PNG 410Applied Reservoir Engineering
The broad course objectives are to introduce and implement techniques for analysis and prediction of reservoir performance by use of material balance and steady and non-steady state flow equations. Some specific objectives are: To introduce students to concept of material balance in oil and gas reservoirs. To learn to identify primary drive mechanisms in oil and gas reservoirs. To recognize important differences between production from conventional and unconventional shale reservoirs. To understand and apply concepts in single-phase transient flow in reservoirs. The course will commence with a discussion of rock and fluid properties including the properties of unconventional shale reservoirs and then move on to the analysis of the performance of dry gas reservoirs. After talking about the behavior of dry gas reservoirs with water influx, the topic of performance of gas condensate reservoirs will be discussed. Various schemes for analyzing the performance of gas condensate reservoirs using data from the field as well as based on laboratory experiments will be presented. This will be followed by a detailed exposition of material balance analysis of undersaturated oil reservoirs. Combination drives including water influx and gas cap expansion will be discussed. Laboratory analysis of pressure-volume-temperature relationships of saturated oils will be discussed. Prior to introducing models for water influx into reservoirs, essential concepts from the dynamics of fluid flow in reservoirs will be presented. This will enable students to better understand the concept of linear superposition that is essential to apply the water influx models.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “PNG 405 and PNG 406 Enforced Concurrent at Enrollment: EME 301 and EME 303”
Where it sits in degree plans
Suggested plans most often put it in Year 3 · Spring (1 program).
Required in (2)
- Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, B.S.
- Subsurface Energy Engineering, Minor