Nov 16, 2024  
PUBLISHED 2024-2025 Credit Catalog 
    
PUBLISHED 2024-2025 Credit Catalog

GEOL 256 - Petroleum Geology


Description
This course provides an introduction to basic petroleum geology. Students will explore petroleum-related concepts and exploration procedures from a geological context, including origin and migration of hydrocarbons, reservoir, source and cap rocks, trapping mechanisms, formation evaluation (well log analysis), geologic contour mapping and cross-sections. The petroleum geology of Canada, with emphasis on the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, will be discussed.

1.5 Credits

Prerequisites
 

  • GEOL 246

Equivalents
GEOL 245