COURSE OUTLINE Fall 2010

1. Calendar Information
ENPE 523 Introduction to Reservoir Engineering This course is aimed to give an understanding of the principles and basic practice of reservoir engineering. The objective is to provide you with a working knowledge of the current methodologies used in reservoir engineering. This course will cover the fundamentals of reservoir engineering. Description and estimation of rock and fluid properties, reserve estimation using volumetric and material balance methods in gas, gas-condensate and oil reservoirs, discussion of different reservoir drive mechanisms, aquifer models, Darcys law and single-phase flow through porous media, introduction to well testing, solution of radial diffusivity equation corresponding to infinite-acting and pseudo-steady state flow of slightly compressible fluids and real gases, immiscible displacement, decline rate analysis Course Hours: H(3-1) Calendar Reference: http://www.ucalgary.ca/pubs/calendar/current/engineering.html

2. Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, you will be able to: describe various properties of reservoir rock and fluids and utilize these properties in common reservoir engineering calculations. develop governing equations of flow of fluids for various flow geometries, identify different flow regimes and recognize factors affecting flow of oil and gas around wellbores. apply superposition principle to solve a variety of transient flow problems in oil and gas reservoirs. perform volumetric oil and gas in place calculation and reserve estimation. distinguish natural reservoir drive mechanisms and perform associated reservoir engineering computations. analyse and predict oil and gas reservoirs performance using material balance principle. evaluate performance of immiscible displacement of gas and water floods. analyse oil and gas production data using various decline curve analysis methods. apply transient radial flow to analyse measured well pressure data and analyse these data to obtain reservoir permeability. distinguish role of modern reservoir simulation and conventional practices in reservoir engineering predictions.

3. Timetable
Section L01 B01 Days of the Week MW R Start Time 18:30 18:30 Duration (Minutes) 90 60 Location ENE 239 ENE 239

4. Course Instructors
Lectures Section L01

Name Hassan Hassanzadeh

Phone 403-210-6645

Office

Email

ENB204M hhassanz@ucalgary.ca

Lab. Section B01

Name Hassan Hassanzadeh

Phone 403-210-6645

Office

Email

ENB204M hhassanz@ucalgary.ca

Teaching Assistants Section Name TA TA Hamid Emami Meybodi Ehsan Ranjbar

Phone

Office

Email hemamime@ucalgary.ca eranjbar@ucalgary.ca

5. Examinations
The following examinations will be held in this course: Midterm: 3 hours duration on Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 18:30 in ENE239 (open notes, closed book) Final: 3 hours duration, Registrar Scheduled (open notes, closed book) Note: The timetable for Registrar Scheduled exams can be found at the Universitys Enrolment Services website, http://www.ucalgary.ca/registrar/.

6. Use of Calculators in Examinations

Students may use any calculator of their choosing during examinations.

7. Final Grade Determination

The final grade in this course will be based on the following components: Component Assignments Quizzes Midterm Examination Final Examination TOTAL Weight 15 15 30 40 100 % % % % %

Note: It is not necessary to earn a passing grade on the final exam in order to pass the course as a whole. Schulich School of Engineering Course Outline page 2 of 4

8. Textbook
Lecture notes will be provided. List of supplementary books: Title Author(s) Edition, Year Publisher Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering (Available from U of C Library electronic resources) L.P. Dake 1st Edition, 1978 Elsevier

Title Author(s) Edition, Year Publisher

Worldwide Practical Petroleum Reservoir Engineering Methods H.C. "Slip" Slider 2nd Edition, February 1983 PennWell

Title Author(s) Edition, Year Publisher

Applied Petroleum Reservoir Engineering B. C. Craft , M. Hawkins, R. E. Terry 2nd Edition, 1991 Prentice Hall, PTR

9. Course Policies
All Schulich School of Engineering students and instructors have a responsibility to familiarize themselves with the policies described in the Schlich School of Engineering Advising Syllabus available at: http://schulich.ucalgary.ca/undergraduate/advising

10. Additional Course Information Course Content and Tentative Timeline Weeks Week 1
(Sept. 13- Sept.17)

Main Topics
Reservoir rock properties: porosity, permeability, permeability
correlations, saturation, rock , compressibility, wettability, capillary pressure, relative permeability

Week 2
(Sept. 20- Sept.24)

Reservoir fluid properties: classification of reservoirs fluids, gas

density, gas compressibility factor, gas formation volume factor, isothermal gas compressibility, gas viscosity, oil gravity, gas-oil ratio, oil formation volume factor, isothermal oil compressibility, oil density, oil viscosity, surface tension, water formation volume factor, gas solubility in water, brine viscosity, water isothermal compressibility

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Weeks 3-5
(Sept. 27- Oct.15)

Fluid flow in oil reservoirs: Darcys law, linear and radial flow,
average permeability, the Klinkenberg effect, steady-state flow, diffusivity equation, boundary conditions, constant rate and constant solutions, pseudo-steady-state flow in oil reservoirs, skin factor, productivity index, superposition principle, multi-well, multi rate, boundary effect, turbulent flow, multi-phase flow

Week 6
(Oct. 18-Oct.22)

Water influx: edge water drive, bottom water drive, steadystate

models, transient models, superposition principle, Fetkovich model

Week 7
(Oct. 25-Oct.29)

Fluid flow in gas reservoirs: Darcys law, linear and radial flow,
steady-state flow, diffusivity equation, boundary conditions, constant rate and constant solutions, pseudo-steady-state flow in gas reservoirs, skin factor, different forms of the gas flow equations, non-Darcy flow equation, turbulence damage in gas wells

Week 8
(Nov. 01-Nov.05)

The general material balance: derivation of the general material

balance equation, tank type model, special cases, drive index , data used in material balance, uses and limitations

Week 9
(Nov. 08-Nov.12)

Material balance for gas reservoirs: volumetric gas in place

calculation, bulk volume calculation, material balance for gas dry, wet and gas condensate reservoir, recovery factor, gas equivalent of condensate, water content of natural gas

Week 10-11
(Nov. 15-Nov.26)

Material balance for undersaturated oil reservoirs:

volumetric oil in place calculation, material balance, recovery factor, effect of rock and water compressibility, combination drive mechanisms

Week 12
(Nov. 29-Dec.03)

Decline curve analysis: exponential decline, harmonic decline,

hyperbolic decline

Immiscible displacement: fractional flow curve, BuckleyLeverett

theory, breakthrough, oil recovery, water cut

Week 13
(Dec. 06-Dec.10)

Introduction to well testing: basic assumptions, radial diffusivity

equation, type of well tests, pressure drawdown test, wellbore storage, pressure buildup test

Introduction to reservoir simulation: need for reservoir

simulation, conventional approaches, numerical models, comparison of reservoir simulation and conventional approaches

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