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This course provides students with understanding of analytical methods that can be used to assess different improved hydrocarbon recovery methods and identify the principal mechanisms controlling the performance of producing oil and gas reservoirs.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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The course provides students with advanced topics in reservoir engineering and associated modelling techniques. Primary drive mechanisms and material balance equations are briefly revised and extended to include water influx modelling. Aquifer issues are explored. The concepts of secondary recovery methods are introduced. Relative permeability concepts are extended and two phase flow equations based on the Buckley-Leverett approach are developed. The Welge graphical method is explained and applied. The principles of water flooding design are explored. Numerical methods for solving the diffusion equation for compressible fluid flow are discussed. Students are introduced to the methodology of reservoir simulation.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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The assessment will be based on a computer simulation of hydrocarbon recovery mechanisms/material balance, and will take place in Weeks 13 and 15. The report on the practicals contributing 10% to the overall course grade. The requirements of practicals, report format and content, and submission deadlines are provided in the specification sheet for the practicals. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 80 | |
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An invigilated exam in Weeks 19-21. The final exam is a closed exam in the designated exam room. |
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There are no assessments for this course.
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The re-sit will comprise of re-doing the failed assessment from the first attempt. The marks for other successfully passed assessments will be carried over. |
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| Factual | Remember | ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide. |
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