PET 111 E INTRODUCTION TO PETROLEUM
AND NATURAL GAS ENGINEERING
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Course Title :
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Introduction to Petroleum and Natural
Gas Engineering
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Course Title In Turkish :
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Petrol ve Doğal Gaz Mühendisliğine Giriş
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Department :
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Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
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Course Code :
Pet 111 E |
Course Hours : 1+0
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Course Credits : 1 |
Course Type : Required |
Semester : 1 |
Prerequisites (If Any) :
None |
Course Language :
English |
Name of Instructor : Prof.
Dr. Abdurrahman Satman |
Course Web Page: |
http://atlas.cc.itu.edu.tr/~mdsatman/ |
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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Introduction to Petroleum and Natural
Gas Engineering is an introduction course to the Petroleum
and Natural Gas Engineering discipline. This course outlines
the elemantary knowledge and preliminary assessment of
petroleum and natural gas engineering. The areas covered
by the discipline are introduced and the relavant terminology
and nomenclature are presented.
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OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE
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The first aim of this course is to provide
students with basic knowledge of the petroleum and natural
gas engineering and to explain the fields and topics that
a petroleum and natural gas engineer is concerned with.
Chemical, physical, and thermodynamic properties of oil
and natural gas are introduced. The second aim is make
students learn about the Department and Faculty facilities
and expose them to concepts and ideas about today's issues
involving the petroleum and natural gas engineering in
general.
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CONTENT
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Introduction to oil and natural gas industry.
Origin, composition and fluid properties of oil and natural
gas. Types of oil and natural gas reservoirs. Enhanced
recovery methods. Surface production equipments. Transportation
of oil and natural gas. Environmental concerns. Oil and
natural gas in Turkey and in the world.
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