Petroleum Engineering - Unconventional Reservoirs
By
: Khawar Nehal
Date
: 10 June 2018
Course
code: PET-212
Course
title: Unconventional Reservoirs
Credit
hours: 3+0
Prerequisite:
Pre - Engineering or Equivalent
Specific
Objectives of Course:
To
enable the students to understand unconventional reservoirs.
Course
Learning Outcomes (CLOs): After studying this course, the learners
will be able to: -
1.
Discuss the fundamentals of different types of unconventional
hydrocarbon resources.
2.
Understand the economics , social, political and environmental
issues
related to the development of unconventional reservoirs.
3.
Calculate the reserves of unconventional reservoirs.
4.
Understand basic measurement techniques for characterization of
unconventional resources.
Content
List
1.
Introduction to Unconventional Energy Resources
a.Economic
significance, technical, economic, political, and
environmental
constraints on development of unconventional
resources.
2.
Occurrences, resources and reservoir
characteristics.
a.
Low-permeability (Tight) sands;
b.
Shale reservoirs (gas and oil)
c.
Coal Bed Methane (CBM)
d.
Gas hydrates;
e.
Heavy
oil
3.
Drilling and completion methods for unconventional reservoirs.
4.
Other unconventional energy resources
a.
Geothermal energy,
b.
Coal conversion to Gas,
c.
Coal – to - gas and In-situ gasification.
d.
Water and environmental issues.
e.
Natural fractures and its importance in unconventional resources.
8.
Basic measurements for characterization of unconventional
resources
Practicum
NIL
Bibliography/References
1.
Books:
a.
Reza Rezaee, “Fundamentals of Gas Shale Reservoirs”
2015.
b.
Usman Ahmed and Nathan Meehan; Unconventional Oil and
Gas
Resources-Exploitation and Development, CRC Press,
2016,
pp 860
c.
Ma and Holditch, “Unconventional Oil and Gas
Resources
Handbook: Evaluation and Development”, 1st Edition,
Elsevier,
2015
d.
A Guide to Coal - bed Methane Operations, Gas Research
Institute,
GRI, Chicago, 1992.
2.
Journals/Periodicals: NIL
3.
World Wide Web: NIL
Contact Information :
If
you would like to participate in this course and assessment
development project, please contact Khawar Nehal on
khawar@atrc.net.pk
You
are welcome to send suggestions on how to improve this course.
Postal
Address : C-55 Block A KDA Officers, Karachi 75260, Pakistan
Web
: http://atrc.net.pk
Mobile
: 92 331 2036 422
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