GP 516: Petroleum Geology and Petrophysics

Syllabus​

Introduction to Petroleum geology, Physical and chemical properties of petroleum, subsurface environment, generation and migration of petroleum, traps and seals, sedimentary basins, assessment of basin reserves and global reserves, Introduction to Petrophysics, rock fluid system and interaction, reservoir characteristics, relationship between porosity, permeability and texture, forward modeling and prediction of effects of porosity, lithology and fluids on seismic attributes, Correlation of well log parameters with seismic properties, bulk properties and pore fluid conditions.

Texts/References

  • R.C.Selley, Elements of petroleum geology, Academic press, 1997
  • D.Tiab and E.C.Donaldson, Petrophysics: Theory and Practice of measuring reservoir rock and fluid transport properties, Gulf Professional publishers, 2003
  • J. Gluyas, R.E. Swarbrick, Petroleum Geoscience, Blackwell Science, 2003
  • G. Mavko, T. Mukerjee and J. Dvorkin, The Rock Physics handbook: Tools for seismic analysis of porous media, Cambridge, 1998
  • J.R. Fanchi, Principles of applied reservoir simulation, Gulf Publishing, 1997