Table 2.
Recommended Graduate Courses for Petroleum Geologists. Opinion Survey of Regional and District Managers within Union Oil Company|
17 |
Basin Analysis |
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16 |
Clastic Facies Analysis |
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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