Area: | Department of Petroleum Engineering |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 10.0 |
Tutorial: | 1 x 20 Hours 4 Weekly |
Laboratory: | 1 x 20 Hours 4 Weekly |
Syllabus: | Thermodynamic fundamentals, petroleum reservoir fluids, cubic equations of state, C7+ characterisation and lumping, viscosity measurements, sampling, P/T flash calculations, prediction of transport properties, PVT experiments, regression to experimental PVT data, evaluation of PVT reports, field experience, compositional variations due to gravity, phase equilibrium calculations for aqueous mixtures, gas hydrate phase equilibria and kinetics. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit students will have - A comprehensive knowledge of hydrocarbon thermodynamics. Become familiar with the "equation of state" description of reservoir fluids. Understood how to use laboratory fluid data for the estimation of hydrocarbon volumes and to model the changes caused by reservoir pressure depletion while a field is being produced. Knowledge of the methods for performing PVT experiments, measuring viscosity and applying regression techniques to laboratory data. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Abbas Firoozabadi, Thermodynamics of Hydrocarbon Reservoir, McGraw-Hill, New York. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Final exam 70%, tutorials/projects 30%.This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 30100 Manufacturing Engineering and Technology (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Short Period 5 | Y | | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Short Period 6 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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