GOALS:

To train petroleum exploration and production geologists and geophysicists.
To develop the skills required for employment in the petroleum industry.
To provide a broad practical and theoretical training in Reservoir Geology, Geophysics, Exploration Geology and Basin Studies.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES:

An intensive 12 month programme, from late August of the year of entry.
A focus on the petroleum geology of the South East Asia region.
Courses are taught by a mixture of UBD petroleum geoscience staff, experts from universities around the world and the oil & gas industry.
Training in the use of technical computer software. Students become proficient in interpreting 3D seismic data and well log analysis.
Be part of growing geoscience student community at UBD.
International standards are maintained by an academic assessor, from a leading university, who reviews the course each year.

Taught courses in Reservoir Sedimentology, Geophysics, Tectonics and Structural Geology, Well log Analysis, Reservoir Characterization, Reservoir Modelling, Sequence Stratigraphy, Geochemistry, Biostratigraphy, Petroleum Exploration and Seismic Interpretation.
Class projects in Prospect Assessment and Oil & Gas Field studies.
A field course on the petroleum geology of Northwest Borneo.
A 4 month independent research project.

A maximum enrolment of 15 students will be admitted per year. This is to ensure a low student to staff ratio and a high standard of supervision.

Workstations for seismic interpretation, reservoir modeling, etc, consist of 3 suns and 4 pc’s. Also standard computing facilities are available such as printers, plotter and digitising table.
Field equipment consists of a 4 wheel drive vehicle, portable mini-permeameter, gamma ray scintillameter and coring machine.