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PETEX E-Learning: Petroleum Geology

Price: $100.00 for 6 months
Catalog No. 96.M0210

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  • DEMO: PETEX Petroleum Geology

Now Available: PETEX Petroleum Geology Module

Geology is the science that deals with the origin, history, and physical structure of the earth and its life, as recorded in rocks. It is a science essential to the petroleum industry because most petroleum is found within rocks far underground. In the Petroleum Geology module you will learn:

  • What are petroleum and hydrocarbons
  • What is geology for exploration and production
  • Planetary forces that form and shape rocks
  • The structure of the earth and the rock cycle
  • Processes and environments in which sedimentary rocks are formed
  • Sedimentary rock types and some of their characteristics
  • Types of rock layer deformations and the processes that cause them
  • Examples of petroleum rich deformations
  • Elements and processes in a petroleum system that convert the organic matter in source rocks into trapped hydrocarbons
  • The properties that rocks must have to serve as oil and gas reservoirs
  • Pressure variables associated with petroleum reservoirs
  • Types of petroleum traps
  • Chemical makeup of petroleum and characteristics of the hydrocarbon molecules
  • Types of crude oil, their composition and measurement
  • How natural gas and crude oil are related in associated gas and solution gas

    • Petroleum Geology module screen captures The Petroleum Geology module consists of the following:


    • Lesson 1- Petroleum Geology Overview
    • Lesson 2- Rock Cycle
    • Lesson 3- Sedimentary Rocks
    • Lesson 4- Rock Deformation
    • Lesson 5- Origins of Petroleum
    • Lesson 6- Petroleum Reserves
    • Glossary



    It should take you approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete this module.

    Recommended viewing resolution: 1280x1024

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