Practical Petroleum Geoscience

by

Robert Font, Ph.D., CPG, PG

Topics Covered:

• Brief history of the petroleum industry

• Composition, properties and usage of hydrocarbons

• Global reserves, production and consumption

• Field size classification

• Basic geological and geophysical principles

• Plate tectonics and petroleum distribution

• Correlation techniques

• The four basic prerequisites for finding commercial hydrocarbons
  
       source rock
  
       reservoir rock
  
       trap and seal
  
       perfect "timing"

• Fractured reservoirs

• Mapping basics

• Reconnaissance exploration methods
  
       gravity
  
       magnetic
  
       geochemical

• The seismic method of exploration

• Integrating seismic with well control

• 2D, 3D, 4D seismic

• Leads and prospects

• Reserve calculations

• Exploration economics and risk analysis

• Well drilling

• Well logs

• Log analysis

• Well completion techniques

• Development and production geology

• Technical data management