301735 (v.3) Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering 605

Area:

Department of Petroleum Engineering

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

40.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 20 Hours 4 Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 20 Hours 4 Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

301736 (v.3) Hydrocarbon Phase Behaviour 606 or any previous version
AND
301737 (v.3) Formation Evaluation 604 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Basic concepts in reservoir engineering, rock properties, pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) analysis, material balance, calculation of hydrocarbon in place and recovery, principles of fluid flow in porous media, Darcy's Law and applications, radial flow in porous medium and principles of transient test analysis.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

030100 Manufacturing Engineering and Technology (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Study Period 3	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External