SUBJECT

Petroleum hydrogeology

lecture

master

Faculty of Science

Geology MSc

2

Semester 4

Spring semester

Petroleum Hydrogeology (PH) is the science and practice of applying hydrogeological principles and techniques to petroleum exploration and basin analysis. The main objective is to understand the combined processes of migration, accumulation, and entrapment of hydrocarbons, and to learn the application of this understanding to exploration. The course includes the various aspects of the interaction between subsurface fluids (water, oil, gas) and their geologic environments, such as: the principles, processes, manifestations, controlling factors, as well as the techniques of investigation. The presented topics are: subsurface fluid dynamics, hydraulics, chemistry, and distribution of subsurface fluids as determined by such controlling environmental factors as pressure, temperature, depth, topography, lithology, structure, geological history, climate.

• Dahlberg EC (1995) Applied hydrodynamics in petroleum exploration. Springer-Verlag, New York
• Tóth J (2009) Gravitational Systems of Groundwater Flow – Theory, Evaluation, Utilization. University Press, Cambridge, UK