Introduction to Natural Gas Resources Technology

At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. differentiate between the sectors of the Oil and Gas Industry and its value chain; 2. identify local and global historical perspective of the petroleum industry; 3. enumerate the processes involved from discovery to consumption; 4. identify the key drivers of technology and challenges in the petroleum industry and 5. identify the associated team players and opportunities available to the Petroleum and Gas Engineers.

Origin of Petroleum, Crude oil and gas composition and types, Petroleum exploration techniques, Global and local historical perspective of the petroleum industry, Overview of the different sectors, Challenges in the oil and gas industry, renewal and non-renewal energy drive and examples, overview of processes involved from discovery to consumption, Petroleum industry value chain, Associated team players in petroleum and gas industry operations Opportunities available to the petroleum and Gas Engineers. 200 Level