Data Analytics for Resources Engineering

Undergraduate | 2026

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Your studies will be on-campus, and may include some online delivery
On campus
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Area/Catalogue
ENGP X403
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Course ID
206833
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Campus
Adelaide City Campus East
Level of study
Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
Course owner
Course owner
School of Chemical Engineering
Course coordinator
Course coordinator
Abbas Zeinijahromi
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Course level
4
Work Integrated Learning course
Work Integrated Learning course
No
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
The fee you pay will depend on the number and type of courses you study.
Yes
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University-wide elective course
Yes
Single course enrollment
Single course enrolment
Yes

Course overview

This course introduces the opportunities, challenges and current development of data analytics applications in oil and gas industry. The theory and fundamental equations, as well as understanding data driven methods are covered. Practical methods, real field examples will equip students to apply data analytics and machine learning methods in petroleum engineering. The course covers the following topics with specific applications in resources engineering: Overview of Data Analytic, Introduction to Programming in Python, Univariate and Multivariate Descriptive Statistics, Supervised Machine Learning, and clustering.

  • Introduction & Python Fundamentals
  • Supervised Learning
  • Regression & Unsupervised Learning

Course learning outcomes

  • Use Python basic commands and deal with specialty data types
  • Apply Python Machine Learning Packages in resources engineering applications
  • Describe the fundamentals of Descriptive and Predictive Analytics
  • Learn how to perform regression, data clustering, feature extraction and classification
  • Learn how to use basic artificial neural networks
  • Choose the most appropriate ML and DA model

Availability

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Census date
Fri 04/09/2026
Enrol by date
Enrol by date
Fri 21/08/2026
Last day to W
Last day to W
Fri 18/09/2026
Last day to WF
Last day to WF
Fri 16/10/2026

Class details

Adelaide City Campus East

Class number
Class number 51177
Section
Section FR01
Size
Size 20
Available
Available 20
Dates Days Time Campus Location Instructor
7 Aug - 25 Sep Friday 12:10pm - 2pm Adelaide City Campus East The Braggs, 4.25
16 Oct - 13 Nov Friday 12:10pm - 2pm Adelaide City Campus East The Braggs, 4.25
Class number
Class number 51178
Section
Section WS01
Size
Size 20
Available
Available 20
Dates Days Time Campus Location Instructor
4 Aug - 22 Sep Tuesday 12:10pm - 2pm Adelaide City Campus East The Braggs, 4.25
13 Oct - 10 Nov Tuesday 12:10pm - 2pm Adelaide City Campus East The Braggs, 4.25

Prerequisite(s)

N/A

Corequisite(s)

N/A

Antirequisite(s)

N/A

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