Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PCM 302 — Fundamentals of Petroleum Geochemistry

PCM department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

explain definitions of petroleum, source rock, carrier bed, reservoir, caprock, etc
describe basic concept of petroleum geochemistry
elucidate the importance of petroleum geochemistry in petroleum exploration
demonstrate geochemical evaluation of source rocks
explain genetic potentials and different methods of classification
identify oil/oil and oil/source rock correlations

Course contents

Definitions: petroleum, source rock, carrier bed, reservoir, caprock, etc. Importance of petroleum geochemistry in petroleum exploration and recovery. Source rocks: characterisation and classification: different methods of classifying source rocks e.g. optical methods, Rock-Eval pyrolysis etc.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PCM 302.

PCM 302 — Fundamentals of Petroleum Geochemistry

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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