312150 (v.2) Petrophysics 224
| Area: | Department of Petroleum Engineering |
|---|---|
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
| Tuition Patterns: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
| Lecture: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Syllabus: | Introduction, core recovery handling and preservation procedures, routine and special core analysis, porosity, permeability, fluid saturation, relative permeability, electrical properties of rocks, acoustic properties of rocks, mechanical properties of rocks, capillary pressure, wettability, clays and their influence on rock properties, pore network modelling, hydraulic unit zonation and flow zone indicator, effect of stress on core data, porosity-permeability-stress relationship, naturally fractured reservoirs, rock properties from log analysis, combining core and log data for reservoir characterization, expert system applications in petrophysics. |
| Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
| Field of Education: | 030399 Process and Resources Engineering not elsewhere classified |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | 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
