4 Units,  Graded A-E

Course Components: Lecture & Laboratory Required

Course Attributes: 

The formation, accumulation, and trapping of oil and natural gas. Geologic source beds and traps; hydrocarbon flow; hydraulic properties of reservoirs and confining units; hydrocarbon chemistry; thin-section analysis of reservoir rocks.

Prereq: 4502 or 6502; or permission of instructor.