Course Overview
This course covers the basic theories and techniques related to exploration, extraction, engineering, and economics of coal, petroleum, gas, nuclear and geothermal resources. The coal resource component includes origin and classification, utilization, conventional mining methods, gasification, cleaning, transportation and uses. Natural gas resources include conventional and unconventional sources, exploration, extraction, processing, transportation and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Petroleum content includes drilling, reservoir characterization and production, benchmarking, refining, and in-situ and mining of oil sands. The nuclear resource section of the course includes uranium exploration, mining, milling and power generation. Current waste management techniques for energy resource facilities are reviewed. An introduction to geothermal resource exploration and usage is included.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
3.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful compleltion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Evaluate the nuclear, conventional fossil energy resources, and renewable energy (geothermal, wind, solar) potential of a region [1,3].
- Assess and categorize identified conventional and unconventional energy resources for economics and utilization [1].
- Discuss petroleum, gas, and geothermal exploration , drilling casing, coring and logging, methods and technologies [1,3]
- Select and justify conventional and non-conventional mining and processing methods for natural gas and oil sand resources [2,4,5].
- Explain the key components of the natural gas production system, including the process for natural gas liquefaction and LNG transportation [1,4,5].
- Evaluate the power generating potential of coal, natural gas, petroleum, geothermal and nuclear [4,5].
- Fundamentals of Energy conversion, transportation/transmission and storage [1,2,4].
- Assess the economics of coal, gas, petroleum, uranium and renewable (e.g. Geothermal) energy resources [11].
- Explain fundamentals of energy sustainability [1,9,10,11].
- Explain fundamentals of energy savings, energy efficiency, synergy and exergy [1,2,4].
- Explain the fundamentals of energy policy and economics [9,11,12].
- Explain environmental footprint and emission and waste management issues associated with different energy recourse and technologies [9].
Effective as of Winter 2018
Related Programs
Energy Resources (MINE 7000) is offered as a part of the following programs:
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- Indicates programs eligible for students to apply for Post-graduation Work Permit (PGWP).
School of Construction and the Environment
- Mining and Mineral Resource Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering Full-time
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