On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
- Describe the physical and chemical properties of oil and natural gas and their occurrences
- Discuss the hydrocarbons generation factors such as composition, productivity and preservation of organic matter in sedimentary formations.
- Describe and discuss the types of fluids and their behaviour in the subsurface environment and discuss the origin and migration of oil and natural gas.
- Describe and illustrate the various types of hydrocarbon reservoirs and traps.
- Evaluate the procedures and methods which may be employed in petroleum exploration.
- Summarize and discuss geological subsurface methods .used to interpret reservoirs and discuss volumetric method used to calculate original oil in place.
- Discuss the origin, tectonic settings and classification of sedimentary basins.
- Describe and illustrate the architecture of sedimentary basins and their fills and describe the relative petroleum productivity of the various types of sedimentary basin.
- Analyse the petroleum potential of a sedimentary basin using specific case history data.