Course Specification

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

The National Commission for Academic Accreditation & Assessment





Course Specification






GEOP430

















Revised March 2007
Course Specification

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|Institution: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals |
|College/Department : College of Sciences/Earth Sciences Department |


A Course Identification and General Information


|1. Course title and code: Geophysical Well Logging GEOP430 |
|2. Credit hours: 2-3-3 |
|3. Program(s) in which the course is offered. Elective in BS in |
|GEOLOGY, BS in Geophysics |
|(If general elective available in many programs indicate this |
|rather than list programs) |
|4. Name of faculty member responsible for the course Professor |
|Gabor Korvin |
|5. Level/year at which this course is offered Senior Level |
|6. Pre-requisites for this course (if any) GEOP 202 Introduction |
|to Geophysics |
|7. Co-requisites for this course (if any) |
|NONE |
|8. Location if not on main campus |
|In Main Campus |




B Objectives


|1. Summary of the main learning outcomes for students enrolled in |
|the course. |
|- Ability to intrpret measured well log data |
|- Ability to determine porosity from well logs |
|- Ability to find lithology from Well Logs |
|- Ability to correlate well logs to seismic data |
|2. Briefly describe any plans for developing and improving the |
|course that are being implemented. (eg increased use of IT or web |
|based reference material, changes in content as a result of new |
|research in the field) New Lecture Notes are prepared every 3 year |
|based on recent textbooks and publications |
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C. Course Description (Note: General description in the form to be used
for the Bulletin or Handbook should be attached)


|1 Topics to be Covered |
|Topic |No of |Contac|
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|Logging Hardware, Logging Operation, Mud Logging |3 |15 |
|Formation Evaluation, Rock Resistivity, Electric |5 |25 |
|Logs, SP | | |
|PPotential (SP) Log | | |
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|Nuclear Logs, NMR |3 |15 |
|Acoustic Logs, Dipmeter Principles |4 |20 |
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|2 Course components (total contact hours per semester): |
|Lecture:30 |Tutorial: None |Practical/Fieldw|Other:None |
| |- |ork/Internship: |- |
| | |10 Labs | |


|3. Additional private study/learning hours expected for students |
|per week. (This should be an average :for the semester not a |
|specific requirement in each week) |
|Minimum 2 hrs per week to study the Lecture Note, and minimum 2 hrs|
|to finish and write up the Lab Reports |

|4. Development of Learning Outcomes in Domains of Learning |
|For each of the domains of learning shown below indicate: |
|A brief summary of the knowledge or skill the course is intended to|
|develop; |
|A description of the teaching strategies to be used in the course |
|to develop that knowledge or skill; |
|The methods of student assessment to be used in the course to |
|evaluate learning outcomes in the domain concerned. |
|a. Knowledge |
|Description of the knowledge to be acquired |
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|Ability to interpret mud logs, resistivity logs, SP logs, Natural |
|Gamma ray Logs, Spectral Gamma Ray Logs, neutron logs, density |
|logs, sonic logs, NMR logs, and dipmeter logs |
|Determine the formation factor, water saturation, porosity, |
|shaliness from a combination of logs |
|Recognize HC bearing formations |
|Determine Lithology from crossplotting two kind of porosity logs |
|Determine clay mineralogy from Spectral Gamma Ray Logs |
|Correlation between distant logs |
|Computing synthetic seismograms |
|Tying wells to nearby seismic lines |
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|(ii) Teaching strategies to be used to develop that knowledge |
|Lectures |
|Labs covering all aspects of the Course |
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| Methods of assessment of knowledge acquired |
|Every week a Quiz (15 % of total grade) |
|Two Major Exams (25% +25% of total grade) |
|Lab Reports (10% of total grade) |
|Final Exam (Comprehensive, 25% of total grade) |
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|b. Cognitive Skills |
|Cognitive skills to be developed |
|Reading well log data in linear and logarithmic scales |
|Carry out shale correction |
|Crossplot different logs to estimate porosity |
|Apply Archie's equations and Wyllie's equation |
|Compute the series of reflection coefficients |
|Compute water saturation |
|Estimate fluid resistivity |
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|Teaching strategies to be used to develop these cognitive skills |
|These skills are emphasized in the Lectures |
|There are special lectures in each Lab to discuss these skills |
|The Lab exercises strengthen these skills in the students |
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