PETROGEO 4010 - Fundamentals of Petroleum Geoscience I - Honours

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2020

PETROGEO 4010 is an integrated course of modules focusing on the interpretation of sedimentary rocks as hosts of conventional and unconventional petroleum resources using sedimentology, stratigraphy and well log analysis. Themes covered include reservoir controls in siliciclastic and carbonate depositional systems, facies analysis, petrology and diagenesis, and correlation of strata using a variety of stratigraphic techniques such as sequence stratigraphy and biostratigraphy. One module is on wireline log interpretation and includes aspects of drilling operations (onshore and offshore), mudlogging with sample analysis, and well testing

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Course Details

Course Code	PETROGEO 4010
Course	Fundamentals of Petroleum Geoscience I - Honours
Coordinating Unit	Australian School of Petroleum & Energy Resources
Term	Semester 1
Level	Undergraduate
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	During the dates of this course, students are expected to attend class each week day, between 9am and 5pm. Activities will include lectures, practicals, field trips
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Assumed Knowledge	Bachelor's degree training or equivalent in geoscience.
Assessment	Assessment includes coursework and an assessment during the exam period.

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Professor Peter McCabe

Course Co-ordinator: Dr Frank Rarity
Sedimentology: Dr Frank Rarity
Stratigraphy: Prof. Peter McCabe
Wellsite Operations: Dr Mark Bunch

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course students will be able to:

1	Have advanced knowledge in petroleum geoscience disciplines of sedimentology, stratigraphy and well log analysis;
2	Be able to analyse critically, evaluate and transform complex information in order to interpret data from ancient sedimentary sucessions;
3	Be able to communicate their knowledge and understanding to specialist audiences.

The above course learning outcomes are aligned with the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for the Professional Engineer.
The course is designed to develop the following Elements of Competency:

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

University Graduate Attribute	Course Learning Outcome(s)
Deep discipline knowledge informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1 accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)	1, 2
Critical thinking and problem solving steeped in research methods and rigor based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment	1, 2
Teamwork and communication skills developed from, with, and via the SGDE honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning	2, 3
Career and leadership readiness technology savvy professional and, where relevant, fully accredited forward thinking and well informed tested and validated by work based experiences	1, 3
Intercultural and ethical competency adept at operating in other cultures comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges	1, 3
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate	2, 3

Learning Resources

Online Learning

Course information and material will be provided through MyUni.
Learning & Teaching Activities

Learning & Teaching Modes

This course will be taught in intensive format, with modules scheduled during Semester 1. During the dates of this course, students are expected to attend class each week day, between 9am and 5pm. Activities will include lectures, practicals, field trips, research, individual and group work. Coursework activities to be completed outside of class time are a part of the expected student workload within this course.

Workload

No information currently available.

Learning Activities Summary

No information currently available.

The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

Assessment Task	Weighting (%)	Individual/ Group	Formative/ Summative	Due (week)*	Hurdle criteria	Learning outcomes
Core Library graphic log and facies analysis	5	Individual	Summative	27th March		1. 2. 3.
Stratigraphy test	5	Individual	Summative	1st April		1.
Drilling Operations Assignment	10	Individual	Summative	3rd April		1. 2. 3.
Wireline Logging Assignment	10	Individual	Summative	10th April		1. 2. 3.
Siliciclastic Depositional Environments Assignment	15	Individual	Summative	15th April		1. 2. 3.
Carbonates oral presentation & Sandstone Petrology and Diagenesis in-class assignment	8	Individual	Summative	13-22 May		1. 3.
Stratigraphy Assignment	15	Individual	Summative	6th June		1. 2. 3.
Exam (wireline, biostrat, petrology and diagenesis)	32	Individual	Summative	Exam period		1. 2.
Total	100

* The specific due date for each assessment task will be available on MyUni.

This assessment breakdown complies with the University's Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy.

Due to the current COVID-19 situation modified arrangements have been made to assessments to facilitate remote learning and teaching. Assessment details provided here reflect recent updates.

To support the necessary changes to teaching, the following newly revised assessment tasks and their modes of submission
apply:

Siliciclastic Facies -
Core observations (5%) & and core photo interpretation (15%) reports will be submitted online via MyUni (final grade contributions in brackets)

Stratigraphy -
A MyUni quiz will run in place of the in-class test (5%), and an out-of-class assignment (15%) will be submitted online via

MyUniDrilling Operations -
The take-home casing design exercise (10%) will be submitted online via MyUniWireline

Logging -
Answers to the questions set for working with real well data using software and spreadsheets (10%) will be submitted online via

MyUniCarbonates -
Individual presentations (5%) will be delivered via Zoom videoconference

Petrology & Diagenesis -
A MyUni quiz will run in place of the in-class test (3%)

The end-of-semester exam is replaced with a digital take-home question booklet to answer and submit online via MyUni (32%). This question booklet will feature questions from the Wireline Logging (10%), Biostratigraphy (10%), Carbonates (5%) and
Petrology & Diagenesis (7%) modules.

Assessment Detail

No information currently available.

Submission

Late submission policy:
Work will be marked without prejudice, and 10% of the obtained mark will be deducted for each 24 hour period (or part of) that an assessment task is late, up to a maximum penalty of 50% of the mark attained. An examiner may elect not to accept any assessment task that a student wants to submit after that task has been marked and feedback provided to the rest of the class.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M11 (Honours Mark Scheme)
Grade	Grade reflects following criteria for allocation of grade	Reported on Official Transcript
Fail	A mark between 1-49	F
Third Class	A mark between 50-59	3
Second Class Div B	A mark between 60-69	2B
Second Class Div A	A mark between 70-79	2A
First Class	A mark between 80-100	1
Result Pending	An interim result	RP
Continuing	Continuing	CN

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

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