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Geology for Petroleum Engineering (3 KU/6 ECTS
credits)
Petroleum Engineering
Undergraduate
Spring, 2013
Gasham Zeynalov
gzeynalov@khazar.org
(+994 12) 421-79-16 (ext. 243 )
11 Mehseti str. (Neftchilar campus), Room #403N,
Wednesday 13.40-17.30
Office hours
Consent of instructor
English
Required
Core textbook:
1.Charles C. Plummer, David McGeary and Diane H.Carlson,
Physical Geology, McGraw-Hill Higher Edication, 2001
2.Reineck H.E., Singh I.B., Depositional Sedimentary
Environments, Springer-Verlaq, 1989
3. HW Petroleum Geoscience, 2003
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Course outline
Course objectives
Learning outcomes
This course is prepared to gain high knowledge about Geology for
Petroleum Engineering discipline. The course combines theoretical
foundations with practical applications. We will begin with a general
overview in each topic and then go into more detail on several concepts.
Finally, we will create ability to carry out geological analysis and make
optimization on Depositional Environments of sediments and their source
rock and reservoir quality for exploration and appraisal program of the oil
and gas fields.
This course is a basic subject of a Petroleum Engineering. In this course
will
be covered a lot of topics of Geological sciences.
General Objectives of the Course: to meet curriculum requirements of the
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Specific Objectives of the Course:
- to support students academically, to provide background
understanding about Earth, Earth structure and how it works
- to encourage students participation and interaction and fostering
and atmosphere of to learn and respect
- focus on aspects that are important to exploration and production
activities in Petroleum Industry
By the end of the course the students should be able:
- to understand importance of Geology, including Earth structure
and processes;
- different rock types and their cycles,
- Sedimentary rocks and their pore fluids
- Plate tectonics of the Lithosphere;
- Sedimentation processes in the basins;
- Petroleum Play and System concepts,
- Clastic and carbonate depositional environments and their
importance in hydrocarbon system;
- different types of geologic and structural mapping in the
Petroleum Engineering.
- to integrate these sounds with Petroleum Engineering subjects
Teaching methods
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Evaluation
Lecture
Group discussion
Experiential exercise
Simulation
Case analysis
Course paper
Others
Methods
Policy
Midterm Exam
Case studies
Class Participation
Assignment and
quizzes
Project
Presentation/Group
Discussion
Final Exam
Others
Total
 Preparation for class
Date/deadlines
Percentage
(%)
30
10
10
10
40
100
The structure of this course makes your individual study and
preparation outside the class extremely important. The lecture
material will focus on the major points introduced in the text. Reading
the assigned chapters and having some familiarity with them before
class will greatly assist your understanding of the lecture. After the
lecture, you should study your notes and work relevant problems .
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Withdrawal (pass/fail)
This course strictly follows grading policy of the School of
Engineering and Applied Science. Thus, a student is normally
expected to achieve a mark of at least 60% to pass. In case of failure,
he/she will be required to repeat the course the following term or year.
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Cheating/plagiarism
Cheating or other plagiarism during the Quizzes, Mid-term and Final
Examinations will lead to paper cancellation. In this case, the student
will automatically get zero (0), without any considerations.

Professional behavior guidelines
The students shall behave in the way to create favorable academic and
professional environment during the class hours. Unauthorized
discussions and unethical behavior are strictly prohibited.
Week
Tentative Schedule
1
Date/Day
(tentative)
Topics
Introduction to the Geology: Key elements in geological
studies
Importance of Geology in the Petroleum
Engineering
Textbook/Assi
gnments
Chapt. 1(1)
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Geological images at different scales
Formation of the Earth, origin of life
Evolution, Nature and Composition of the Earth
Rock cycle models
Basic rock types and their identification
Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary rocks Silici-clastic
and carbonate sedimentary rocks
Description of the rocks and their identification and
characterization (mineralogy composition and rock types)
Earth processes: Plate Tectonics and evidence for plate
tectonic theory
Types of plate margins (spreading and subduction zones) and
associated basins
Chapt.1 (1)
Sedimentary Basins: basin formation in divergent and
convergent margins
Controls on sedimentary deposition in basins
Sedimentary rocks and their mineral composition and their
pore fluids
Transgression, regression, onlap and offlaps
Stratigraphy and Geologic time scale
Unconformity formation in sedimentation process
Interpretation of SEM and photomicrograph images
(petrography)
Mid -term Examination
Chapt.6,8,10
(1)
Petroleum Play concept, Petroleum play key elements
Risk analysis in exploration of oil and gas fields
Petroleum Systems: Elements and processes
Source rocks deposition environments and maturation
characteristics
Identification trapping mechanisms in oil fields
Sedimentology and classification of sedimentary rocks,
Sediment textures: grainsize, fabric, packing and
morphology variations
Porosity and permeability, Controls on Porosity and
Permeability
Compaction and cementation in detrital sediments
Stratigraphic and geologic time scale characteristic of the
basin (in example of the South Caspian and Kura basins)
Transportation and deposition of sediments
and their different models
Sedimentary processes and rock facies,
Sedimentary structures and bedforms
Identifying bedforms, sedimentary structures on outcrop and
well data
Facies and Facies sequences, Walter law
Clastic depositional Environments: Aeolean, fluvial, deltaic,
coastal and deep water sediments, Identifying bedforms,
Chapt. 2(3)
chapt.3,6,7 (1)
chapt.19 (1)
Chapt.6 (1).
Part 1 (2)
Chapt. 2(3)
Chapt.6 (1)
Part 1 (2)
Chapt.6 (1)
Part 1 (2)
Chapt.9,10 (1)
sedimentary structures on outcrop and well data
Carbonate Sediments : Carbonate grains and minerals,
classification of carbonate sediments
Carbonate depositional Environments, Porosity in carbonate
rocks
13
14
15
16
Chapt.9,10 (1)
Part II (2)
Structural geology: structural features( faults, folds,
fractures, diapirs and their interactions)
Contractional and extensional structures
Identifying Structural features on well log data
Chapt.14 , 15
(1)
Mapping: contouring and structural mapping Manual and
computer contouring, fault mapping
Constructing a contour map of spatial data using manual and
mechanical contouring
Final Examination
Chapt.15(1)
TBA
This syllabus is a guide for the course and any modifications to it will be announced in advance.