PETE 1160 - PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course covers the principles of reservoir engineering and material balance calculation in petroleum reservoirs. The topics include petroleum origin and oil occurrence and migration; oil , gas, and gas-condensate reservoirs; basic drilling of oil and gas wells; p-v-t behavior of natural gas; material balances in gas reservoirs; oil reservoirs under simultaneous dissolved gas drive, gas cap drive, and water drive; generalized material balance in petroleum reservoirs; basic equations for fluid flow in reservoirs, absolute, effective, and relative permeabilities; and a design project on reservoir calculations.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0250 or 0290 or 1270 or 0202 or 1035; PROG: Swanson School of Engineering

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