MSc Integrated Petroleum Geoscience

The MSc in Integrate Petroleum Geoscience (formerly MSc in Petroleum Geology) aims to:

 

Teach the geoscience skills needed for hydrocarbon exploration and production, so that course graduates are ready to embark upon a petroleum industry career. In particular, to provide an all-round preparation for a wide-range of employment in a mobile, dynamic, wealth creating industry, and to show how integration of information across discipline boundaries can provide solutions to industrial problems. 

 

Develop the knowledge needed to communicate with and work alongside specialists in the other engineering and scientific disciplines involved in hydrocarbon exploration and production, in small, multi-disciplinary teams.

 

Enhance the inter-personal and transferable skills relevant to the hydrocarbon industry today; to develop presentation and report-writing skills; to encourage team work; to stimulate creative thinking and problem-solving ability; and to foster initiative and self-discipline.

 

Components of the course focus on all aspects of upstream geosciences, from initial exploration for new prospects, through field appraisal and development, to maximising recovery from mature and declining fields.

 

Topics covered include: seismic interpretation, petrophysical analysis, geochemical evaluation, sedimenlology, structural analysis, and reservoir modelling. Skills in the analysis of the analysis of the subsurface are further developed by field work on outcrops and by hands-on experience with core logging.