This comprehensive course offers a deep dive into the world of petroleum and related energy resources such as crude oil, bitumen, tar sand, natural gas, and coal. It provides a foundation in key definitions, theories, and the global significance of these resources.
Course Topics:
Definitions:
- Understand the essential terminology and distinctions between petroleum, crude oil, bitumen, tar sand, natural gas, and coal.
Origin of Petroleum:
- Explore the various theories surrounding the origin of petroleum, focusing on the widely accepted Biogenic Theory.
- Detailed discussions will cover how organic matter in sediments transforms through stages to form hydrocarbons, with specific characteristics marking each stage.
Occurrence and Distribution:
- Examine the global distribution of petroleum and bitumen, with a focus on major oil-producing countries.
- Analyze the worldwide supply-demand dynamics of petroleum, including current trends and future prospects for petroleum demand.
Historical Context:
- Gain insight into the history of petroleum discovery, its utilization, and processing, from a global perspective, with a special emphasis on Nigeria’s role in the petroleum industry.
- Teacher: John Vershima Anyam