Course unit details:
Field Appraisal and Development
Unit code | EART60402 |
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Credit rating | 15 |
Unit level | FHEQ level 7 – master's degree or fourth year of an integrated master's degree |
Teaching period(s) | Semester 2 |
Offered by | Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences |
Available as a free choice unit? | Yes |
Overview
The course is designed to make students aware of the petroleum engineering aspects of hydrocarbon exploration and production and will give hands-on teaching how to use Petrel.
This course unit detail provides the framework for delivery in 20/21 and may be subject to change due to any additional Covid-19 impact. Please see Blackboard / course unit related emails for any further updates.
Aims
This course is subdivided into two units.
Unit 1: INTRODUCTION TO FIELD APPRAISAL AND DEVELOPMENT
- To introduce the geoscientist to the tools and techniques used by petroleum engineers to develop oil and gas fields.
- To understand the role of the geoscientist in oil and gas field development.
Unit 2: RESERVOIR MODELLING USING PETREL
- This is a practical course run by Schlumberger covering the principals of reservoir modelling.
Learning outcomes
The student will gain an understanding of the following topics:
- the methods used to appraise and develop oil and gas fields
- the basis for hydrocarbon reserves classifications
- the principles that govern the dynamic behaviour of oil and gas fields
- the methods used to estimate recovery factors for fields developed using primary, secondary and tertiary recovery methods
- the methods used to predict the performance of oil and gas fields
Syllabus
Introduction
- the roles of the geoscientist and petroleum engineer
- the terminology of oil production
- basic principles
- €œMy first model€Â
- Subsurface pressures
Field development planning
- The E&P project cycle
- Production profiles
- Development concepts
- Reserves classification
- Probabilistic and deterministic reserves
- Reserves estimation using decline curves
Primary recovery
- Phase behaviour
- The €œBlack Oil€ model
- Fluid properties
- Primary recovery methods
- Oil material balance
- Gas material balance
Secondary & tertiary recovery
- Relative permeability
- Capillary pressure
- Secondary recovery methods
- Immiscible displacement
- Tertiary recovery methods
Well & reservoir performance
- Introduction to well testing
- Inflow performance
- Outflow performance
- Well performance prediction
- Reservoir performance prediction
- Introduction to reservoir simulation
Practical course run by Schlumberger - principals of reservoir modelling.
Assessment methods
100% course work
Recommended reading
Unit 1:
CORE READING:
Dawe; R. (Ed.) Modern Petroleum Technology, vol I; Wiley (2000)
Towler; Fundamental Principles of Reservoir Engineering; SPE (2004)
Jahn, Graham, Cook Hydrocarbon Exploration & Production; Elsevier (1998)
Archer & Wall Petroleum Engineering: principles and practice. Graham and Trotman Ltd., London (1986)
FURTHER READING
Dake, L.P. Fundamentals of reservoir engineering; Elsevier (1978).
Papay, J. Development of Petroleum Reservoirs; Akademiai Kiado, Budapest (2003)
Craft & Hawkins Applied Petroleum Engineering; Constable & Co. London (1959)
Amy, Bass, Whiting Petroleum Reservoir Engineering; McGraw-Hill (1960)
Whitson, C. Well Performance Analysis;
Unit 2:
Stochastic Modeling and Geostatisticsâ€'Principles, Methods and Case Studies #322 AAPG Computer Applications in Geology ISBN: 0891817026
Reservoir Characterizationâ€'Recent Advances #570B, AAPG Memoir ISBN: 0891813519
Study hours
Scheduled activity hours | |
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Lectures | 30 |
Practical classes & workshops | 30 |
Independent study hours | |
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Independent study | 90 |
Teaching staff
Staff member | Role |
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Jonathan Redfern | Unit coordinator |