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PET 441E ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY
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Course Title :
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Enhanced Oil Recovery
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Course Title In Turkish :
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Üretim Arttırma Yöntemleri
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Department :
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Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
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| Course Code :
PET 441E |
Course Hours : 3+0
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Course Credits : 3 |
| Course Type : Required |
Semester : 7 |
Prerequisites (If Any) :
Rock Properties, Fluid Properties, Petroleum and Natural
Gas Laboratory |
| Course Language :
English |
Instructor : Asst.
Prof. Dr. H. Özgür Yıldız |
| Course Web Page : |
http://atlas.cc.itu.edu.tr/~hyildiz/pet441e.html |
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
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This course provides an introduction to
enhanced oil recovery (EOR), a classification of EOR techniques,
and an emphasis on waterflooding. The course is focused
on the fundamental principles, concepts in EOR methods,
and basic equations used to solve fluid flow problems
in reservoir/porous media in order to understand displacement
mechanisms occurring in waterflooding process. Students
are responsible to give an oral presentation on a topic
relating to any of the EOR methods besides waterflooding.
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OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE
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The main objective of the course is to
acquaint the students with the EOR methods and their applications
and is to give a solid background to the students on course
of waterflooding. The other objectives are to
(a) develop students' ability to apply an integrated knowledge
of math, physics, geosciences, and engineering sciences
for the solution of waterflooding problems,
(b) develop students' capabilities for analytical thinking
and solving the problems on the course of waterflooding,
(c) encourage to develop and improve students' ability
in oral communication throughout the course.
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CONTENT
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Introduction to enhanced oil recovery
(EOR) and classification of EOR techniques. Review of
fundamental transport properties of porous media. Relative
permeability concept. Fluid/rock interactions: wettability
and capillary pressure. Multi-phase flow in porous media,
fractional flow, Buckley-Leverett equation, Welge solution.
Arial sweep efficiency and viscous fingering. Injection
patterns. Waterflooding in stratified reservoir systems;
Stiles and Dykstra-Parson Methods. Oral presentation on
a specific topic of EOR methods.
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