Fossil fuels ? especially oil and gas ? are a major and key component of Australia's energy supply, but have significant negative impacts on our environment. To refine the balance between fossil fuel exploitation and negative environmental impacts, it is important to understand how oil and gas are formed, how they are discovered and recovered, and how they can be utilised in less environmentally harmful ways. This unit combines geological and geophysical approaches to investigate exploration and production methods for crude oil, natural gas and coal bed methane, with a major focus on basin analysis, the key to understanding these processes.<br/> <br/>The key components of the petroleum... -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor Simon George
Prerequisites: (GEOS205 or GEOS268) and (GEOS260 or GEOS206)
