GEOL 5760 - Subsurface Methods

Resume of drilling, sampling, and logging by electric, radioactivity, temperature, and neutron methods as applied to petroleum exploration, water, and engineering projects.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture, 2.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Graduate students are expected to actively participate in discussions in class and lab that will aid the undergraduates in synthesizing information.
Graduate students must complete a project that consists of constructing and interpreting multiple well log cross-sections and maps from 10 wells in a township from an oil field.
Demonstrate their knowledge through constructing a small cross-section from actual well data.
How to construct and interpret well-log cross-sections.
Know how to describe and interpret both cuttings and cores from drill holes.
Know how to properly contour and interpret subsurface data.
Know the basics of the most common geophysical well logs and how these can be used to interpret subsurface geology.
Understand the general principles of the collection and mapping of subsurface pressure data.