UNSW Handbook Course - Petroleum Production Engineering

Petroleum Production Engineering - PTRL4018


	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: 3
	EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: PTRL3009 and PTRL4017
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Components of the petroleum production systems. Well productivity engineering. Production from under saturated oil reservoirs. Production from two phase reservoirs. Production from gas reservoirs. Pseudo critical properties of natural gases. Gas well deliverability for non-Darcy flow. The near-wellbore condition and damage characterisation, the effect of perforating conditions on well performance. Wellbore flow performance. Well deliverability. Well head surface gathering systems. Artificial lift systems. Horizontal well production. System analysis. Production Chemistry Basics (wax, scale, corrosion, emulsions).

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