Undergraduate Courses
Undergraduate Courses
PET E 275: Petroleum Reservoir Fluids
It is critical to be able to accurately predict the properties of reservoir fluids in all areas of petroleum engineering. Substantial progress in our understanding of the physical properties of fluid has occurred during the last few decades. In this class, we explore these properties and fluid phase behavior through algebraic and numerical applications of thermodynamic theory, equations of state and empirical correlations.
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PET E 366: Petroleum Production Operations
Petroleum production is the phase that occurs after successful exploration and development and during which hydrocarbons are drained from an oil or gas field. The producing fluid must travel through the reservoir and the tubing and piping system and ultimately flow into a separator for gas-oil-water separation. The driving force behind the flowing fluid is the pressure drop in the system from the reservoir pressure to the separator pressure. Every individual component on the way of the flowing fluid induces certain amount of pressure drop. As such, production rate will adjust itself so that the sum of all the pressure drops equals the total pressure drop. As the characteristics of the individual components have a significant effect on the level of the drop they induce on the flowing fluid pressure and since the performance of each component in the system impacts the performance of all other components, they must be optimally designed in a cost effective manner. The subject of production engineering is to optimize the flow systems from the bottomhole location to the surface production facilities to improve well productivity in a cost effective manner.
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PET E 373: Fundamental Reservoir Engineering
It is expected that at the end of the course students will be familiar with techniques of estimating oil and gas reserves and recovery, as well as techniques for the determination of formation properties. The course will provide necessary engineering background in performing reservoir evaluation.
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PET E 520: Energy Rock Engineering
The energy rock engineering course entails utilizing the principles and practices of rock mechanics for the purpose of designing, developing, and producing energy resources such as oil, gas, and geothermal energy. This multidisciplinary course integrates concepts from geology, geomechanics, and petroleum engineering. Topics covered in the course typically include the physical and mechanical properties of rocks, the geological formation of reservoirs, the characterization of reservoirs, the drilling and completion of wells, the stresses and strains on rocks, and the various modes of rock failure. Additionally, students are introduced to the latest techniques and technologies employed in energy rock engineering, including hydraulic fracturing, wellbore stability analysis, and geomechanical modeling.
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Miscellaneous Courses taught:
PET E 475: Applied Reservoir Engineering
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CIV E 270: Mechanics of Deformable Bodies
PET E 488: Petroleum Field Trip
PET E 489: Petroleum Engineering Seminar