Module 8: Organic Petrology

Learning Objectives:

• Understand what organic petrology is
• Understand what maturity is
• Appreciate the multiple applications of the field
• Know why thermal maturity studies are important – e.g. calibrate models, map maturity spatially, input risk to basins/prospects for charge determinations
• Understand the methods of the various thermal history tools
• Acknowledge the potential pitfalls of thermal history data and be able to identify data quality issues