pete 7231 spring 2015 course outline
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PETE 7231 –SPRING 2015 Nonthermal Methods of Enhanced Oil Recovery
TENTATIVE COURSE INFORMATION - SUBJECT TO REVISION (Jan/2015)
1. Description: PETE 7231 is a graduate course on Nonthermal Methods of Enhanced Oil Recovery and deals with the theory and field practice related to miscible displacement processes and chemical and polymer flooding techniques.
2. Instructor:Dandina N. RaoOffice: Room 148 Old Forestry BuildingPhone: 578-6037E-mail: [email protected]
Teaching Assistant(s): Bikash Saikia, Ph.D student, [email protected]??????
3. References:A. “Enhanced Oil Recovery” by D.W. Green and G.P. Willhite, SPE Textbook Series, Volume 6,
SPE, Richardson, Tx. 1998.B. “Fundamentals of Enhanced Oil Recovery”, L.W. Lake, R.T. Johns, W.R. Rossen, and G.A.
Pope, SPE, Richardson, Tx., 2014.C. “Practical Aspects of CO2 Flooding”, P.M. Jarrell, C.E. Fox, M.H. Stein, and S.L. Webb, SPE
Monograph Vol. 22, 2002.D. “Polymer-Improved Oil Recovery”, by K.S. Sorbie, CRC Press Inc. Boca Raton, FL, 1991.E. “Enhanced Oil Recovery” by L.W. Lake, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1989.F. “Enhanced Oil Recovery, I – fundamentals and analyses” by E.C. Donaldson, G.V.
Chilingarian, and T.F. Yen (Eds), Elsevier Science Publishing Co. Inc. New York, 1985.G. “Carbon Dioxide Flooding – Basic Mechanisms and Project Design”, by M.A. Klins,
International Human Resources Development Corporation, Boston, 1984.H. “Fundamentals Enhanced Oil Recovery” by H.K. van Poolen and Associates Inc., PennWell
Books, Tulsa, Ok., 1980.I. Class handoutsJ. Published articlesK. Publications from your own collections.
4. Requisites:None listed in the LSU General Catalog. However, knowledge of the petrophysical concepts of porosity, permeability, relative permeability, interfacial tension, capillary pressure, wettability; reservoir fluid properties; fundamentals of flow through porous media, waterflooding and displacement efficiencies will be helpful.
5. Assignments: Assignments will consist of various types of activities including, but not limited to, reading material, review of technical publications and submission of written critiques, problem assignments that may include the use of CMG software. All homework assignments should be
completed in a timely manner, and handed in on due date for grading. Homework assignments will contribute 30% to the final grade.
6. Anticipated Course Contents:Introduction to and Overview of EOR ProcessesReview of Rock and Fluids Properties, Phase Behavior and Reservoir TypesDisplacement Concepts and Mechanisms (Microscopic and Macroscopic Displacement EfficienciesGas Injection EOR ProcessesChemical EOR Processes
7. Course Grades: Homework assignments: 30%Term Project: 30%Presentation of Term Project: 10%Final examination: 30%
Grade assignments will be as follows:
Course Average Grade
AVG >= 90 A80 <= AVG < 90 B70 <= AVG < 80 C60 <= AVG < 70 DAVG < 60 F
8. Academic Honesty: You are expected to be thoroughly familiar with the policies and regulations governing academic honesty at LSU.
For LSU policy on Academic Misconduct go to the link: http://saa.lsu.edu/sites/saa.lsu.edu/files/attachments/8.pdf