineering.
Course format: Hybrid, with online instruction week of 28 December transitioning to face‐to‐face meetings starting the week of 4 January.
Class format (face‐to‐face meetings weeks of 4 and 11 January):
Monday‐Wednesday‐Friday: 12.30 – 4.30 pm James 254
Tuesday‐Thursday: 9.30 – 11.30 am; 12.30 – 4.30 pm James 254
Contact Info: My UNH email is [email protected].
My Background and Teaching Philosophy: I was born and raised in NH and received my BS in Geology from UNH in 1976. I went to graduate school at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks and received a MS in Geology in 1979. I joined Exxon when I got out of school and worked 14 years as a geologist with assignments in exploration and development. In 1993, I joined BHP Billiton as a geologist working on the deepwater GOM and spent the next 19 years first exploring for and then helping develop some of the fields we will be working on in the exercises. I have taught and helped develop several company courses and believe the best way to learn is to get “hands on” experience so you will get that opportunity in this course. Textbook: The textbook for this course is the newly revised 3rd edition of Elements of Petroleum Geology by Richard Selley and Stephen Sonnenberg published by Elsevier. Responsibilities: (1) First week: Go through all petroleum system and other modules on My Courses and complete Seismic Interpretation exercise by Monday Jan 4; (2) Attend classroom lectures; (3) Complete all course exercises, which are due the day that they are reviewed; (4) Participate in group exercises and discussions including presenting results; (5) Take Quiz and Final Exam when scheduled. Grading: Course Exercises 60%; Quiz 10%; Final Exam 25%; Participation 5%. Late Policy: As in the real world you are expected to meet your deadlines. All course exercise products are due at the time of review of that exercise. Late material will lose 10% for every classroom day late. If you want to discuss the grading of an exercise or exam, please see me no later than one week after the original grade has been assigned. After that period, all grades are final. Course Schedule (subject to revision):
The first week is online and concentrates on the basics of the petroleum system and also includes an exercise on seismic interpretation. The following first week schedule is only a suggestion but be sure to go through the petroleum system modules (PSM) in the order listed. Since the class will not be meeting you can work through the modules and the exercise on your own schedule, but the expectation is that you will have all of them completed by the first class meeting on Monday January 4.
Monday 12/28: Petroleum Geoscience Overview; and PSM1: Petroleum System Overview.
Tuesday 12/29: PSM2: Hydrocarbon Generation and Migration; and Seismic Interpretation
Wednesday 12/30: PSM3: Reservoir; and begin Seismic Interpretation Exercise.
Thursday 12/31/15: PSM4: Trap and Seal; and work on Seismic Interpretation Exercise.
Friday 1/1: Happy New Year!! Work on Seismic Interpretation Exercise (if up to it!).
The second and third weeks are in the classroom and will concentrate on the skills and tools a petroleum geoscientist needs to explore for and produce hydrocarbons. This will be accomplished by a combination of lectures and “hands on” exercises with actual data. Some of the exercises will be worked individually and some by teams. There will also be a quiz on the first week’s learnings (petroleum system and seismic interpretation) early in the second week and a final exam late in the third week.
Monday 1/4: Short Petroleum Systems Review; Review Seismic Interpretation Exercise; Formation Evaluation Lecture; and Well Log Exercise.
Tuesday 1/5: Review Well Log Exercise; Sequence Stratigraphy Lecture; and Well Correlation Exercise; Quiz (Petroleum System and Seismic Interpretation).
Wednesday 1/6: Review Correlation Exercise; Subsurface Mapping Lecture; Volumetrics and Risk Lecture; and Well Drilling Lecture.
Thursday 1/7: Exploration and Appraisal Lecture; and begin Exploration Exercise.
Friday 1/8: Continue Exploration Exercise; and prepare Appraisal plan for all discoveries.
Monday 1/11: Review Exploration Exercise; Development Lecture including case studies.
Tuesday 1/12: Begin Production Exercise.
Wednesday 1/13: Continue Production Exercise.
Thursday 1/14: Finish and Review Production Exercise; and WAFB Case Study Lecture
Friday 1/15: Course Review; and Final Exam
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