Oil and gas exploration (conventional and unconventional), seismic imaging, drilling operations, oil characteristics. Oil transportation, refining and oil products. Natural gas chemistry, production and transportation. Unconventional gas resources: Shale gas, tight gas, new drilling and hydro-fracturing techniques. Global oil and gas markets, oil price, crude oil benchmarks. Coal formation, reserves, mining and classification. Coalbed methane (CBM) extraction. Geothermal exploration. Fossil fuels in Turkey: Turkish petroleum and coal industry. Pipelines. Geothermal, shale gas and CBM potential in Turkey. Turkish petroleum/mining and geothermal laws summaries.
Fossil Fuel Technologies (ETM 515)
CONTENT
PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
1. Develop the ability to use critical, analytical, and reflective thinking and reasoning 4
2. Reflect on social and ethical responsibilities in his/her professional life. 3
3. Gain experience and confidence in the dissemination of project/research outputs 3
4. Work responsibly and creatively as an individual or as a member or leader of a team and in multidisciplinary environments. 2
5. Communicate effectively by oral, written, graphical and technological means and have competency in English. 3
6. Independently reach and acquire information, and develop appreciation of the need for continuously learning and updating. 3
1. Design and model engineering systems and processes and solve engineering problems with an innovative approach. 4
2. Establish experimental setups, conduct experiments and/or simulations. 2
3. Analytically acquire and interpret data. 3
1. Demonstrate substantive knowledge of how energy relates to social, political, and economic aspects of contemporary life on a national, regional or global basis. 3
2. Discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages of using traditional fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, coal), renewable energy sources (hydro, solar, wind, biomass) and nuclear energy. 5
3. Explain the fundamentals of renewable energy and fossil fuel technologies. 5
4. Explain the dynamics of energy and electricity supply chains and the related markets. 4
5. Discuss the social and environmental effects of energy policies and technologies. 3
6. Develop fundamental energy financing models. 1
7. Gain experience with energy project management and energy strategy development. 2
8. Demonstrate knowledge on the fundamental Turkish energy regulations. 2
9. Demonstrate ability to access current and reliable information sources on energy. 4