Exploration Organic Geochemistry and Petrography

Overview

What you will study

The Exploration Organic Geochemistry and Petrography course offered by University Teknologi PETRONAS provides a greater potential and ability to contribute to personal growth through effective feedback, thereby increasing one’s scope for career progress. It introduces a practical view involving the importance of Exploration Organic Petrology & Geochemistry in Petroleum exploration via an online mode of delivery. The attendees will learn about oil and gas, its origin, migration and preservation in the subsurface. Furthermore, the attendees will also participate in lab practical involving geochemical data analysis and interpretation (coal rank determination, petroleum source rock characterization, paleo depositional environments, oil/source rock correlations, biomarker studies, and basin modeling) along with the workflow for basin modelling utilizing real data obtained from sedimentary basins.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Increased understanding on the current practice of geochemistry in petroleum exploration

• Greater knowledge of the basic concepts and theories for organic geochemistry and geochemistry in petroleum exploration

• Understanding the basic geochemical principles of petroleum composition and origin

• Comprehensive understanding of the different methods of geochemical analysis emphasizing on their advantages and limitations

• Enhanced analytical thinking to interpret geochemical data to draw out the most accurate conclusions 

• Increase confidence and experience in determining the key factors in petroleum source rock characterization

• Use software as a tool to build 1D basin model to be used for petroleum system evaluation 

• Better awareness and understanding on the data requirements and workflow for conducting basin modelling