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PENG 208: PETROLEUM GEOLOGY

TAKE-HOME EXAMINATION

b)All answers must be typed in Times New Roman with 12 Font-size and 1.5-line spacing.

c)Your work must be converted to PDF before submission.

h)The submitted work would be checked for plagiarism using Turnitin.

0 - 20% similarity will attract no penalty
21 - 30%(minus 5 marks)
31 - 40% (minus 7 marks)
41 - 50% (minus 10 marks)
50% and above (work will be totally rejected)

PART I

With the increase in the energy demands of Ghana, effort is being made to undertake exploration activities within the four sedimentary basins of the country. The Accra - Keta Basin is currently been explored. To establish commercial accumulation of hydrocarbon, evaluation of the source rock and the analysis of the hydrocarbon generation potential are essential.

(cracked) hydrocarbons, in mg/g of rock; S3 quantity of CO2; Tmax, the temperature at which the maximum generation of the products of pyrolysis occurs; and TOC, total organic content.

The values obtained for the various rock samples taken from the exploratory wells are indicated in Tables 1 to 4.

Petroleum Geology is currently an integral component of all Petroleum Engineering curricula. Assume that petroleum geology as a course is taken out from the petroleum engineering program. In your own assessment, how will this affect the preparedness and employability of petroleum engineering graduates for the oil and gas industry?

[40 Marks]