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Formation Evaluation - PTRL3023
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Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Petroleum Engineering
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.petrol.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: PTRL2014, PTRL2016
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Unit A - Well Log Analysis: Lithology plots. Saturation, irreducible saturation and permeability studies from well logs. Shaly sand analysis. Complex reservoir analysis. Wireline Formation Testing. Integration of core, log, well test and seismic data evaluation. Cementing quality monitoring. Gun perforating. Production Monitoring. Practical work with logs from an Australian oil/gas field. This Unit will prepare students for the petrophysical component of course PTRL4001.
Unit B - Well Testing: Theory of transient well testing. Principle of superposition. Drawdown and buildup tests. Actual and ideal buildup tests. Effects and duration of afterflow. Horner's approximation. Use of pseudo-pressure in gas well testing. Constant bottomhole pressure tests. Practical aspects of design and performance of field tests. Analysis of transient pressure data, effects of boundaries, reservoir heterogeneity, multiphase flow. Study of production, DST and formation interval tests. Pulse testing and multiwell tests. Computer assisted well test analysis techniques.

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