Students in the University of Malta’s first M.Sc Petroleum Studies course recently took part in a geology field trip in Italy’s northern Appenines.
The students spent three days examining the turbidite deposits of the Marnoso-Arenacea formation in Tuscany and Emilia Romagna. The geological formation is one of the most famous exposures of such deposits, and is very relevant to the oil and gas industry as a petroleum reservoir.
The students were guided by Prof. Roberto Tinterri from the University of Parma’s Department of Earth Sciences and accompanied by two course lecturers. The field trip was part of the course programme, and was supported by a grant from the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.
The M.Sc is a one-year taught Masters programme offered by the Department of Geosciences of the University’s Faculty of Science. It provides a broad coverage of the oil and gas industry, ranging from petroleum geology and geophysics, petrophysics and reservoir engineering to prospect generation and resources law.
For further information call 2340 3849 or visit the website below.
www.um.edu.mt/courses