Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Geology of Petroleum Deposits

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	541-3000/01
Abbreviation	GLU
Course title	Geology of Petroleum Deposits
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Basic characteristics and definitions.
2. Methods of study of sedimentary basins.
3. Sedimentary basins classification.
4. Mechanism of basins formation.
5. Stratigraphy - principles and applications.
6. Sequence stratigraphy.
7. Stratigraphic chart.
8. Composition and diagenesis of sedimentary rocks.
9. Source rocks.
10. Geothermal-thermal history of sedimentary basins.
11. Products of diagenetic and catagenic transformation.
12. Hydrocarbon migration.
13. Basin analysis.
14. Unconventional sources: Oil Shales, Shale Gas, Methane Hydrates.

Literature

BJORLYKKE K.: Petroleum Geoscience, From Sedimentary Environments to Rock Physics. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
SELLEY R., SONNENBERG S.: Elements of Petroleum Geology, Academic Press, 2014.
TROYEE D.: Sediment Compaction and Applications in Petroleum Geoscience, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019.
NICHOLS G.: Stratigraphy and Sedimentology. Blackwell Publishing, 1999.

Advised literature

BJORLYKKE K.: Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1989.
EINSELE G.: Sedimentary Basins, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1992.
PERRY C., TAYLOR K.: Environmental Sedimentology Blackwell Publishing, 2007.
TURCKER M.U.: Sedimentary Rocks ind the Field. Wiley New York, 1993.

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