MSc. Petroleum Geosciences

Course Code: 
MPGP

 

Practical aspects

Admission requirements

Professional employment

iv) MSc in Petroleum Geosciences (MPG)
  • 1-day practical class demonstrations at the Directorate of Geological Surveys and Mines and the Directorate of  Petroleum;
  • 2-week field course in the Albertine graben;
  • Individual petroleum geosciences research project;

Applicants are required to possess any first BSc degree in Earth Sciences, Geology, Petroleum Sciences, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Environmental Sciences, Engineering or Computer Science.

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Year 1 Semester I       

Core Courses

Course Code

Course Name

L

P

CH

CU

MPGP 7101

Petroleum Geology

 45

0

45

3

MPGP 7102

Petroleum Geophysics

30

30

45

3

MPGP 7103

Principles and practices of petroleum geochemistry

15

30

30

2

MPGP 7104

Sequence Stratigraphy

30

30

45

3

MPGP 7105

Environment, Health and Safety aspects of Petroleum Exploration and Production

30

0

30

2

 

Electives

 

Course Code

Course Name

L

P

CH

CU

MPGP 7106

Depositional Systems

30

30

45

3

MPGP 7107

Petrophysics and Formation  Evaluation

30

30

45

3

 

Intersemester break

 

Course Code

Course Name

L

FW

CH

CU

MPGP 7108

Field Course

0

120

30

3

 

Year 1 Semester II

 

Core Courses

Course Code

Course Name

L

P

CH

CU

MPGP 7201

Applied Biostratigraphy and Chronostratigraphy

30

30

45

3

MPGP 7202

Basin Analysis

15

30

30

2

MPGP 7203

Petroleum Structural Geology

30

30

45

3

 MPGP 7204

Production and Reservoir Monitoring

30

30

45

3

 MPGP 7205

Research Methods

15

30

30

2

Electives

MPGP 7206

Seisimic Reservoir Characterization

30

30

45

3

MPGP 7207

Geological Development of the East African Rift System

45

0

45

3

 

 

Years: 
2