Aims: This course enables students to understand the concepts about geology. This course provides the knowledge about different process of surveys, their methods, bases of petroleum geology and scope about geology in Petroleum Technology.
1. Introduction to Geology
1.1 Branches of Geology
1.2 Origin of Earth
2. Formation of Rocks
2.1 Rock structure
2.2 Properties of rocks
2.3 Main types of rocks
2.4 Types of sedimentary rocks
2.5 Properties of sedimentary rocks
3. Sediments
3.1 First sediment
3.2 Bedding
3.3 Types of Bedding
3.4 Riplemarks, uniformity Riplemarks
4. Age of rocks
4.1 Calculation of age of rocks
4.2 Stratigraphic column
4.3 Deposition, Deltaic Deposition
4.4 Geosynclines
4.5 Permeable rocks
4.6 Classification of traps
4.7 Structure of rocks
4.8 Hydrodynamic gradient
5. Migration of petroleum
5.1 Accumulation of petroleum
5.2 Geologic formation of migration and accumulation
5.3 Short & Long Migration
5.4 Primary migration
5.5 Normal water circulation
5.6 Water squeezed out of cleys and shales
5.7 Factors affecting permeability.
5.8 Faulting
5.9 Folding & cementation
6. Oil Pools
6.1 Sedimentary oil, recycled oil
6.2 Eroding oil pools
6.3 Entrained particles
7. Pressure Phenomena
7.1 Capillary pressure
7.2 Displacement pressure phenomena
7.3 Capillary pressure difference for migration
7.4 Buoyancy
7.5 Accumulation of petroleum
7.6 Time of accumulation for petroleum
7.7 Effect of hydrodynamic force on migration and accumulation of petroleum
8. Time of Trap
8.1 Formation of time trap
8.2 Determination of relative time when a trap is formed
9. Exploration
9.1 Early techniques of exploration
9.2 Magnetic survey
9.3 Gravimetric survey
9.4 Seismic survey
9.5 Off shore exploration
9.6 Dry holes
9.7 Oil water contacts
10. Field Maps
10.1 Geological field maps
10.2 Labeling of geological field maps
10.3 Uses of geological field maps
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