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04-Geol-B6: May 2018

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  1. Question 1 Section 1: Source Rock Geology and Characteristics
  2. Question 2 Section 2: Hydrocarbon Chemistry and Generation
  3. Question 3 Section 3: Migration
  4. Question 4 Section 4: Siliciclastic Reservoirs
  5. Question 5 Section 5: Carbonate Reservoirs
  6. Question 6 Section 6: Structural Traps

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EGBC National Exam — Geological Engineering, 04-Geol-B6-1 Petroleum Deposits, 2018-May. Closed book; Casio/Sharp approved calculator only; 3 hours. The exam is organized as six equal-value (20-mark) sections and instructs that "the first five sections as they appear in the answer book will be marked". Per the exam's own instructions (Note 8), oilfield-unit questions are answered in oilfield units; all other questions are answered in the units given.

Reference texts: Selley & Sonnenberg, Elements of Petroleum Geology, 3rd ed. (source rocks, generation, migration, traps ch.3-9); Tissot & Welte, Petroleum Formation and Occurrence, 2nd ed. (kerogen types, thermal maturation, oil/gas windows ch.II-IV); Allen & Allen, Basin Analysis, 3rd ed. (migration, petroleum systems ch.9-10); Bjørlykke, Petroleum Geoscience, 2nd ed. (diagenesis, siliciclastic & carbonate reservoirs ch.8-14); Tearpock & Bischke, Applied Subsurface Geological Mapping, 2nd ed. (structural trap geometry ch.10-13); Nichols, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, 2nd ed. (shorefaces, carbonate ramps ch.15-17).