GEOLOGY & PETROLEUM GEOLOGY Spring 2009

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1 GEOLOGY & PETROLEUM GEOLOGY Spring 2009 Lecture: T-TR 9:35-10:50 AM Instructor: Randi Martinsen MRRC Building, room #1012 Phone # Office hrs: Tues-Thurs. 11 am -12:30 pm am; or by appointment CLASS TEXT: NONE SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS: 1) Selley, Elements of Petroleum Geology 2) 2 AAPG DEVELOPMENT GEOLOGY REFERENCE MANUAL (CITED IN READING ASSIGNMENTS SIMPLY AS AAPG AND ON RESERVE IN THE BRINKERHOFF LIBRARY) Prerequisites: Geology 430 (Strat-Sed) & Geology 660 (Structure) or PETE 3000 or permission of instructor Course Requirements: Grade Value: 3 exams 20% each Final exam 20% Homeworks, term project presentation, class participation 20% Final class grades are curved. A 90%+ average does not guarantee an A; likewise, a 50% average does not guarantee an F. Students in 4190 will be curved separately from those in 5190

2 PETROLEUM GEOLOGY Fall 2008 Lecture Outline and Reading Assignments. Required readings are in bold. I. INTRODUCTION Selley p II. THE SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT A. ROCK 1. General 2. Porosity Selley, p , AAPG, p ; Surdam et.al Permeability Selley, p AAPG, p ; Diagenetic influences Selley, p WE WON T COVER DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS IN CLASS BUT THE READINGS ARE REQUIRED, AND ARE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR ANY NON-GEOLOGY STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING THE COURSE! 5. Depositional Environments Morse, 1994; Jordan and Wilson, 1994 & Reservoir Characterization Selley, p B. FLUIDS 1. Water Selley, p AAPG, p Oil & Gas Selley, p AAPG, p ; Reserve Calculations Selley, p C. DYNAMICS 1. temperature Selley, p pressure Selley, p ; Martinsen, 1995; AAPG p.79-82> a. hydrostatic b. hydrodynamic Hubbert, c. abnormal Surdam et al.,1995 III. THE PETROLEUM SYSTEM A. FORMATION OF PETROLEUM 1. Organic vs Inorganic Selley, p Organic Material a. sources & composition Selley, p b. accumulation & preservation 3. Alteration Organic Matter Selley,p ; Tissot, 1984, p Source Rock Analyses 5. Alteration in the Reservoir Blanc & Connan, 1994 B. MIGRATION AND ACCUMULATION 1. Capillary Phenomena AAPG, p Primary Migration Selley,p ; Tissot, 1984, p Secondary Migration & Trapping Selley,p ; Berg, 1975; Schowalter, l Hydrocarbon Seal Rocks Downey, Hydrocarbon Show Evaluation Schowalter & Hess, 1982;

3 C. TYPES OF TRAPS 1. Structural Selley, p ; 2. Stratigraphic Selley, p ; Wilson, 1977; Mackenzie, 1972; Chenowith, Combination Selley, p , ; Pedry, 1975; Hubbert,1953 D. PETROLEUM SYSTEMS 1. Sedimentary Basins & Selley, p ; Stoneley, 1981; Green, 1983, Petroleum Exploration 1985; Swanson, 1972; Weimer, The Petroleum Systems Magoon and Dow, 1994; Demaison and Huizinga, 1994 IV. PETROLEUM PRODUCTION A. Reservoir Drives Selley, p primary energy AAPG, p improved and enhanced AAPG, p ; Sneider & Sneider, 2000 B. Resources, Reserves, Risk, Uncertainty Rose, 1987

4 PETROLEUM GEOLOGY REQUIRED OUTSIDE READING ASSIGNMENTS (on reserve in Brinkerhoff (Geology) Library) Berg, R., l975, Capillary Pressures in Stratigraphic Traps; AAPG v. 59, p Blanc, P. and Connan, J., 1994, Preservation, Degradation, and Destruction of Trapped Oil, in: Magoon, L.B. and Dow, W.G., eds., The Petroleum System-From Source to Trp: AAPG Memoir #60, p Downey, M., 1984, Evaluating Seals for Hydrocarbon Accumulations: AAPG v. 68, p Jordan, C.F. Jr. and Wilson, J.L., 1994, Carbonate Reservoir Rocks, in: Magoon, L.B. and Dow, W.G., eds.,the Petroleum System-From Source to Trap: AAPG Memoir #60, p Magoon, L.B. and W.G. Dow, 1994, The Petroleum System, Magoon, L.B. and Dow, W.G., eds., The Petroleum System-From Source to Trap: AAPG Memoir #60, p Morse, D.G., 1994, Siliciclastic Reservoir Rocks, in: Magoon, L.B. and Dow, W.G., eds., The Petroleum System-From Source to Trap: AAPG Memoir #60, p. 121 Schowalter, T., 1979, Mechanics of Secondary Hydrocarbon Migration and Entrapment; AAPG,V.63, p Schowalter, T., and P. Hess, l982, Interpretation of Subsurface Hydrocarbon Shows, AAPG, V.66, p Sneider, R.M., and J. S. Sneider, 2000, New Oil in Old Places: Pratt II Conference, San Diego, CA

5 REFERENCES IN PETROLEUM GEOLOGY (not required reading) On Reserve in Brinkerhoff Library Biddle, K.T. and C. C. Wielchowsky, 1994, Hydrocarbon Traps, in: Magoon, L.B. and Dow, W.G., eds., The Petroleum System-From Source to Seal: AAPG Memoir #60, p Demaison, G. and B. J. Huizinga, 1994, in: Magoon, L.B. and Dow, W.G., eds., The Petroleum System- From Source to Seal: AAPG Memoir #60, p Green, A.R., 1983, Future Petroleum Province Exploration, reprinted in: AAPG Treatise of Petroleum Geology Reprints Series, No. 2, Geologic Basins II, p Green, A.R., 1985, Integrated Sedimentary Basin Analysis, reprinted in: AAPG Treatise of Petroleum Geology Reprints Series, No. 2, Geologic Basins II, p Kingston, D.R., Dishroon, C.P., and Williams, P.A., 1983, Global Basin Classification System: AAPG, v. 67, p Classification: AAPG, v. 67, p MacKenzie, D., 1972, Primary Stratigraphic Traps in Sandstones: AAPG Mem #16, Stratigraphic Oil & Gas Fields, p MacKenzie and Biggs, 1968, Bell Creek Field, Montana; AAPG, V. 52, P Martinsen, R.S.,1995, Summary of published literature on anomalous pressures: implications for the study of pressure compartments, in Orteleva, P.,ed.,Basin Compartments and Seals: AAPG Memoir 61, p Otis, R.M. and Schneidermann, N., 1997, A Process for Evaluating Exploration Prospects: AAPG v. 81, p Pedry, J., 1975, Tensleep Sandstone Stratigraphic-Hydrodynamic Traps, Northwest Bighorn Basin, Wyoming; Wyo. Geol. Assoc. Guidebook, p Rose, Peter R., l987, Dealing with Risk and Uncertainty in Exploration: How Can We Improve?: AAPG v. 71, p Sonnenberg,S.,and R.Weimer, l981, Tectonics, Sedimentation, and Petroleum Potential, Northern Denver Basin; Colorado School of Mines Quarterly, v. 76, no. 2., 45 p. Stonley, R., 1981, Petroleum: The Sedimentary Basin, reprinted in: AAPG Treatise of Petroleum Geology Reprints Series, No. 1, Geologic Basins I, p Surdam, R., S. Boese, and L. Crossey, l984, The Chemistry of Secondary Porosity; AAPG Mem # 37, Clastic Diagenesis, p Surdam, R.C., Z.S. Jiao, and R. S. Martinsen, 1995, The regional pressure regime in Cretaceous Sandstones and shales in the Powder River Basin: AAPG MEMOIR # 61, P Swanson, D.C., 1972, Integrated Approach to Search for Stratigraphic Traps, AAPG Memoir # 16, Stratigraphic

6 Tissot, B.P., l984, Recent Advances in Petroleum Geochemistry Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration: AAPG, v.68,p Wilson, H.H., l977, "Frozen-In" Hydrocarbon Accumulations or Diagenetic Traps - Exploration Targets, AAPG, v.61, p Oil and Gas Fields, p Weimer, R.J., 1984, Relation of unconformities, tectonics, and Sea-level changes, Cretaceous of Western Interior, U.S.A. in, Interregional Unconformities and Hydrocarbon Accumulation, Schlee, J.S., ed. AAPG Memoir 36, p Willis, D.G., 1982, Entrapment of Petroleum, reprinted in, AAPG Treatise of Petroleum Geology Reprint Series, No. 6, Traps and Seals I, 1988, p Outside Readings NOT on Reserve in Brinkerhoff Library Chenowith, P.A., 1972, Unconformity Traps, in, AAPG Memoir #16, Stratigraphic Oil and Gas Fields, p Hubbert, M.K., l953, Entrapment of Petroleum Under Hydrodynamic Conditions, AAPG, v. 37, p Kingston, D.R., Dishroon, C.P., and Williams, P.A., 1983, Hydrocarbon Plays and Global Basin

7 REVISED TENTATIVE LECTURE SCHEDULE SPRING /13 INTRO 1/15 Porosity & pore systems 1/20 Permeability 1/22 No Class (RSM Denver) 1/26 Water - MAKE UP LECTURE 6 pm 1/27 Oil & Gas 1/28 Temperature/Pressure MAKE UP LECTURE 6 pm 1/29 Organic Matter, review for Exam #1 2/3 Maturation 2/5 EXAM #1 through Organic Matter- 7 lectures. (RSM Houston) 2/10 Source Rocks/Alternation in the Reservoir 2/12 Review Exam # 1, Capillary Pressure 2/17 Primary Migration 2/19 Secondary Migration/Trapping 2/24 Traps- Structural 2/26 Traps Stratigraphic 3/2 Review for Exam # 2 TBA 3/3 EXAM # 2 through Stratigraphic Traps -7 lectures. (RSM Denver) 3/5 Traps- Hydrodynamic & Combination 3/10 Traps Combination & Unconventional 3/12 Review exam # 2, give out Sheepherder 3/16-20 SPRING BREAK 3/24 Sedimentary basins 3/26 Petroleum Systems 3/31 Reservoir Energy 4/2 Development Geology 4/7 Improved &Enhanced Recovery, Play summary charts due. 4/9 Enhanced Recovery 4/14 Petroleum Resources, Reserves, Risk and Uncertainty 4/16 Review for Exam # 3 4/21 EXAM # 3 (from Strat traps to last lecture- 9 lectures) 4/23 Return Exam # 3, review for Final exam 4/28 Kongolo Presentations, final exam pt 1 handed out 4/30 Final Exam Pt 2