Petroleum Production Engineering - PTRL4021
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
School: School of Petroleum Engineering
Course Outline: http://www.petrol.unsw.edu.au
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: PTRL3001,PTRL3022
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
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).