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EC5006: PETROLEUM ECONOMICS AND PROJECT EVALUATION (2020-2021)

Last modified: 05 Aug 2021 13:04


Course Overview

This course will introduce students to key techniques from economics and finance allowing them to understand the business decision making relevant to the petroleum industry and decommissioning.  Students will learn how these principles help explain how investment and disinvestment decisions (such as cessation of production) are taken, how oil markets operate, and the government's role in setting environmental regulations and taxation allowances. 

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session First Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Marc Gronwald

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

  • Master Of Science In Financial Mathematics (Studied)
  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course will introduce students to key techniques from economics and finance allowing them to understand the business decision making relevant to the petroleum industry and decommissioning.  Students will learn how these principles help explain how investment and disinvestment decisions (such as cessation of production) are taken, how oil markets operate, and the government's role in setting environmental regulations and taxation allowances. 


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

Class Test

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 20
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Formative assessment feedback given through discussion in small group teaching. Summative assessment feedback given via written comments on submitted assessed work.

Learning Outcomes
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Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 80
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Formative Assessment

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Resit Assessments

Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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