Download Petgeo

Here are the main topics to introduce your self to petroleum geology:
It is required that you got a basic knowledge of this topic:
The petroleum system.
Organic origin of petroleum, The Carbon Cycle, Introduce yourself to the formation of
a petroleum deposit from source to trap.
What is Petroleum?
Chemical Properties of Petroleum, like components and molecular types.
Physical Properties, like density.
The subsurface environment
Temperature within the earth (Heat flow equation) and Pressure. (Lithostatic Stress,
Hydrostatic Pressure, Overpressure, Subsurface waters and Fluid thermodynamics)
Review of Sedimentary Basins, and Sedimentary rocks. Describe by plate tectonics and
erosion.
Sedimentary environments, Continental and Marine.
The source: How oil forms
Organic Productivity, Preservation of Organic Matter, and Formation of Kerogen (van
Krevelen).
Migration
Primary Migration and Secondary Migration
Traps
Classification of traps
Review of Structure
Relationship between plate tectonic setting and structural style, Anticlinal traps, Fault
Related traps, Normal fault traps, Thrust fault traps, Strike slip traps and Diapirs
Stratigraphic Traps.
Traps related to unconformities, Diagenetic traps, Sedimentological traps,
Hydrodynamic traps
Methods of Exploration:
Introduction
The exploration process
Regional Geologic Analysis
Surface Geology, Geological Cross-Sections
Subsurface Geological Maps
Geochemical Sampling
Remote Sensing