PET E 373 - Dr. Alireza Nouri

Course Contents:
Review of Rock Properties (9 sessions)
Porosity
Saturation
Permeability
Interfacial and surface tension
Wettability
Capillary pressure
Rock compressibility
Relative permeability
Fundamentals of Reservoir Fluid Flow (14 sessions)
Flow of incompressible fluids
Flow of slightly compressible fluids
Compressible fluid flow
Linear flow
Radial flow
Spherical flow
Steady-state flow
Transient flow
Semi steady-state flow
Skin effect
Water Influx (4 sessions)
The Pot aquifer model
Schilthuis’ steady-state model
The van Everdingen-Hurst model
Oil Recovery Mechanisms and Material Balance Equation (7 sessions)
Various reservoir drive mechanisms
Material balance equation
Drive indices
Material balance equation as an equation of a straight line