Fossil Fuels

The course will search historical information about the uses of coal, oil and gas in different geographic areas during human history. Then we'll present chemical and physical properties along with the classification of fossil fuels. Students will learn about the origin and hypothesis of formation and evolution of fossil fuel deposits in the context of plate tectonics during geologic time. This will give you a better understanding of the global distribution of 'black gold'. In the second part of the course students will learn basic information about exploration, exploitation, and recent environmental consequences of major coal, oil and gas deposit exploitation.