EOS 422

Energy Resources

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-3

Discusses the Earth's major economic natural energy resources. Focuses on conventional oil and gas, coal, CBM and tar sands, including modes of formation, accumulation and recovery, along with the mechanisms of migration and trapping. Canadian examples of petroleum systems and basin modelling augment the material. To a lesser degree, other energy sources are looked at, such as nuclear fuels, solar, hydrogen, geothermal, biogas, wind and tidal, as well as related socio-economic-environmental issues.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 422, 420 if 420 taken prior to Winter 2004. Normally offered in alternate years. Students are advised to consult with the department to determine when this is offered.

Formerly: part of 420

Prerequisites: 201, 202.

Undergraduate course in Earth and Ocean Sciences offered by the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences in the Faculty of Science.