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2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

SOEE2500 Petroleum Reservoir Engineering

10 creditsClass Size: 60

Module manager: Dr Piroska Lorinczi
Email: p.lorinczi@see.leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

Successful completion of year 1 of programme

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

At the end of the module the students will:
- have a basic understanding of the reservoir management.
- be able to estimate reserves using volumetric methods and material balance.
- be familiar with the fundamental properties of the reservoir.
- be able to estimate reservoir pressure and temperature
- understand the Darcy law equation and adaptations.
- understand the drive mechanisms of the reservoir
- be familiar with the phase behaviour of hydrocarbon systems and PVT analysis.
- have the ability to understand analytical models of fluid flow in porous media.
- understand the basics of enhanced oil recovery methods.
- be able to interpret basic pressure and production test results.
- understand the basics of well test analysis.

Learning outcomes
On completion of the module, students should:
- understand the links between the physical behaviour of multiphase fluids in the subsurface and the methods needed to produce hydrocarbons
- understand how to quantify and evaluate the rock, fluid and fluid-rock properties of the reservoir
- be able to describe and quantify the reservoir properties, characteristics and productivity potential.


Syllabus

- Reserves estimation, Darcy law, reservoir rock and fluid properties; compressibility, viscosity, capillary pressures, permeability.
- Multiphase fluid flow mechanics in porous media; relative permeability; P-T diagrams for oils, dry gas, wet gas, condensates; material balance.
- Introduction to secondary production methods; immiscible flooding; miscible flooding.
- Fluid Flow in Porous Media. Introduction to pressure tests; drawdown and build-up methods.
- PVT analysis; drive mechanisms of a reservoir; water influx.

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Class tests, exams and assessment12.002.00
Lecture111.0011.00
Practical112.0022.00
Private study hours65.00
Total Contact hours35.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)100.00

Private study

- Review of weekly lecture notes, directed reading of recommended texts and completion of practicals (4 hours/week)
- Revision for written examination (21 hours).

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Monitoring and formative feedback provided via practicals
- Assessed practical feedback will be provided via the VLE.

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
Practical2 x practical tests (2 hour each)30.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)30.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated


Exams
Exam typeExam duration% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)2 hr 00 mins70.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)70.00

The resit for this module is normally held in August. In case of module failure, students will attend a resit exam similar to the original exam, covering all of the module learning outcomes. For second attempts, the resit mark will represent 100% of the final module mark. For first attempts, the final module mark will be calculated using the resit mark (70%) and the marks for the assessed courseworks obtained during semester 2 (30%).

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 26/04/2017

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