PETROGEO 4010 - Fundamentals of Petroleum Geoscience I - Honours

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2017

PETROGEO 4010 is an integrated course of modules focusing on the interpretation of sedimentary rocks as hosts of conventional and unconventional petroleum resources using sedimentology, stratigraphy and well log analysis. Themes covered include reservoir controls in siliciclastic and carbonate depositional systems, facies analysis, petrology and diagenesis, and correlation of strata using a variety of stratigraphic techniques such as sequence stratigraphy and biostratigraphy. One module is on wireline log interpretation and includes aspects of drilling operations (onshore and offshore), mudlogging with sample analysis, and well testing

  • General Course Information
    Course Details
    Course Code PETROGEO 4010
    Course Fundamentals of Petroleum Geoscience I - Honours
    Coordinating Unit Australian School of Petroleum & Energy Resources
    Term Semester 1
    Level Undergraduate
    Location/s North Terrace Campus
    Units 3
    Contact This course will be taught in intensive format, with modules scheduled during Semester 1. During the dates of this course, students are expected to attend class each week day, between 9am and 5pm. Activities will include lectures, practicals, field trips
    Available for Study Abroad and Exchange N
    Corequisites PETROGEO 4011, 4012, 4013
    Assumed Knowledge Bachelors degree training or equivalent in geoscience.
    Course Description PETROGEO 4010 is an integrated course of modules focusing on the interpretation of sedimentary rocks as hosts of conventional and unconventional petroleum resources using sedimentology, stratigraphy and well log analysis. Themes covered include reservoir controls in siliciclastic and carbonate depositional systems, facies analysis, petrology and diagenesis, and correlation of strata using a variety of stratigraphic techniques such as sequence stratigraphy and biostratigraphy. One module is on wireline log interpretation and includes aspects of drilling operations (onshore and offshore), mudlogging with sample analysis, and well testing
    Course Staff

    Course Coordinator: Associate Professor Kathryn Amos

    Course Timetable

    The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.

  • Learning Outcomes
    Course Learning Outcomes
    Upon sucessful completion of PETROGEO 4010, students will:
    1) Have advanced knowledge in petroleum geoscience disciplines of sedimentology, stratigraphy and well log analysis;
    2) Be able to analyse critically, evaluate and transform complex information in order to interpret data from ancient sedimentary sucessions;
    3) Be able to communicatie their knowledge and understanding to specialist audiences.
    University Graduate Attributes

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  • Learning Resources
    Online Learning
    Course information and material will be provided through MyUni.
  • Learning & Teaching Activities
    Learning & Teaching Modes
    This course will be taught in intensive format, with modules scheduled during Semester 1. During the dates of this course, students are expected to attend class each week day, between 9am and 5pm. Activities will include lectures, practicals, field trips, research, individual and group work. Coursework activities to be completed outside of class time are a part of the expected student workload within this course.
    Workload

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    Learning Activities Summary

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  • Assessment

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    4. Assessment must maintain academic standards.

    Assessment Summary
    Assessment includes a final exam and assessment of work completed during the semester. Assessed exercises include activities such as submitted assignments, field trip reports, practical class exercise submission and oral presentations.
    Assessment Detail

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    Submission
    Late submission policy:
    Work will be marked without prejudice, and 10% of the obtained mark will be deducted for each 24 hour period (or part of) that an assessment task is late, up to a maximum penalty of 50% of the mark attained. An examiner may elect not to accept any assessment task that a student wants to submit after that task has been marked and feedback provided to the rest of the class.
    Course Grading

    Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

    M11 (Honours Mark Scheme)
    GradeGrade reflects following criteria for allocation of gradeReported on Official Transcript
    Fail A mark between 1-49 F
    Third Class A mark between 50-59 3
    Second Class Div B A mark between 60-69 2B
    Second Class Div A A mark between 70-79 2A
    First Class A mark between 80-100 1
    Result Pending An interim result RP
    Continuing Continuing CN

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    Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.

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