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Petroleum Production Engineering - PTRL4021
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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: 4
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: PTRL3001,PTRL3022
 
 
Fee Band: 5 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Components of the petroleum production systems. Well inflow performance and deliverability analysis. Production from both saturated and undersaturated 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 wellbore skin characterisation. Well head surface gathering systems. Artificial lift systems. Horizontal well production. Production chemistry basics (wax, scale, corrosion, emulsions).

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