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Fluid Dynamics in Porous Media - PTRL2014
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Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Petroleum Engineering
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: PTRL1016
 
 
Offered: Session Two
 
 
Fee Band: 2
 
 

Description

Hydrostatic pressure and geothermal gradients. Porosity-permeability relationships and rock microstructure. Diffusivity equation. Steady-state, pseudo-steady-state and transient flow. Radial flow and well models. Skin, partial penetration and well productivity index. Horizontal wells. Gas flow and Klinkenberg effect.

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