Transportation & Storage of Petroleum

Code :PE421                                    Unit : 6                       Prerequisite :  GS225, PE326

Design of Oil Pipelines: Major & Miner Pressure Drop, Optimum Pipe Size, Hydraulic Gradient Curves - Mechanical Design - Pressure Drop Using Monographs - pumping stations arrangement - Design of Gas Transmission Pipelines: Pressure Drop, Pipe Line Storage Capacity, Optimum Pipe Diameter, Gas Hydrate - Two-Phase (Liquid & Gas) Flow: Type of Flow, Pressure Drop, Correlations for Multiphase Flow - Petroleum Storage Tanks: Optimum Tank Proportions, Mechanical Design - Pressure Vessel Design: Optimum Proportions, Mechanical Design, Wind Effect, Spherical Tanks.

Enhanced Oil Recovery

   Code : PE422                                   Unit : 9                                 Prerequisite :  PE321

Outline of EOR Methods and Common Factors Affecting them – Fluid Distribution and the Theory of Frontal Displacement – Buckely - Leverett Theory - Injection Well Location - Water Injection: Water Injection Performance Calculations for Homogenous and Stratified Formations - Gas Injection: Gas Injection Performance Calculations - Miscible Drive: High Pressure Dry Gas Injection - Enriched Gas Injection - Liquefied Petroleum Gases - Alcohol Slug Injection - Carbon Dioxide Injection - Chemical Flooding: Surfactant Injection, Polymer Flooding, Caustic Flooding, the Use of Micro Emulsions – Thermal Recovery Methods: Hot Water Injection, Steam Injection, Cyclic Steam Injection, In-Situ Combustion(Forward and Reverse Combustion).

Safety & Loss Prevention

      Code : PE423                                  Unit : 6                                Prerequisite :  -----

Introduction - Type of Hazards and Hazardous Materials - Hazards Dealing with Oil Industry - Safety Equipment’s - Factors Enhance Safety: Training, equipment’s, periodic inspection, etc. - Environment Pollution from Oil Industry - Accidents - Reports.

Project

   Code : PE424                                Unit : 18                                   Prerequisite :  -----

Experimental and/or Theoretical Approaches with Possible Application of Computer Techniques to Integrate Various Components of the Curriculum in a Comprehensive Engineering Design Experience - Design of a Complete Project Including: Identification of a Problem, Formulation of Design, Preparation of Specifications - Consideration of Alternative Feasible Solutions - The Work will be Supervised by a Faculty Member - The Student has to Submit a Detailed Final Project Report and Present his Work.

Petroleum Engineering Economics

   Code : PE425                                       Unit : 9                                  Prerequisite : -----

Introduction - Interest: Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Continuous Interest - Present Day Value and Discount Annuities - Depreciation: Type of Depreciation, Methods for Calculating Depreciation, Straight Line Method, Declining Balance Method, Sum of the Year Digits Method – Capital Investment - Estimation of the Total Production Cost – Petroleum Engineering Economics..

Elective Course

   Code : PE426                                 Unit : 9                                    Prerequisite :  -----

English Language VIII

   Code : ES427                                     Unit : 1                                 Prerequisite : ES418