These courses, unique to Stanford University, are offered to students across the School of Energy, Earth, and the Environment. They were developed and are taught by the leaders in organic geochemistry, petroleum systems, rock physics and geostatistics, and basin modeling.
Courses
The BPSM curriculum consists of 8 core courses, selected to provide a broad cross-sectional view of the elements of basin and petroleum system modeling. Students will complete the balance of required total units from the list of elective courses. Other courses may be substituted in consultation with the faculty advisor. Some prerequisite undergraduate courses may be necessary for some students.
In this track, students refine their understanding of tectonophysics, rock mechanics, and fracturing, in order to incorporate structural complexity into basin and petroleum system models.
Depositional systems are at the very core of basin modeling. This track provides key understanding of how sediments are deposited and evolve.
Well log analysis and rock physics, once relegated to the reservoir scale, are now being integrated with regional basin models.
Scientists come to the field of basin and petroleum system modeling from all disciplines of the geosciences. These background courses fill in gaps in students’ academic preparation.
