PETROLEUM PRODUCTION ENGINEERING   [Archived Catalog]
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog
   

PETE 1205 - PETROLEUM PRODUCTION ENGINEERING


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course covers principles of oil and gas production from hydrocarbon-bearing formations. Topics include: flow through porous media of incompressible, compressible and slightly compressible fluids; reservoir, producing formation, vertical lift, and chock performances; principles of gas lift, gas lift valves and design; and sucker rod pumping design; and design project on artificial gas lift.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0202 or 0250 or 0290 or 1035 or 1270; PROG: Swanson School of Engineering


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