Petroleum Reservoir Engineering-1 ((PE 241) course
outline, Spring 2006 |
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Week |
Dates |
Subject |
Comments |
1 |
Jan 9-15 |
Introduction: Units and unit conversions |
Chapter 1 Assign HW1 |
2 |
Jan 16-22 |
MLK holiday on Monday (no
class) Oil : Low shrinkage, High shrinkage, Black oil Gas: Dry gas, Wet gas, Condensate gas |
McCain chapter 5 Submit HW1
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3 |
Jan 23- 29 |
Rock properties: Porosity, Absolute Permeability, Isothermal compressibility, Permeability averaging |
Chapter 2 |
4 |
Jan 30 - Feb 5 |
Fluid properties correlations (Oil, Gas, Water)
|
Chapter 3 Submit HW2 |
5 |
Feb 6-12 |
Rock-fluid
interaction properties
|
Chapter 4 Submit HW3 |
6 |
Feb 13-19 |
Reservoir volumetics
|
Chapter 5 Submit HW4 |
7 |
Feb 20- 26 |
Material Balance Equation (MBE): Calculation of IGIP by Material Balance methods |
Chapter 5 Assign HW 5 |
8 |
Feb 27 - Mar 5 |
Calculation of IOIP by MBE, Mid-Semester Exam (Wed. March 1) |
Chapter 5 Submit HW5 |
9 |
Mar 6-12 |
Oil MBE cont’d. |
Assign HW 6 |
10 |
Mar 13-19 |
Spring recess (St Pats). No classes (Thurs & Fri) |
Submit HW 6 on Wed. |
11 |
Mar 20-26 |
Generalized Darcy’s
law
|
Chapter 9 Assign HW 7 |
12 |
Mar 27-Apr 2 |
SPRING BREAK |
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13 |
Apr 3-9 |
Darcy’s law for
liquids under steady and pseudo-steady flow
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Chapter 9 Submit HW 7 |
14 |
Apr 10-16 |
Darcy’s law for gases under steady and pseudo-steady flow
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Chapter 9 Submit HW 8 |
15 |
Apr 17-23 |
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HW 8 returned |
16 |
Apr 24-April 30 |
Test # 2 on Monday Decline Curve Analysis Chapter 8 |
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17 |
May 1-7 |
DEAD WEEK , Catchup and Review |
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18 |
May 8-14 |
Exam week. Optional Final exam |