Table 2. Recommended Graduate Courses for Petroleum Geologists. Opinion Survey of Regional and District Managers within Union Oil Company

17

Basin Analysis

16

Clastic Facies Analysis

15

Carbonate & Evaporite Facies Analysis

15

Clay Mineralogy

15

Sedimentary Petrology

14

Exploration Geophysics

13

Global Tectonics

12

Paleoecology

11

Isotope Geology

11

Micropaleontology

10

Economic Geology

10

Geological Oceanography

9

Geohydrology

9

Introductory Geochemistry

9

Sedimentary Petrography

8

Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology

8

Sedimentology

8

Subsurface Methods

7

Engineering Geology

6

Field Geology

6

Geomorphology

4

Invertebrate Paleontology

4

Petroleum Geology

4

Principles of Geophysics

2

Applied Reservoir Evaluation Methods (Basic)

2

Biostratigraphy

2

Mineralogy

1

Geological Statistics

1

Optical Mineralogy

1

Seismic Stratigraphy

Total number of respondents equals 18; maximum number possible in any one category equals 18