PEEN3001

PEEN3001: Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering

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Which units require PEEN3001?

PEEN3001 is a prerequisite for 6 units.

What is PEEN3001 about?

This unit covers the fundamental knowledge a petroleum reservoir engineer needs to know in providing a qualitative and quantitative description of a hydrocarbon reservoir and how to manage its performance. The early part of the unit, apart from covering basic rock and fluid properties (e.g. porosity, saturation, gas-oil ratio (GoR), gas solubility (Rs), formation volume factor (FVF), etc.), it also defines and discusses concepts such the volumetrics, reserves, reservoir drive mechanisms, recovery factor and static fluid distribution in real hydrocarbon reservoirs. The unit further covers the fundamentals of reservoir dynamics. Initially, the Darcy’s Law and its applications are discussed in details. Then, the Radial Diffusivity Equation (RDE) is derived and used to model fluid flow in porous rocks under various flowing phases. The unit also covers the basics of transient well testing of oil wells where the transient solution to RDE is used to analyse the results of drawdown and build-up tests in the context of some basic reservoir heterogeneities such the presence of a single sealing fault. The last part of the unit covers the derivation of a new version of RDE using the gas pseudo pressure suitable for handling gas flow in porous media. It also covers the derivation of various forms of deliverability equation for gas wells and how they can be used to interpret the results of different types of deliverability tests.

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Unit details

Credits25

Contact Hours5 Weekly

Result TypeGrade/Mark

AreaWASM: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering (WASM-MECE) (1155)

Field of Education030303 Mining Engineering

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How this unit is taught

Lecture1 x 2 hours weekly
Tutorial1 x 3 hours weekly

Prerequisites

Prerequisites group 1Select One

B-GEOLAdmission into B-GEOL - Bachelor of Science (Applied Geology)

Prerequisites group 2Select One

GEOL1005Fundamentals of Geology
CHEN2003Process Mass Transfer
PEEN2000Petrophysics and Reservoir Properties Laboratory
Petrophysics and Reservoir Properties Laboratory 200
Geology 101
Process Mass Transfer 221