2018/19 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

CAPE3010 Petroleum Engineering Design Project (BEng)

40 creditsClass Size: 50

Module manager: Dr D Harbottle
Email: d.harbottle@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2018/19

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module is concerned with the oil and gas field development plan for industrial scale operation in line with the degree programme. It involves review and selection of a production strategy, reservoir simulation and estimation of production rate, design of drilling and well completion as well as surface processing units. The safety, health and environmental aspects of the project are considered in order to minimise risks. It also includes project management and cost/financial evaluation to assess economic viability of the project.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should:
- Have experience of working in design teams and communicating effectively within the team;
- Be capable of demonstrating equipment and process design and selection based on sound scientific and engineering data and arguments;
- Have experience of project organisation and management;
- Be aware of the financial, environmental and other aspects associated with a major project;
- Have acquired the necessary skills to enable them to conduct a project with a significant degree of engineering competence;
- Be capable of disseminating their findings in written and verbal form.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should have a deeper knowledge of:
- Data integration and reservoir simulation;
- Methodologies for the design of drilling, completion and surface processing equipment;
- Environmental and safety issues;
- Project management, cost and investment analysis.

Skills outcomes
On completion of this module, students should have the following skills:
- Major equipment design calculations.
- Cost analysis and investment appraisal.
- Project management, team work and decision making.
- Literature review.
- Preparation of project plan, identification of milestones and targets.
- Conducting project meetings.
- Verbal presentation and written report preparation.

Syllabus

Students will work together in a group to provide a development plan for an oil or gas field to produce oil and gas in an industrial scale. Each project will be supervised by a member of academic staff who will act as project supervisor and will be responsible for the assessment of that project. Students will meet with the supervisor on a weekly basis to ensure good communications within the project; they will also attend a series of lectures (ethics, economics and health and safety) and seminars dealing with relevant aspects of the planning, design and evaluation of the project and ethical issues. Students will be responsible for the organisation and delivery of relevant aspects required in the project, as prescribed. Each group will be required to produce a project plan detailing the planning and execution of the project, an interim (Part 1) report at the end of Semester 1 covering basic aspects and relevant literature in the field (production strategy, data integration, estimation of production rate and outline of drilling and completion, surface processing, economic evaluation and health, safety and environmental assessment and a final (Part 2) report at the end of Semester 2 covering full reservoir model, detail equipment design, integrated development plan and full economic evaluation. Each individual student will be required to produce a report on an independently designed equipment or reservoir model in Semester 2. This element of the module is compulsory pass for passing the module. Students will also be required to make verbal presentations on their individual work at the end of the project in Semester 2.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
presentation	2	1.00	2.00
Group learning	22	3.00	66.00
Lecture	5	2.00	10.00
Tutorial	22	1.00	22.00
Private study hours			300.00
Total Contact hours			100.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			400.00

Private study

Background reading
Literature search and review
Data collection and integration
Design evaluation
Design of equipment
Report preparation

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students' progress will be monitored via:
- Submission of a project plan (2nd week, semester 1)
- Submission and verbal presentation of preliminary mass/energy balance calculations (7/9th week, semester 1)
- Part 1 report (11th week, semester 1)
- Plant Equipment Design report (21st week, semester 2)
- Verbal presentation (22nd week, semester 2)
- Extent of participation and response to questions asked in weekly tutorials
- Attendance in lecture classes and tutorials

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Group Project	Part 1 report	40.00
Presentation	10 minute individual presentation	5.00
Report	Design report (individual)	40.00
Group Project	Part 2 report (group work)	15.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

A suitable alternative to the group project will be offered as a resit where appropriate.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 30/04/2018

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