Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling, and Production

The Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling, and Production course will provide provides a step-by-step explanation of petroleum science, exploration, drilling, well completion testing and completion and production.

Typical Course Outline

·         The Nature of Oil and Gas

·         The Earth’s Crust – Where We Find It

·         Identification of Common Rocks and Minerals

·         Geological Time

·         Deformation of Sedimentary Rocks

·         Sandstone Reservoir Rocks

·         Carbonate Reservoir Rocks

·         Sedimentary Rock Distribution

·         Mapping

·         Ocean Environment and Plate Tectonics

·         Source Rocks, Generation, Migration, and Accumulation of Petroleum

·         Petroleum traps

·         Petroleum Exploration — Geological, Geochemical  Geophysics

·         Drilling Preliminaries

·         Drilling a Well — The Mechanics

·         Drilling Problems

·         Drilling Techniques

·         Testing a Well

·         Completing a Well

·         Surface Treatment and Storage

·         Offshore Drilling and Production

·         Reservoir Mechanics

·         Petroleum Production

·         Reserves