Reservoir Engineering I

  • Oil and Gas Engineering |
  • English

Description

Introduction to reservoir engineering - Properties of reservoir rocks - Fluid flow through - hydrocarbon reservoirs - Testing Fluid-reservoir interaction - Rock porosity - Rock permeability - Applications of Darcy’s law and conservation principles in petroleum reservoir - Primary drive mechanisms - Oil reserve estimations - Drive mechanism assumptions - reservoir fluid distribution - oil and gas well performance and pressure buildup analysis - oil displacement and optimizing reservoir performance. references Fundamentals of Applied Reservoir Engineering: Appraisal, Economics and Optimization

Program

Bachelor Degree in Oil and Gas Engineering (160)

Objectives

  • Describe the properties of reservoir rocks and fluids, including porosity and permeability Apply Darcy's law and conservation principles to fluid flow in petroleum reservoirs Identify primary drive mechanisms and estimate oil reserves Analyze oil and gas well performance and pressure buildup Explain oil displacement and the optimization of reservoir performance

Textbook

Ahmed, T. H. (2019). Reservoir Engineering Handbook. Elsevier Ltd. : Gulf Professional Publishing.

Course Content

content serial Description
1Introduction to reservoir engineering and hydrocarbon reservoirs
2Types of oil and gas reservoirs
3Reservoir rocks properties
4Oil properties
5Gas properties
6Water properties
77th Week Exam
8Volumetric methods and recovery factors
9Darcy equation and reservoir fluids dynamic
10Material Balance Equation and Drive mechanisms
11Water Influx methods
1212th Week Exam
13Oil reservoirs - Estimation of reservoir parameters using production history
14Gas reservoirs - Estimation of reservoir parameters using production history
15Revision

Markets and Career

  • Generation, transmission, distribution and utilization of electrical power for public and private sectors to secure both continuous and emergency demands.
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