PET E 373: Fundamental Reservoir Engineering

PET E 373

Course Contents

Review of Rock Properties (9 sessions)

Porosity

Saturation

Permeability

Interfacial and surface tension

Wettability

Capillary pressure

Rock compressibility

Relative permeability

Fundamentals of Reservoir Fluid Flow (14 sessions)

Flow of incompressible fluids

Flow of slightly compressible fluids

Compressible fluid flow

Linear flow

Radial flow

Spherical flow

Steady-state flow

Transient flow

Semi steady-state flow

Skin effect

Water Influx (4 sessions)

The Pot aquifer model

Schilthuis’ steady-state model

The van Everdingen-Hurst model

Oil Recovery Mechanisms and Material Balance Equation (7 sessions)

Various reservoir drive mechanisms

Material balance equation

Drive indices

Material balance equation as an equation of a straight line