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The discovery of the world's first major underground oil field in Pennsylvania, USA in 1859 sparked the continuing era of the world's reliance on cheap energy from oil and gas.
12 hours, 56 minutes
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This course, Earth's physical resources: petroleum, begins by examining the geological characteristics of petroleum and the key ingredients necessary to form oil and gas accumulations. Then there is a brief description of industrial operations during the life cycle of an oil field, starting with subsurface analysis and exploration drilling. The course also highlights the role of safety and environmental management as an integral part of the petroleum business and concludes with a short review of global resources and non-conventional petroleum.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- Interpret graphs and evaluate tables of data relating to different aspects of petroleum
- Recognise, after being given basic geological information for a petroleum play, the main 'ingredients' (petroleum charge, reservoirs, seals and traps) that contribute to its potential
- Understand the roles played by different means of exploration in contributing to defining a petroleum play, and its evaluation
- Describe the various options for petroleum production in different settings
- Discuss the various hazards to operators and the environment that are presented by exploiting petroleum reserves.
Course Currilcum
- Introduction 00:15:00
- Learning outcomes 00:10:00
- The chemistry of petroleum – what is petroleum? 00:20:00
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- Petroleum charge 00:10:00
- Source rocks 00:30:00
- Kerogen 00:35:00
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- Maturation 00:35:00
- Migration 00:25:00
- Reservoir rocks 00:40:00
- Seals 00:15:00
- Traps 00:25:00
- Combining the ingredients 00:25:00
- Detection, exploration and evaluation 00:07:00
- Surface detection methods 00:07:00
- Remote sensing methods 00:20:00
- Appraising the discovery 00:20:00
- Development options 00:07:00
- Production techniques 00:40:00
- Getting petroleum ashore 00:10:00
- Estimating reserves 00:30:00
- Reserves categories and reporting 00:20:00
- The global picture 00:15:00
- World oil statistics 00:20:00
- World gas statistics 00:20:00
- The UK context 00:20:00
