Course news:
An updated preliminary list of questions for the lecture exam to be given on November 10 is now available.
There is now a preliminary list of questions for the lecture exam to be given on November 10.
A procedure for determining presentation grades has been devised.
Exercise 5 is now available below. It is due on Thursday, October 20, 2011, at the beginning of class.
The class meeting on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, will be an optional meeting for student questions.
Exercise 4 is now available below. It is due on Thursday, October 13, 2011, at the beginning of class.
Exercise 3 is now available below. It is due on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, at the beginning of class.
Exercise 2 is now available below. It is due on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, at the beginning of class.
The deadline for submission of names of fields on which presentations will be given has been extended to September 8. In choosing a field, the most important criterion is probably availability of published papers and reports on which the presentation can draw, so a preliminary bibliographic search in a database like GEOREF is a good idea.
The syllabus has been updated and finalized. The two changes are fixing of November 10 as the date of the lecture exam and changing the date that electronic presentations to due to November 8.
Four groups have been assigned for the group presentations. Rosters will be distributed at the beginning of class on Thursday, August 24.
Presentations will be given on November 15, November 17, November 29, and December 1. Reservations of the three slots available each day are accepted on a first-come first-served basis.
Quiz 2 has been graded. The present distribution of averages of quiz grades for Quizzes 1 and 2 is 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 4.5, 4.5, 4.5, 4.5, 4.0, 4.0, 4.0, 3.0, 3.0, 2.5.
Exercise 1 is available below. It is due on Thursday, September 1, 2011, at the beginning of class.
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The class will have its first meeting as expected on Tuesday, August 16, 2011, at 12:30 pm in Room 142 GG.
Course materials:
Syllabus for the course as a PDF.
Lecture topics, with Powerpoint files:
| Topic | Tentative date | Powerpoint file1 | Textbook reading2 (maximal; minimal) |
Other reading | ||||||
| Introduction and Overview | August 16 & 18 | Ppt file √ | Ch. 1; pp. 1-4 & 24-26 | -- | ||||||
| The Subsurface Environment | August 18 & 23 | Ppt file √ | Ch. 9 & 10; pp. 253-255 & 260-264 | -- | ||||||
| Drilling of Petroleum Wells | August 23 - September 1 |
Ppt file #1 √ Ppt file #2 √ |
pp. 21-23 ; pp. 21-23 | 1, 2, 3 | ||||||
| Well Logs | September 6-13 |
Ppt file √ | Ch. 16; Ch. 16 | B-H ALR; 2 | ||||||
| Subsurface Geology | September 22 | Ppt file √ | -- | |||||||
| Origin and Nature of Petroleum | September 27 | Ppt file √ | Ch. 143; Ch. 143 | -- | ||||||
| Migration of petroleum | October 6 | Ppt file √ | Ch. 15; Ch. 15 | -- | ||||||
| Seals | October 6-13 | Ppt file √ | Ch.15.2; Ch. 15.2 | -- | ||||||
| Reservoirs | October 13 | Ppt file √ | Chs. 4 and 5.8; Chs. 4 and 5.8 | -- | ||||||
| Traps and Basins | October 25 | Ppt file √ | Ch. 12; Ch. 12 | -- | ||||||
| The Petroleum System | October 27 | Ppt file √ | Ch. 9; 253-255 | -- | ||||||
| Seismic data | November 1 | Ppt file √ | Ch. 17 & 19; Ch. 17 | -- |
1 Powerpoint files used in lecture are available for student use, but students need not download them prior to lecture. If students download the files prior to lecture, students are neither required nor particularly encouraged to study them prior to lecture. The Powerpoint files may be updated at any time prior to a lecture or soon after a lecture.
2 The textbook is Knut Bjørlykke's Petroleum Geoscience, available from the UGA Libraries as an electronic resource.
3 In Bjørlykke's Petroleum Geoscience, page 343, paragraph 3, "alkene" should be "alkane".
Lecture illustrations generated by Railsback for this course:
These illustrations are now available from another page.
Exercise materials:
Exercise 1: Geothermal gradient map
Comments on Exercise 1
Exercise 2: Log analysis
Comments on Exercise 2
Exercise 3: More simple log analysis
Comments on Exercise 3
Exercise 5: A structural cross section
Exercise 6: Structure maps (now with the Bulldawg Douglas #1 log and the Powerpoint file of structure maps!)
Optional Exercise 8: a cross-section and map
Other:
Table of Contents for AAPG Atlas of Oil and Gas Fields
External Resources:
Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary
Rigzone's "How it works."
Crain's Petrophysical Handbook
The Baker-Hughes Atlas of Log Responses
Email to Railsback (rlsbk@gly.uga.edu)
Railsback's main web page
UGA Geology Department web page