Form C4
1. Course
Code
G10UG
2. Course
Introduction To Petroleum Engineering
Title
Petroleum Engineering Institute
5. School
7. Delivery:
Location &
Semester
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3. SCQF 10
4. Credits 15
Level
6. Course
Prof M. Jamiolahmady (Jami)
Co-ordinator
Edin
SBC
Orkney
Dubai
IDL
Collaborative Partner
Approved Learning Partner
Sem…..
Sem…….
Sem………..
Sem……..
Sem….
Name…………………….....Sem..…...
Name …………………………………Sem………..
8. Pre-requisites
None
9. Linked Courses
(specify if synoptic)
10. Excluded Courses
None
11. Replacement Courses
Code:
None
12. Degrees for which
this is a core course
Date Of Replacement:
13. The course may be
delivered to:
UG only
PG only
UG & PG
BEng/MEng Mechanical Engineering with Energy
Engineering
14. Available as an Elective?
Yes
No
15. Aims
To provide students with an opportunity to: Develop an understanding of engineering challenges and the wider economic impacts of oil and gas exploration, drilling and
production.
16. Syllabus
Nature and formation of hydrocarbon fluids
Field development Overview
Hydrocarbon formation pressure
Petroleum geology
Petroleum Geophysics
Well Drilling
Well completion and well production modelling and maintenance
Well Logging
Reserve Calculation
Drive mechanisms
Reservoir Engineering including rock properties, fluid characterisation and surface viscous and gravity forces,
Development of material balance technique
Fluid flow in porous media under steady-state, semi-steady state and unsteady state conditions
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Gas Reservoirs
Petroleum Economy
17. Learning Outcomes (HWU Core Skills: Employability and Professional Career Readiness)
Subject Mastery
Understanding, Knowledge and Cognitive
Skills
Scholarship, Enquiry and Research (Research-Informed Learning)
On completion of the module, learners will be able to describe
Process of formation of hydrocarbon fluids
Main phases of field development
Main formation pressure regimes and calculate temperature pressure variation within reservoir
Geological features that makes a subsurface structure a suitable hydrocarbon reservoir
Geophysical methods for hydrocarbon reservoirs characterization
Objectives, methods and requirements for drilling of an oil well.
Objectives, methods and requirements for completion of a well for oil production and methods and practices for modelling and improvement of the
performance of a petroleum production well.
Objectives, methods and requirements of well logging used to estimate porosity and fluid saturation
Different reserves and calculate oil in place and reserve
Principles of different primary, secondary and tertiary drive mechanisms for oil production
(i) Main chemical structure of hydrocarbon fluids, (ii) Importance of gravity, viscous and surface forces on fluid distribution and flow within porous
media (iii) main rock and fluid properties including porosity, permeability, relative permeability, capillary pressure, wettability, oil formation volume
factor, solution gas oil ratio, gas formation factor (iv) Principle of phase behavior (pressure versus temperature and volume diagram) of pure
component, binary and multi-component hydrocarbon mixtures (v) calculate average permeability for layered systems
Material balance equation and how to use them to calculate reserve and evaluate reservoir performance
steady-state, semi-steady state and unsteady state flows including principles of well testing
dry/wet/gas-condensate reservoirs and calculate gas properties, initial gas in place and reserves
Key economic drivers of energy demand and its impact on the global economic system.
Personal Abilities
Industrial, Commercial & Professional Practice
Autonomy, Accountability & Working with Others
Communication, Numeracy & ICT
On completion of the module, learners will have developed:
An extended awareness of the petroleum industry
Their personal skills, including an awareness of both traditional and internet-based information sources;
Their skills in problem solving
An ability to apply theoretical knowledge to practical problems.
Understanding of uncertainty and cost of reducing it for improved calculation/operation/management
18. Assessment Methods
Method
19. Re-assessment Methods
Duration of Exam
(if applicable)
Weighting (%)
Synoptic courses?
Method
Duration of Exam
(if applicable)
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Diet(s)
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Coursework (in class test)
Examination Test
2hr
2hr
25
75
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None
20. Date and Version
Date of Proposal
Date of Approval by
School Committee
Date of
Implementation
Version
Number
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