UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

(COURSE INFORMATION)
(Confidential)
Code : CGE526

Course : PETROLEUM GEOLOGY

Level : Degree

Credit Unit : 3

Contact Hour : 4

Part : 3
[1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8]

Course Status : Core

[Core / Non Core]

Prerequisite : Nil

Course Objectives
: Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Explain the structures, tectonic, traps and lithology and
identify geological factors that lead to accumulation of oil
and gas.
2. Describe the properties to the formation of petroleum
3. Relate geological and geophysical data for exploration to
perform volumetric calculations, identify risk and
uncertainties

Course Description : Knowledge of the geological foundations of petroleum

formation and exploration is essential to any career in the
hydrocarbon industry. It also provides a basic introduction to
geology and develops the knowledge and skills necessary for
understanding petroleum formation, migration and
accumulation, and methods of detecting, measuring and
developing petroleum reserves.

Faculty of Chemical Engineering Year : 2011

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons.) Oil & Gas
Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA
 Syllabus Content :

1.0 Introduction
Historical review of petroleum exploration
Application of Geoscience to Petroleum Exploration and Development
Nature and composition of earth & Rocks and Minerals
Geologic Time, Plate Tectonics and Basin Development
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

2.0 Occurrence of Petroleum

2.1 Nature and formation of water, gas and crude oil
2.2Generation of petroleum and source rocks
2.3 Petroleum migration
2.4 Reservoirs: sandstone and carbonates
2.5 Depositional environments and significance to reservoir rock prediction
2.6 Seals and cap rocks
2.7Petroleum traps and structural geology

3.0 Reservoir Rocks and their Fluids

3.1 Porosity and Permeability
3.2 Diagenesis and Secondary Porosity
3.3 Chemistry of Petroleum

4.0 The subsurface environment

4.1 Subsurface water
4.2 Subsurface pressure
4.3 Subsurface temperature
4.4 Subsurface fluid dynamics

5.0 Methods of exploration

5.1 Geological Mapping
5.2 Well drilling and completion
5.3 Formation evaluation
5.4 Geophysical methods of exploration
5.5 Borehole geophysics and 4D seismic
5.6 Remote sensing
5.7 Plays, fairways and prospect evaluation

6.0 Resource and Reserves

6.1 Key differences between Resource and Reserves
6.2 Classification of Resource and Reserves
6.3 Volumetric Calculation; Probabilities and Uncertainties

7.0 Nonconventional petroleum resources

7.1 Shale gas
7.2 Methane hydrates
7.3 Tar sand
7.4 Other nonconventional fossil fuels

8.0 Case Study

8.1 Malaysias petroleum geology in brief
8.2 Exploration history and successes
8.3 New exploration plays

Faculty of Chemical Engineering Year : 2011

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons.) Oil & Gas
Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA
 Teaching Methodology : Lectures and Tutorials

Assessment : Test and Assignment : 40%

Examination : 60%

Recommended Text : Richard C. Selley (1997). Elements of Petroleum Geology,

Second Edition, Academic Press.

References : 1. Norman J. Hyne, (2001). Nontechnical Guide to

Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling and Production
2nd Edition, Pennwell Books

2. Wangen M. (2010). Physical Principles of Sedimentary

Basin Analysis, First edition, Cambridge

3. Link P.K (2001) Basic Petroleum Geology, Third Edition,

Prentice Hall

Faculty of Chemical Engineering Year : 2011

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons.) Oil & Gas
Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA