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| Principles and Practice of Petroleum Geochemistry in Exploration & Production | ||
| Instructor | Tuition | |
Dr. Adry Bissada, University of Houston |
$1200 - 3 Day Course |
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LOCATION: University of Houston Science & Research Building Room 207
Who Should Attend
Geologists, geophysicists, and engineers involved in exploration, development and reservoir characterization.
Course Description
This is a basic course in geochemistry that covers the principles of hydrocarbon accumulation, maturation, migration and entrapment along with geochemical practices used to identify and classify hydrocarbon sources, estimate hydrocarbon volumes, levels of hydrocarbon maturation, routes of migration, and interconnectivity of reservoirs. This course will provide students a fundamental familiarity of the language and technology of petroleum geochemistry and its application to exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbon reserves. The course will include lectures and exercises.
Course Outline
- Introduction to Petroleum Geochemistry
- Review of Fundamentals
- Constraints on Hydrocarbon Generation and Accumulation
- Geochemical Correlation and “Geochemical Inversion”
- Introduction to Geochemical Modeling
- Geochemistry in Exploitation & Development (Reservoir Geochemistry)
- Geochemical Methods
- Introduction to Coal-Bed Methane Geochemistry
- Case Studies
