UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN Industrial-Geology
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester VI - Application Oriented Subject - Mineral and Hydrocarbon Exploration

Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

Unit I

Geological method - Application of air photo / satellite imagery - Geological mapping - Structural interpretation - sampling.

Unit II

Geophysical survey - Brief outline of Airborne survey - Ground survey - Gravity, Magnetic, Electrical, Self potential, Electromagnetic and Radioactive methods.

Unit III

Geochemical surveys - Mobility of elements and geochemical cycle - Primary and secondary dispersion pattern - Methods of sampling - Soil - Rock - stream and vegetation - Geochemical anomalies.

Unit IV

Trenching - Drilling - Assaying - Various methods of ore reserve calculation - Economic viability and feasibility report.

Unit V

Hydrocarbon exploration - Seismic survey - Selection of drilling sites - Drilling for oil - Well logging - Resistivity log - Self potential log - Gamma ray log - Newton log - Density log - Caliper log - temperature log - Oil well completion- Oil / gas reserve calculation - Oil recovery enhancement.

Books Recommended

Outlines of Geophysical prospecting by Ramachandra Rao. M.B & Prasaranja, University of Mysore, 1975.

Geology of Petroleum by Levorson. A.C & Vakils, Peter & Simon Ltd., 1972.

Geochemistry in Mineral Exploration by Hawkes H.E & Web, Harper & Row Publishes, 1965.

Practical aspects of Exploration and Prospecting by Babu S.K and Sinha D.K, CBS Publishers & Distribution.