应用石油地球科学计划是赫瑞瓦特大学地下地质科学和勘探领域的独特计划。该计划主要关注勘探石油地球科学，但与赫瑞瓦特大学石油工程学院的其他MSc计划以及石油工程和油藏地质学研究小组紧密联系。该程序还适用于非石油地下地球科学学科，例如二氧化碳存储和地下水流量。应用石油地球科学学位为参与者提供了地下地质，地球物理和地球工程方面的全面培训，涉及地下资源的勘探，评估和开发。尽管该计划主要集中于油气资源的勘探和地下油气藏的描述，但该学科获得的技能适用于所有地下地球科学领域，包括地下水勘探，废物处置或二氧化碳封存。
The Applied Petroleum Geoscience (APG) MSc at Heriot-Watt University is one of the top training programmes for geoscientists working in the oil and gas industry. With strong links to our Reservoir Evaluation and Management, Petroleum Engineering, Mature Field Management and Subsurface Energy Systems programmes, this programme is unique, offering a fully integrated understanding of the oil and gas industry, from exploration to production.<br><br>The Applied Petroleum Geoscience programme has been redesigned in 2019, with a number of exciting new courses and field trips, including an integrated exploration and development field trip to the Spanish Pyrenees. The programme is focused on geoscience (including petrophysics, geophysics and geochemistry), but we also equip students with a working knowledge of other disciplines, including reservoir engineering and petroleum economics. Students will benefit from engagement with our industry partners and access to high-performance computers, as well as extensive in-house geoscience and engineering expertise, with many of our staff having worked previously in the oil and gas industry. The programme is deliberately intensive, typically consisting of working a full five days a week of lectures and practical work, including labs or tutorial exercises designed to teach practical skills in addition to learning theory. We have a strong emphasis on group work, whether in the field, the classroom, or in our computer labs. This culminates in an extended (seven-week) group project, where we simulate a real exploration assessment of the Wessex Basin, incorporating field observations, seismic interpretation, well integration and non-technical issues, such as land rights and stakeholder engagement.