Undergraduate Course: Controlled Source Electro-Magnetic (CSEM) Methods (EASC11003)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Earth Science |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This is a new course based on practical industry experience of the application of CSEM methods to petroleum exploration onshore and offshore. This material is not being taught elsewhere. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Why EM surveying is complementary to seismic surveying; why it can reduce exploration risk; optimisation of field parameters for maximum signal/noise ratio; methods to reduce organized noise, e.g cultural noise (50 Hz, 60 Hz and harmonics) magnetotelluric noise, and the air wave; the need for, and limitations of, forward modelling (1-D, 2-D, 3-D) and inversion. |
Assessment Information
| Assessment by written examination |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Injects fresh new teaching material with industrial applications. May appeal to students from other schools. |
| Syllabus |
Core: Role of fluids in rocks (resistivity, hydrocarbon saturation and Archie's law); propagation of electromagnetic (EM) waves in a conducting earth; the air wave; CSEM surveying techniques; feasibility of detecting a buried resistive target; CSEM data analysis and interpretation. |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Regular lectures with tutorials |
| Keywords | Maxwell's equations resistivity EM propagation petroleum exploration |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Anton Ziolkowski
Tel: (0131 6)50 8511
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Course secretary | Ms Katie Galbraith
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
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