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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#924B03">Master of Science in Petrophysics<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Petrophysics is the study of the physical and chemical properties of reservoirs (rocks and fluids). It is the first such program in North America, and addresses properties of subsurface
rock formations and the fluids within those strata with particular application to the petroleum exploration and production industry. The course work including graduate research project is a multidisciplinary program with Geology, Physics, and Natural Gas Engineering
courses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003366">Required Coursework<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Course Code <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">PHYS 5382<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Exploration Geophysics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">PHYS 5385<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Seismology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">PHYS 5388<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Borehole Geophysics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">GEOL 5305<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Graduate Research Project<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">GEOL 5310<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Topic: Petroleum Geology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">GEOL 5311<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Geochemistry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">GEOL 5319<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Geology of Groundwater<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Special Topic: Advanced Petrophysics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">NGEN 5310<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Petroleum Property Evaluation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">NGEN 5312<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Pressure Transient Analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">NGEN 5363<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Advanced Reservoir Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">NGEN 5387<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Quantitative Well Logging Analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003366">Admission Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">A bachelor's degree in Geoscience, Mathematics, Physics, or Chemistry (or related areas) is required. Students not having enough background may need to take additional undergraduate
courses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Please consult the TAMUK Graduate Catalog on-line at:
<a href="http://www.tamuk.edu/grad/">http://www.tamuk.edu/grad/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003366">Contact<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Contact <a href="http://www.tamuk.edu/artsci/physics_geosci/physics/faculty/yelisetti.html"><span style="color:#551A8B">Dr. Subbarao Yelisetti</span></a>, the graduate coordinator for
the MS in Petrophysics, if you are interested in pursuing this program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dr. Subbarao Yelisetti<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Department of Physics and Geosciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Texas A&M University - Kingsville<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hill Hall 207<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">MSC 175, 700 University Blvd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Kingsville, Texas 78363-8202<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Phone: 361-593-4894<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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