PET 317: Research/Assignment

Submit soft copy on Tuesday, 09/11/21

(a) Describe the Akata formation and Agbada formation

(b) What do you understand by Paleocene age, Eocene age, Miocene age in the Niger Delta
Petroleum systems
(c) Describe the following as associated with the Niger delta: source rock, seal rock,
reservoir rock and overburden rock
(d) Explain why nearly all hydrocarbons deposits within the Earth are strongly associated
with sedimentary rocks
(e) Describe the origin and accumulation of petroleum hydrocarbon
(f) Trap and seal formation is related to gravity tectonics within the delta; explain
(g) Write a comparative note on these geophysical methods used in a petroleum
exploration: (i) Magnetic (ii) Gravity iii) Seismic
(h) Using a fluid pressure regime diagram, what do you understand by: (i) Overburden
pressure (ii) Over pressure (iii) Normal hydrostatic pressure (iv) Under pressure