PETROLEUM GEOLOGY AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS

• College of Mines & Earth Sciences
• 22 Faculty, 10+ Research Faculty Lecturers
• $2.6 million annual research awards
• Constructing new building with state-of-the-art teaching & research facilities. $15 million gift from Marta Weeks, daughter of Frederick A. Sutton.

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY CAREER PATH (PICP)

• Modular introductory curriculum: 1 credit overview courses in petroleum geology, sedimentary basins, seismic interpretation, well logging, and prospect evaluation (PICP I-V)
• Advanced courses: seismic and sequence stratigraphy, basin analysis, wave inversion theory, petrophysics, and more.
• Career seminars and preparation
• Focus on skill sets: General geoscience skills, career development, and personal skills (including teamwork, organization and time management, leadership, etc.)
• Integrated research + teaching; real-world datasets.
• Encourage industry exposure through interviews, internships, seminars, lectures, field trips, and cooperative research projects.
• Popular initiative with students: strong enrollments from both GEO and GEOPHYS.

PICP Recommended Courses

RESEARCH AND FACULTY

• Internationally-recognized core strengths in geophysics, geochemistry, structural geology/tectonics, and sedimentary geology
• Petroleum-related faculty:
• Margie Chan – Fluid Flow, Sedimentary Geology
• Rich Jarrard – Well logging, petrophysics
• Cari Johnson – Basin Analysis, Stratigraphy, Reservoir Modeling
• Jerry Schuster – Exploration Seismology (Utah Tomography & Modeling/Migration industry consortium, UTAM)
• Bob Smith – Earthquake Seismology (Yellowstone Observatory and Earthscope Initiative (NSF))
• Michael Zhdanov – Electromagnetics (Consortium for Electromagnetic Modeling and Inversion, CEMI)
• Ron Bruhn and John Bartley – Structural Geology, Alaska and western North America
• S. Robert Bereskin (adjunct faculty) – Consulting petroleum geologist
• Mark Turner (adjunct faculty) – seismic interpretation and consulting

STUDENTS

•  ~70 Grads (40 M.S, 30 PhD);  ~70 Undergrads
• Degrees offered: B.A., B.S., M.S., Ph.D. in Geology, Geophysics. 
• Accredited Geological Engineering program.
• Environmental Earth Science and K-12   Education
• BA degree: Potential for dual degrees in physics, math, and biology and pre-professional programs (business, law, etc.)

INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS

• Recruiting & internships
• Fellowships & scholarships
• Research support & projects
• Continued support for consortia
• Programmatic grants
• Visiting lectures, workshops, short courses, field trips
• Case studies & data sets for teaching

JOIN US!

http://www.mines.utah.edu/geo/

Curriculum advisor: Cari Johnson - cari.johnson@utah.edu