I.      GENERAL INFORMATION OF DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY

The department was established in 1994 on the basis of the Department of Exploration Engineering to adapt the national demand for petroleum engineering human resources development. The mission of the department focuses on teaching,researching and services provision in the Petroleum Engineering field.

Full-time staff: 1 Associate Professors, 3 PhDs, 1 Masters, 1 Engineer

Petroleum geology operates in the field of human resource training which majors in energy and earth resources, services provision in petroleum and geotechnical engineering, especially providing solutions in the field of oil and gas exploration and production.

          II.        FIELD OF ACTIVITIES

1.    EDUCATION

Undergraduate: Petroleum Geology, Petroleum Geophysics, Reservoir Engineering.

Postgraduate: Master-PhD in Petroleum engineering.

Research: Geology, Geophysics, Reservoir Engineering, applied hydrogeology, sustainable and renewable energy resources.

2.      RESEARCH

Conduct research at Viet Nam National University, University of Technologyand in cooperation with other enterprise and departments on Earth resources, focusing on Oil and Gas, groundwater.

3.      SERVICE 

Performing in research projects to provide services and support for oil and gas enterprises in exploration and production of Energy Earth's resources.

       III.        INFRASTRUCTURE

The set of International and Vietnamese books and materials in education training for petroleum engineering.

Equipment for investigation, exploration, measuring, drawing, processing, digitizing data and images.

Petroleum specialized software: Petrel, Eclipse, T-Navigator, IPM, Techlog, FRP, Petromod, Kappa.

                   IV.            RESULTS OF EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

1. RESULT OF EDUCATION

Number of graduating students: 600

Successfully supervised 5 doctors, 103 Masters in Geology and Petroleum Engineering..

2   RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Completed many scientific research projects at various levels: Universities, Key national universities,  with the cooperation and support from domestic and international experts and oil and gas companies.

                       V.            ACTIVITIES

Organize scientific seminars, conferences

Projects, technology transfer

Research and provision services

Organize short courses

                    VI.           COLLABORATION

International Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

American Association of Petroleum Geologists

Adelaide International Petroleum Universities (Australia), GEPG (AIT-Thailand), IGE – Grenoble University

Southeast Asian Association of Petroleum Exploration Engineers (SEAPEX)

PetroVietNam

Geophysics Center, South Vietnam geological mapping division

Vietnam Petroleum Association, Vietnam Geological Association, Vietnam Association of Geophysicists, the Vietnam Drilling and Production Technology Association

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