LS502R: Petroleum Resource Management

LS502R: PETROLEUM RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2025-2026)

Last modified: 20 Jun 2025 15:08

Course Overview

This course provides a detailed overview of key legal and regulatory issues in the development of hydrocarbon resources. Teaching will be by a variety of methods including podcasts, directed reading, and interactive discussion. The course will cover: the physical and technical context of hydrocarbon development; the geopolitical context of hydrocarbon development; energy security in the context of climate change; national oil companies; petroleum licensing; production sharing agreements; fiscal arrangements; international maritime boundaries and joint development agreements.

Course Details

Study Type	Postgraduate	Level	5
Term	First Term	Credit Points	15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Professor John B. Paterson

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

This course provides a detailed overview of key legal and regulatory issues in the development of hydrocarbon resources. The course will cover: the physical and technical context of hydrocarbon development; the geopolitical context of hydrocarbon development; energy security in the context of climate change; national oil companies; petroleum licensing; production sharing agreements; fiscal arrangements; international maritime boundaries and joint development agreements.

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 21st September 2026 for Term 1 and Full Year courses and 8th January 2027 for Term 2 courses.

Summative Assessments

Briefing note

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	50
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Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Essay

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	30
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Feedback		Word Count	1000

Learning Outcomes

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Short Answer Questions

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	20
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Learning Outcomes

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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Factual	Remember	ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.

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