Integrated basin studies:

• Geology and geophysics are closely integrated at various

scales, from regional plate tectonics to basin and reservoir

scales.

• Mainly sub-surface studies based om seismic and/or well

(logs, samples) data – also some field based studies.

• Teaching is closely related to research activities at the

department covering a wide range of disciplines such as

sedimentology, structural geology/tectonics, geophysics,

petroleum geochemistry, stratigraphy and paleontology.

MSc Petroleum Geoscience

MSc Petroleum Geoscience

(GEO3240 from BSc)

(GEO3211 from BSc)

Key master thesis topics include:

• Basin analysis – structure/tectonics, stratigraphy (incl. analogue/numerical modeling)

• Source-to-sink – uplift/erosion and subsidence/deposition

• Petrophysics/rock physics and compaction

• Petroleum systems (reservoir, seal, source rocks)

• Seismic imaging (e.g. sub-salt) and reservoir geophysics

• CO2 storage

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MSc Petroleum Geoscience

Modern laboratory and computer facilities are integrated in the MSc study

State of the art computer tools for processing, interpretation, modelling and visualization of geological and geophysical data

(e.g. Petrel, Kingdom Suite, OpendTect, NORSAR 2D/3D & SeisRoX, ProMAX, SeismicUnix, ECLIPSE, Roxar RMS, Interactive Petrophysics, Hampson & Russel, PetroMod, TecMod, Move, +++)

MSc Petroleum Geoscience

Norwegian continental shelf – a unique laboratory

• Much of the data base used in the teaching and in the research projects are from the Norwegian continental shelf and margin.

• After ~50 years of exploration and production these basins are among the best studied and documented in the world.

• Large amounts of seismic and well data are available for teaching and research at Norwegian Universities (online with “PetroBank”).

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