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| JLJ4020 | Fuels Geology | 3+0+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Reyhan KARA GÜLBAY | | Co-Lecturer | ASSOC. PROF. DR. Fatma HOŞ ÇEBİ, | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of lesson; By making students understand the formation conditions of conventional (oil, natural gas and coal) and unconventional (bituminous shale, asphaltite, shale gas/oil, gas hydrate, tight gas/oil, tar sands, etc.) fossil fuels and the geological environments where they can be found, they can decide on appropriate exploration methods and determine the appropriate search methods. To provide the competence to take part in the search and discovery. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | have a general knowledge of fossil fuels and comprehend the similarities and differences between conventional and unconventional fossil fuels. | 1,3,4 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | know the necessary conditions and processes for organic matter to form fossil fuels. | 2,3 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | describe and explain the formation, migration, accumulation, and entrapment of oil and gas. | 2,3 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | know the formation environments and conditions of coals and be able to classify coals. | 1,2 | 1, | | LO - 5 : | know the formation conditions and processes of unconventional fossil fuels. | 1,2 | 1, | | LO - 6 : | know the way and methods to be followed in the search and discovery of fossil fuels, should grasp the basic information about the operation of fossil fuels. | 1,2,3,4 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Classification of fossil fuels, properties of oil and natural gas, formation processes, formation environments, functions of source rock, reservoir rock, cap rock and trap tructures in the oil formation and accumulation process, the conversion process of organic matter to coal (coalization) and effective factors, swamp environments where coals are formed and its classification, sedimentary environments in which coals are formed, coal petrography, chemical analysis of coals, general properties of peat, lignite, hard coal and anthracites, petroleum, natural gas ad coal exploration methods, formation of unconventional fossil fuels, exploration and production methods. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction and definitions. General classification of fosil fuels. | | | Week 2 | Physical and chemical properties of petroleum and natural gas. | | | Week 3 | Petroleum forming environments, petroleum forming organic matters, Composition of organic matter, Petroleum formation stages (Diagenesis, catagenesis and metagenesis of organic matter). | | | Week 4 | Source rocks, Investigation methods for geochemical analysis of source rocks. | | | Week 5 | Petroleum reservoir rocks, Porosity and permeabilty of reservoir rocks. | | | Week 6 | Petroleum cap rocks, migration and accumulation of petroleum. | | | Week 7 | Petroleum traps: Structural traps, Stratigraphical traps, Combined traps.
Methods of petroleum explorations. | | | Week 8 | Coalification events and general aspects of coal formation, Theories of coal formation. | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Classification of coal basins, Paralic and limnic coal basins. | | | Week 11 | Coal petrography, Petrographical classification of coals. | | | Week 12 | Chemical investigation of coals. | | | Week 13 | Peat, lignite and hard coals. Methods of coal explorations. | | | Week 14 | Bituminious shales: Formation, classification, and deposits of bituminious shales. Petroleum formation techniques from bituminious shales.
| | | Week 15 | Asphaltites : Formation, classificaton and deposits of asphaltites. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Korkmaz, S. 2008; Yakıtlar Jeolojisi Ders Notları, KTÜ Trabzon | | | |
| 1 | Köksoy, M., 1987, Yakıtlar Jeolojisi, HÜ Yayını, Ankara. | | | 2 | Sonel, N., Petrol ve Yeraltı Jeolojisi, AÜFF Yayını | | | 3 | Göksu, E. 1974, Petrol Jeolojisi, İTÜ Yayını | | | 4 | Kural, O. 1994; Kömür, İstanbul. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 9 | | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 15 | | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 8 | 16 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 116 |
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