Reservoir Engineering A - PTRL2019

Introduction to Reservoir Engineering. Reservoir Description. Hydrostatic pressure and geothermal gradients. Rock porosity, permeability and compressibility. Porosity-permeability relationships and rock microstructures. Volumetric and initial hydrocarbon volume. General fluid properties. Oil-gas phase behaviour and fluid PVT properties. Fluid Statics. Fluid flows, laminar and turbulent flows. Boundary layers. Flow in pipes, friction in pipe, Euler and Bernoulli's equation. Angular momentum equation. Steady flow energy equation. Minor losses. Flow over surfaces. Fluid flow in porous media. Darcy's law. Steady state inclined flow and pressure potential. Steady-state radial flow. Flow in series and in parallel. Compressible gas flow Klinkenberg effect. Vertical well model and skin effect.