PETROGEO 7023 - Petroleum Geoscience: MSc Research Project B

North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2020

This course involves conducting a group research project under the supervision of a panel of expert staff. Students will work together as a team to define and characterise all elements of a petroleum system within an Australian sedimentary basin selected by members of a supervisory staff panel. Each student will have responsibility for investigating and reporting on particular elements and/or processes of identified petroleum systems. Students will then bring their components together as a group to formulate a cohesive timing chart of events that demonstrates critical moments in the history of identified petroleum systems. This will then be used to predict the location of likely hydrocarbon accumulations within the subsurface of the sedimentary basin up to the present day. These results will be used to map exploration risk in the basin and explain the cause(s) of any dry hole(s). The elements and processes of a petroleum system are interlinked so students will need to collaborate within their group in order to develop their own areas of work. These dependencies will be illustrated in weekly meetings that summarise group progress. Students will be assessed for their approach and their contributions at these meetings though the majority of a student's final grade is awarded by assessment of the final group thesis and presentation during oral examination.

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Course Code	PETROGEO 7023
Course	Petroleum Geoscience: MSc Research Project B
Coordinating Unit	Australian School of Petroleum & Energy Resources
Term	Semester 2
Level	Postgraduate Coursework
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	6
Contact	Regular plenary meetings throughout Semester 2 between student groups and the staff supervisory panel. Meeting timing and frequency to be arranged ad hoc between students and staff. Average meeting frequency is weekly to fortnightly
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange
Prerequisites	PETROGEO 7010, 7011, 7012, 7013 or Demonstrated Training and/or Experience in Applying Fundamental Principles of Petroleum Geoscience.
Corequisites	PETROGEO 7020, 7021
Assumed Knowledge	A conceptual understanding of petroleum system elements and processes.
Assessment	Assessed work comprises performance in weekly progress meetings, a final oral examination and grading of the final thesis submission.

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Course Coordinator: Dr Mark Bunch

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M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

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