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PETE 303– Physics of Oil and Gas Reservoirs- 3 credits
Petroleum Engineering
Undergraduate
Fall, 2015
Hidayat Samadov
samedov49@yahoo.com
(+994 51) 703 49 99
11 Mehseti str. (Neftchilar campus),Saturday 9:00-12:00
Saturday, 12:00 – 13:00 or by appointment
Prerequisites
Language
Compulsory/Elective
English
Required
Required textbooks
and course materials
Core textbook:
Properties of Petroleum Fluids, 2nd Ed., McCain, Penn Well, 1990
Supplementary material:
Class Lecture Handouts and Additional Reading Materials
Course website
Course outline
This course provides students with a fundamental background on the determination
and evaluation of fluid, rock and rock-fluid properties of oil and gas reservoirs. Helps
student to understand the fundamentals difference in reservoir according to their fluid
properties and how it can affect the reservoir energy. Gives basic idea of correlation
and lab-data based determination of fluid properties, drawbacks and advantages.
Provides students with a basic understanding of fluid flow in porous media. Ability to
search the literature on the required subject and topic provided.
Course objectives
To give an introductory level of understanding about thermodynamic behavior of
naturally occurring hydrocarbon mixtures, evaluation and correlation of physical
properties of petroleum reservoir fluids, including laboratory measurements and
empirical methods, physical properties of petroleum reservoir rocks - porosity,
relative and effective permeability, compressibility and capillary characteristics. Help
the student basically to be able to build a reservoir description based on rock volume,
net pay, and rock quality.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course the students should be able:
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Explain the physical meaning and evaluate the impact of fluid and rock properties
in reservoir engineering and production problems.
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Define the Structure and Properties of Porous Materials, Statics of Fluids in
Porous Media, discuss the influencing factors, and describe the methods of
determining values of these properties.
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Understand characteristics of different hydrocarbon reservoirs and their
properties, phase behavior of reservoir fluids, to analyze the phase and ternary
diagrams
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Reproduce the flow equations in differential form, explain their meaning,
integrate the equations for typical reservoir system.
Teaching methods
Evaluation
Policy

Explain fluid flow in porous medium, multi-phase flow, displacement
mechanisms, relative permeability, capillary pressure, hysteresis phenomenon,
physical processes that occur during fluid displacement, miscible and immiscible
fluids
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Be familiarized with fluid sampling methods and PVT experiments
Lecture
Group discussion
Experiential exercise
Simulation
Case analysis
Course papers
Others
Methods
Midterm Exam
Case studies
Class Participation
Assignment and
twoquizzes
Project
Presentation/Group
Discussion
Final Exam
Others
Total
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x
x
x
x
Date/deadlines
Percentage (%)
30
5
15
10
40
100
Preparation for class
The structure of this course makes your individual study and preparation outside
the class extremely important. The lecture material will focus on the major points
introduced in the text. Reading the assigned chapters and having some familiarity
with them before class will greatly assist your understanding of the lecture. After
the lecture, you should study your notes and work relevant problems and cases
from the end of the chapter and sample exam questions.
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Withdrawal (pass/fail)
A student is normally expected to achieve a mark of at least 60% to pass. In case
of failure, he/she will be required to repeat the course the following term or year.

Cheating/plagiarism
Cheating or other plagiarism during the Quizzes, Mid-term and Final
Examinations will lead to paper cancellation.
Professional behavior guidelines
We
ek
The students shall behave in the way to create favorable academic and
professional environment during the class hours. Unauthorized discussions and
unethical behavior are strictly prohibited.
Date/Day
(tentative)
Tentative Schedule
Topics
Textbook/Assignments
1

Introduction.
- Chemistry of hydrocarbons. Non-hydrocarbon
Lecture Notes and
Components of Petroleum.
Additional Reading
- Generation of hydrocarbons. Petroleum system. Materials
Types and composition of reservoir rocks.

PHASE BEHAVIOR
- Pure substances
- Two-component mixtures
- Multicomponent mixtures
19.09.15
2
26.09.15
3

SAMPLING
- Bottom Hole sampling
- Surface sampling

PVT analysis
- Constant Mass Expansion (CCE or
CME)
- Differential Liberation
- Constant Volume Depletion (CVD)
- Separator Tests
- Flash vaporization
- Viscosity Measurements
- Gas Chromatography analysis
03.10.15
4

The Role of PVT analysis

The Five Petroleum Reservoir Fluids
- Black Oils
- Volatile Oils
- Retrograde Gases
- Wet Gases
10.10.15
5
17.10.15
6
7
Properties of Black Oils and Gas-Condensates,
Reservoir Fluid Studies

Properties of Volatile Oils, Reservoir Fluid Studies.
Swelling Tests, MMP Tests – Oil

Gas-Liquid Equilibrium with K-Factors and
Equation of State, History
31.10.15
8
9
07.11.15
Mid-Term Exam
14.11.15

Porosity and Reservoir Rock Compressibility
21.11.15
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
Permeability.
Porosity-Permeability relationships

Effective & Relative Permeability.
Basics of Fluid Flow in Porous Medium
- Flow Regimes
10
11
28.11.15
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Lecture Notes and
Additional Reading
Materials
Lecture Notes and
Additional Reading
Materials
Dry Gases

24.10.15
Lecture Notes and
Additional Reading
Materials
Lecture Notes and
Additional Reading
Materials
Lecture Notes and
Additional Reading
Materials
Lecture Notes and
Additional Reading
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Lecture Notes and
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Lecture Notes and
Additional Reading
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12
05.12.15
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13
Techniques for averaging properties
Statics of Fluids in Porous Media
- Saturations
- Wettability
- Interfacial Tension
- Capillary Pressure
Building a Reservoir Description
- Gross Rock Volume
- Net Pay
12.12.15
14

Reservoir Rock Quality and Flow Unit
Determination

Physical processes in Reservoir Drive Mechanisms
– Primary Recovery
- Fluid expansion and pore shrinkage
- Solution gas drive
- Gas cap expansion
- Natural aquifer influx
- Gravity
- Compaction
Physical processes in Reservoir Drive Mechanisms
– Secondary Recovery and EOR
- Water and Immiscible gas injection
- Thermal/Miscible gas/Chemical
methods
19.12.15
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15
26.12.15
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Additional topics
Lecture Notes and
Additional Reading
Materials
Lecture Notes and
Additional Reading
Materials
Lecture Notes and
Additional Reading
Materials
Lecture Notes and
Additional Reading
Materials
Final Exam
TBA
This syllabus is a guide for the course and any modifications to it will be announced in advance.