GEOSC 481Petroleum Seismology

4 credits · Geosciences · Penn State

The proposed course will be specially designed for undergraduate students (junior or senior) who are eager to pursuing a career in petroleum energy industry or pursuing a grad school in exploration seismology as well as new graduate students who did not have a petroleum seismology class in their previous studies. This course provides an overview of the physical principles of petroleum seismology with emphasis on exploring and characterizing petroleum reservoirs using seismic methods. The content will include the physical basis of the seismic methods, including wave properties, wave propagation in the Earth, seismic reflections & refractions, data processing, seismic migration, seismic interpretation and well logs, and borehole seismology. Hands-on experience working with field data examples will be provided through computer lab exercises throughout the semester.