Module Details |
The information contained in this module specification was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen circumstances, or following review of the module at the end of the session. Queries about the module should be directed to the member of staff with responsibility for the module. |
Title | Sandstone Petroleum Reservoirs | ||
Code | ENVS604 | ||
Coordinator |
Dr ITE Verhagen Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences Iris.Verhagen@liverpool.ac.uk |
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Year | CATS Level | Semester | CATS Value |
Session 2020-21 | Level 7 FHEQ | Second Semester | 15 |
Aims |
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To train students how core data is used by the petroleum industry and how it is linked to petrophysical and other wireline datasets. To make students aware of the spatial limitation of borehole datasets, highlighting the need for spatial sedimentary datasets from field scale outcrop analogues to increase value of information. To train students in uses of deterministic and stochastic reservoir models and how the datasets encountered by the students are put to practical use when building reservoir models and determining petroleum volumes. To give students an appreciation of team work when assessing reservoir quality o f a reservoir unit (Brent Group in the Thistle Field, UK North Sea) and placing accrued information in context with current knowledge and future petroleum exploitation. |
Learning Outcomes |
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(LO1) Ability to apply principal methods and concepts regularly used by oil companies to assess a clastic reservoir(s). |
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(LO2) Ability to carefully collect and interpret sedimentary data (from core and outcrop) of specific interest to the petroleum industry and apply this to qualitative and quantitative reservoir assessment. |
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(LO3) Ability to combine stratigraphic information with borehole datasets to provide a better understanding of the subsurface reservoir. |
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(LO4) Understanding how diagenesis affects clastic sedimentary reservoirs. |
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(LO5) Ability to interpret sedimentary environments from core, outcrop and wireline data. |
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(LO6) Abilityto interpret stratigraphic sequences in a ‘relative sea level’ framework. |
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(LO7) Abilityto analyse petroleum reservoir datasets (wireline, core, seismic) and buildbasic static models using industry-standard software such as PETREL. |
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(LO8) Ability to make a reservoir quality assessment (porosity, mineral phases, diagenetic phases) of petrographic thin section. |
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(S1) Group/team work. |
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(S2) Presentation skills in various media (poster, talk, concise report). |
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(S3) Problem solving using a variety of data and information types (quantitative and qualitative). |
Syllabus |
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All lecture notes will be available on VITAL before the lecture, if this is not the case, print-outs will be available during the lecture and the lecture notes will be uploaded straight after the lecture. All practical material and supplementary material will be accessible through VITAL. Generally the supplementary reading will be advisory, to be used as a starting point for the student to find additional supplementary reading. This module will cover key topics such as: The clastic sediment factory: What? When? How much? Where? |
Teaching and Learning Strategies |
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Teaching Method 1 - Lecture Teaching Method 2 - Practical Curriculum 2021 statement: active learning is applied in both teaching methods. During the lectures discussion is encouraged and - where applicable - short exercises (e.g. interpreting diagrams, identifying features on images, etc.) or videos will be used to illustrate the lecture material. The practical sessions
are hands-on activities, mostly in small groups, for the full 4-hours. |
Teaching Schedule |
Lectures | Seminars | Tutorials | Lab Practicals | Fieldwork Placement | Other | TOTAL | |
Study Hours |
24 |
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48 | ||||
Timetable (if known) |
120 mins X 1 totaling 24
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240 mins X 1 totaling 24
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Private Study | 102 | ||||||
TOTAL HOURS | 150 |
Assessment |
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EXAM | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
% of final mark |
Resit/resubmission opportunity |
Penalty for late submission |
Notes |
CONTINUOUS | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
% of final mark |
Resit/resubmission opportunity |
Penalty for late submission |
Notes |
Team poster accompanied by 20 min presentation and Q&A There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule | 6 hrs | 40 | ||||
Publication-style short research paper There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2, W | 8-12 pg paper (4000 | 40 | ||||
Digital workbook that contains record of data collected in practical workshops There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. | Digital workbook (.p | 20 |
Recommended Texts |
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Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module. |