May 15, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 [Archived Catalog]

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GEOL 4570 - Petroleum Geology


Designed for geology students at the senior undergraduate and graduate levels. It will provide students with an understanding of the basic concepts and processes that govern a) the generation, migration, and trapping of hydrocarbon resources, and b) the fundamentals of exploration for, and exploitation of, these resources.

Requisites: GEOL 3600 or concurrent
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture, 2.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Have a general understanding of the factors that control the extraction of oil and natural gas.
  • Have an basic understanding of how companies explore for oil and natural gas including the economics of the industry.
  • Have an basic understanding of how oil and natural gas are formed, how it moves through the subsurface, and how it is trapped.
  • Know the basics of the development the petroleum industry.
  • Write a term paper based on a literature review of a specific oil and natural gas basin.



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