Sixth Semester

Applied Reservoir Engineering

Code :PE321                               Unit : 12                       Prerequisite :  PE315,PE316

Petroleum Reservoirs - Estimation of Hydrocarbon Volume Volumetrically – Gas Reservoirs (Estimation Gas in Place by Material Balance Equation) – Oil Reservoirs (Estimation Oil in Place by Material Balance Equation) - The Material Balance Equation as a Straight Line Equation - Estimation of Original Oil in Place by the Material Balance Equation as a Straight Line Equation - Predicting Reservoir Performance - Tamer Method - Muskat Method - Estimation Recovery Factor (Reserves) - Actual Example (Oil Reservoir).

Fluids Flow In Porous Media

   Code : PE322                             Unit : 9                           Prerequisite :  PE315, PE316

Darcy's Law - Classification of Fluid Flow System: Linear, Radial, Spherical

- Steady-State Linear Flow: Incompressible Fluids, Gases - Linear Flow in

Beds in Series and in Parallel - Poiseuille s Law for Capillary Flow - Flow through Fractures - Steady-State Radial Flow: Incompressible Fluids, Gases - Permeability Variation in Radial Flow - Unsteady-State Radial Flow: Diffusivity Equation, Exponential Integral Solution and its Applications - Radial Flow in Bounded Drainage Areas - Water Influx: Hydraulic Analogs of Water Influx, Water Influx from Solutions of the Diffusivity Equation, General Material Balance Equation, Water Influx from Material Balance Equation, Simultaneous Calculation of Initial Oil in Place and Water Influx from Material Balance Equation.

Well Testing analysis

   Code : PE323                                  Unit : 12                                Prerequisite :  PE314

Drill Stem Testing Steps & Reading the Test - DST Test and its Analysis - Pressure Buildup & Drawdown Tests and their Usage for Calculating Reservoir Characteristics - Average Reservoir Pressure - Gas Well Testing - Use of Typical Kind Curve.

Well Completion

   Code : PE324                          Unit : 9                             Prerequisite :  PE314, PE313

Oil Well Cementing - Completion Operation - Completion Fluids – Perforating Operations - Water and Gas Coning - Well Completion Program and Control – Sand Control - Completion Efficiency - Formation Damage - Well Stimulation Techniques for Removing the damage and Improving the Flow Efficiency: Hydraulic Fracturing and Acidizing.

Drilling Technology

   Code : PE325                               Unit : 9                          Prerequisite : PE225, PE312

Drilling Technology of Horizontal Wells (Equipment’s Used, Hydraulics, Casing Design, Cementing, Completion) - Problems of Horizontal Drilling- Well Testing in Horizontal Wells -Production from Horizontal Wells - Off Shore Drilling.

Production Engineering I

   Code : PE326                          Unit : 9                             Prerequisite :  PE314, PE323

Outline of Oil and Gas Production Methods - Production-Rate Decline Curves - The Performance of Productive Formations: Productivity Index and Inflow Performance Relationships - Factors Influencing Shape of IPR - Predicting the Shape of IPR for Depletion - Drive Reservoir - Vertical Lift Performance: Flow Regimes in Vertical Two - Phase Flow Pressure - Distribution Curves - The pressure Grid - Slippage and Flow Resistance: Optimum GLR - Effect of Tubing Size and Depth - The Flowing Well Including: Choke Performance, Down-Hole and Flow-Line Chokes - Effects of Changes in Choke Size, Static Pressure, the Producing GLR on Well Efficiency - The Heading Cycle -Water and Gas Coning Problems and Proposed Solutions.

English Language VI

   Code : ES327                                     Unit : 1                                 Prerequisite : ES317