PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT GEOLOGY
Course Name Course ID Prerequisite
PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT
GEOLOGY EPS441 EPS343
Time Table for Course Lectures
PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT GEOLOGY (441)
Week Lecture Topic
1 Systems and Units 2 Volumetric Calculations 3 Material Balance Calculations 4 Oil Recovery by Internal Gas Drive
5 Material Balance Calculations For Gas Reservoirs
6 Gas Reservoirs with Water Influx and Water and Rock Compressibilities 7 Midterm Exam.
8 Darcy’s Law
9 Applications of Darcy’s Law 10 Applications of Darcy’s Law 11 Oil Wells Performance Methods 12 Oil Wells Performance Methods 13 Gas Wells Performance Methods
14 Review
15 Final Exam.
Reference:
[1] Petroleum Development Geology 3rd ed., by Dickey, P.A., 1986. Pub., Penwell Corp.
PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT GEOLOGY (441) Time Table for Lab Work Course
Week Test Name References
1. Basic and Practical Units Practical Oil Field Units
Units Conversion Tables 2. Oil/Gas Reserves Estimation
Techniques
Volumetric method of oil/gas reserves estimation
Reservoir and Production Fundamentals(Schlumberger )
3. Classification of reservoir rocks (Clastic/Non-clastic)
Stresses on requirements for evaluation (differences)
Factors affecting its petrophysical properties
4. Practical definition of Darcy (Linear/Radial flow) Equations
Permeability measurements (Lab and Field methods)
API Recommended Practice (Darcy’s Law)
5. Exercising absolute, effective and relative permeability types
Conditions and factors affecting permeability
Introduction to Petroleum Reservoir Analysis
6. Kav. Equations (serial /parallel layered reservoir rocks)
Av. permeability Calculations
Introduction to Petroleum Reservoir Analysis
7. Reservoir evaluation through Pressure Build-Up Data
Evaluation Techniques (Plots and
Calculations)
Reservoir and Production Fundamentals
(Schlumberger)
8. Practical Test Midterm Exam.
9. Core Analysis Procedures Outlines and.
Illustrations
Laboratory Workbook 10. Core Analysis-Experiment-1 Porosity Measurements Lab. Workbook-Sheet-1 11. Core Analysis-Experiment-2 Abs, Perm.
Measurements
Lab. Workbook-Sheet-2 12. Core Analysis-Experiment-3 Fluid Saturation Tests Lab. Workbook-Sheet-3 13. Inflow Performance Curves and
Production History Data
Practicing I.P.C. / P.H.
Data as a reservoir evaluation tools.
Reservoir and Production Fundamentals
(Schlumberger) 14. Driving Mechanisms and Recovery
Enhancement Tools
Report Assignment (Outlines and discussion)
Selected Published Papers
15 Final Exam.
