Essentials of petroleum geochemistry

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Course ID:	1300-WEPG-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.304 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0532) Earth science The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Essentials of petroleum geochemistry
Name in Polish:	Essentials of petroleum geochemistry
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Geology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty 4EU+ (z oferty jednostek dydaktycznych) General university courses General university courses at Faculty of Geology General university subjects
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	general courses
Short description:	The classes cover all issues in the field of petroleum geochemistry, in particular the use and interpretation of aliphatic, aromatic hydrocarbons and polar compounds. The results of such studies have applications in petroleum geology and are used to identify the origin of crude oil or organic matter, oil-oil correlation and oil-source rock correlation, in order to determine the origin of the crude oil and its grouping. During the lectures, examples of the application of techniques and interpretations of biomarker distribution results and isotopic data of gas composition and saturated and aromatic hydrocarbon fractions are presented.
Full description:	Course comprises: 1. Determining oil migration distances from source rocks to reservoirs 2. Estimation of hydrocarbons migration based on biomarkers 3. Compound-specific stable isotopes (carbon, hydrogen, sulphur) 4. Interpreting crude oil data: a) Oil-to-oil correlations b) Oil-to-source rock correlations 5. Aliphatic hydrocarbons (n-alkanes, isoprenoids, steranes, hopanes) 6. Aromatic hydrocarbons (aromatic steranes, aromatic carotenoids, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [PAHs]) 7. Polar compounds (bacteriohopanoids [BHPs], GDGTs) 8. Geoporphyrins and maleimides 9. Asphaltenes 10. Gas-to-gas and gas-to-source rock correlations (examples of case studies)
Bibliography:	(in Polish) Dembicki, H., 2017. Practical petroleum geochemistry for exploration and production. Elsevier Inc., 342 p. Killops S., Killops V., 2005. Introduction to organic geochemistry. Blackwell Publishing, 393 p. Peters, K.E., Waters, C.C., Moldowan, J.M., 2005. The biomarker guide. Vol. 1 & 2. Cambridge University Press. Hunt, J., 1995. Petroleum geochemistry and geology. W.H. Freeman, 743 p. Bordenave, M.L., 1993. Applied petroleum geochemistry. Editions Technip, 524 p.
Learning outcomes:	The student will learn about the methodology and interpretation of geochemical data, biomarkers in particular. The student will learn techniques for the geochemical correlation of oil-oil, oil-source rock, gas-gas and gas-source rock. The student will familiarize the methods and programmes (e.g. Xcalibur) used to interpret aliphatic, aromatic and polar compounds.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	The examination requirements cover the scope of material presented at the lectures. The exam is in writing and includes a test and descriptive part.
Practical placement:	none

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