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The history and discovery of oil. Theories for the origin of oil; organic and inorganic origin theory. Oil components; hydrocarbons (saturated hydrocarbons, unsaturated hydrocarbons),heterocompounds, organometallic compounds
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Organic matter components, Proteins, carbohydrates, lignins, lipids. Kerogen and bitumen. Type of kerogens: Type I, Type II, Type III and Type IV.
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Organic matter types of generating the oil. Depositional evironments of the organic matter. Factors of the affecting hydrocarbon generation.Geothermal gradient, pressure, time, quality of organic matter,thermal history of the basin, catalyst, tectonics
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Petroleum source rock. Geochemical conditions of the source rock. Analysis methods of the petroleum source rock and the explanations
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Organic geochemical analysis, 1. source rock analysis (total organic carbon analysis, pyrolise analysis, extraction analysis)2. oil and bitumen analysis (thin layer chromatography, gas chromatography(GC), column chromatography, gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS))3.Gas analysis (C1-C4 and C4-C7)
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Organic petrographic analysis techniques. Pyrolise analysis, vitrinite reflectance analysis, SCI(spor color index) analysis.
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Physical characteristics of oil. Density, volume, viscosity, refraction indices, fluorescence, flash point, colour and smell, calorific value.
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General characteristics of the oil reservoir rocks. Spread of the reservoir rock, pore extent, fluid content, reservoir trap
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Formation of the oil traps. Classification of the oil traps. 1.tectonic traps 2.lithology traps 3.combined traps. Cover rocks
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Migration of the oil and gas.1. Primary migration 2. Secondery migration
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Natural gases. General characteristics of the natural gases, generation types and source of the natural gases. Asphaltites. Physical characteristics of asphaltites. Asphaltic materials make use of the industry. Oil and natural gas reservoirs and production of Turkey. Oil and natural gas sedimentary basins in Turkey
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Source of coals, classification of coals, carbonization event and coal bearing.
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General characteristics of the bituminous shales and average chemical composition. Source of the organic matter in the bituminous shales. Important differencies between bituminous shales and oil source rocks. Important differencies between bituminous shales and coal
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Depositional environments of the bituminous shales
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