ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY PROCESSES   [Archived Catalog]
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog
   

PETE 1204 - ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY PROCESSES


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course covers different topics on enhance oil recovery processes (co2, thermal, miscible fluids and surfactants); coal-bed methane, enhanced methane recovery, and underground coal gasification; surface and in-situ heavy oil, tar sand and oil shale production; and co2 capture, sequestration and disposal. The fundamentals, thermodynamics, reaction kinetics and transport phenomena as well as the environmental issues and regulations related to these topics are also covered.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PROG: Swanson School of Engineering


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