PE3201 Introduction to Petroleum Engineering Syllabus:
PE3201 Introduction to Petroleum Engineering Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES
To provide an overview of petroleum industry. Petroleum exploration and exploitation techniques, oil and gas reserve identification and evaluation. Drilling and production of oil and gas. Desposal of effluents.
UNIT I PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
Earth science – occurrence of petroleum Rocks and traps. Reservoir rocks and properties. Classification of oil and gas reserves Reservoir mechanics and drive mechanism.
UNIT II DRILLING ENGINEERING
3D Drilling – introduction to drilling of oil and gas wells. Drilling rigs and equipments. Drilling fluids and cementing.
UNIT III WELL LOGGING
Logging techniques. Various types of logs. Formation parameters. Log applications. Formation evaluation. Well completion.
UNIT IV PETROLEUM PRODUCTION
Petroleum exploitation – well testing, production potential and well performances. Material balance, Artificial lift, Improved recovery methods.
UNIT V SURFACE PRODUCTION
Surface equipments, processing of oil and gas. Transportation of oil and gas. Effluent treatment. Petroleum economics. Supply and demand trends.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES
On completion of the course students are expected to
CO1: Understand the rock types and their birth place.
CO2: Understand the concepts of rig crews and rig types.
CO3: Obtain the concepts of on-site drill systems and components while using.
CO4: Know about the reservoir modelling and geological data
CO5: Gain the knowledge about well logging
CO6 : To understand well investigation techniques and remediation of well production problems
TEXT BOOKS
1. Geology of Petroleum by Leverson A.L.- 2nd edition The AAPG foundation, 2006.
2. B. C. Craft – M. Hawkins Applied Petroleum Reservoir Engineering, Third Edition, Revised by Ronald E. Terry & J. Brandon Rogers, Prentice Hall, New York, 2014.
3. Modern Fracturing Enhancing Natural Gas Production, Michael J. Economides, Tony Martin, ET Publishing, 2007.
REFERENCES:
1. Petroleum Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties by Abhijit.Y.Dandekar- 2nd Edition CRC Press, 2013
2. Reservoir Engineer Handbook by Tarek Ahmed- 3rd Edition Gulf Professional Publishing, 2006
3. Recent Advances in Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery, IstvanLaktos, Academy Kiado, 2001.
4. Petroleum Production Engineering: A Computer Assisted Approach, BoyunGuo, William C. Lyons, Ali Ghalambor, Elesevier Science & Technology Books, 2007.
5. Advanced Well Completion Engineering, Wan Renpu, Gulf Professional Publishing, 2011.