UNSW Handbook Course - Reservoir Engineering II

Reservoir Engineering II - PTRL6007


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Petroleum Engineering
	Course Outline: http://www.petrol.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 0
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Pore-scale description of fluid distribution and displacement. Relative permeability and extension of Darcy's law to multi-phase flow. Fractional flow theory and displacement efficiency. Heterogeneity and sweep efficiency. Estimation of field recovery factors. Gravity stabilized displacements. Water and gas coning for vertical and horizontal wells. Decline curve analysis. Natural water influx and aquifer history matching. Pseudo-relative permeability and capillary pressure, calculation of dynamic and vertical equilibrium pseudos. Use of pseudo functions in reservoir simulation.

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