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Quest for Oil
1.
Today's programme
Student pages
1. Your teacher will instruct you in today's programme and Quest for Oil.
2. You will be playing the game as part of a group focused on one or
more of the four main themes of the game: sedimentology, seismology,
oil wells, and oil production and exploration.
3. You perform the tasks belonging to the theme (or themes).
4. If so agreed, you replay the game with a new themed focus and carry
out the tasks associated with this.
5. Each group present their knowledge to the rest of the class.
6. Evaluation and conclusion.
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Intro
Themed tasks
Class session
Evaluation
Units
You have two units to be used for exploring oil fields and
buying licences: a helicopter and a survey ship. The units
are moved by left-clicking the unit concerned and then
right-clicking a point in the sea to which you want the unit
to move.
Oil production
Before you can produce oil in a oil field, you have to buy
the rights for this field by clicking the unit in the field
concerned and selecting "BUY LICENCE".
After this, left-click the small buoy floating in the water and
locate the volume of oil seismically on a SEISMIC crosssection of substrata. You can use this same buoy to buy
drilling equipment and DRILL the actual oil well. Finally,
select the RECOVERY method and buy transportation
options for the oil production.
Good luck with your oil venture!
2.
Glossary
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2.1 Seismology
2.2 Sedimentology
Cap rock
Non-permeable rock which prevents oil and gas from
escaping from the trap.
Crude oil
Oil naturally existing in underground reservoirs. Crude
oil varies from one region to another in terms of sulphur
content and density.
Fault line
A fracture in the earth's crust. Structural oil traps can arise
along fault lines.
Migration
Oil moves horizontally and vertically to where pressure
is lower.
Oil reservoir
The oil found in an oil fields oil traps.
Oil saturation
A term designating the fraction of a rocks pore space
occupied by oil.
Oil trap
A geological structure that collects gas and oil which
cannot escape due to a cap rock.
Permeability
A measure of the ability of a rock to allow fluids to pass
through it. Low permeability designates a poor ability to
transmit fluids.
Porosity
A term defining the measure of the void spaces in the
grains of sediment, i.e. the amount of oil and fluid that can
occupy a rock.
Seismology
Seismic investigations are the most important tool for
charting substrata. Seismic waves sent from the surface
are reflected by substrata.
Hydrocarbons
Oil and gas formed by organic residue from sediment
exposed to high temperatures over time.
Oil formation
Material containing organic substances overlain by sediments. Overlying sediments gradually thicken and source
rock is pressured further and further downwards, both of
which increase pressure and temperatures. Oil is formed
when pressure becomes sufficiently high and the temperature is typically 90130 degrees Celsius.
Oil window
The pressure and temperature interval within which oil
is formed.
Organic components
Parts of organisms such as plants, animals and bacteria.
Reservoir rock
A porous rock whose pore structure can contain oil.
Sedimentology
The field of geology dealing with the characteristics and
formation of sediments and bedrock.
Sediments
Organic, inorganic or chemical deposits. This includes
organic sediments of dead plants and animals entrapped
in substrata without rotting.
Source rock
Source rock contains organic components which over
geological time are capable of being converted into oil
and gas.
2.4 Drilling
Barrel of oil
One barrel of crude oil = 158.57 litres. The worlds combined
oil reserves known of are 1,258 billion barrels. (2008)
Bit integrity
Quality of the drill bit.
Blowout
Dangerous expulsion of drilling fluid, water and hydrocarbons up through the well hole caused by a failure of
pressure-control systems.
Drill bit
The part of the drill string that crushes rocks to the size of
gravel, which is conveyed up and out of the well hole.
Drill ship
Workplace for drilling for oil in deep water.
Drilling
The process of using a drill to make a series of perforated
sections narrowing in diameter down to a depth of 5 km.
Drilling rig
A workplace at sea from which oil wells are sunk.
Jackup drilling rig typically used in shallow waters
(frequently used in Denmark).
Hydrostatic pressure
The pressure occurring in a fluid when it is "entrapped".
Oil platform
A platform from which oil wells are sunk.
ROP (Rate of Penetration)
The penetration velocity, or drilling speed.
Semi-submersible
Floating drilling rig.