Course Up Semester 5

COURSE STRUCTURE FOR B.TECH.
Third Year
SEMESTER V
B.TECH. Third year

Teaching Scheme
Sr.
No
Course
Code
PE-315
PE-316
PE-317T
Practical
Total
Hrs/wk
MS
ES
IA
LW
LE/Viva Marks
30
60
10
--
--
100
Natural Gas Engineering
30
60
10
--
--
100
30
60
10
--
--
100
PE-317P
Petroleum Production
Engineering
--
--
--
25
25
50
PE-318
Reservoir Engineering
30
60
10
--
--
100
30
60
10
--
--
100
--
--
--
80
20
100
Group Assignment and

Presentation
--
--
--
80
20
100
Total
15
12
39
30
CH-306
Assessment of Petroleum
Reserves
Theory
Course Name
Exam Scheme
PE-319
PE-320
Transport Phenomena
Industrial Orientation
750
MS = Mid Semester, ES = End Semester; IA = Internal

assessment (like quiz, assignments etc) LW =
Laboratory work; LE = Exam
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PE-315 Assessment of Petroleum Reserves

Teaching Scheme
Examination Scheme
Theory
Practical
T
P
C Hrs/Week
MS
ES
IA
LW
LE/Viva
0
0
6
3
30
60
10
---
L
3
Total
Marks
100
Unit - 1
Resource and Reserves
Hours: 12
Resource and reserve definition, International efforts in standardization, SPE PRMS project, Discovery,
Commerciality, project based resource assessment, Risk and Uncertainty, Risk measures, Proved,
Probable and Possible Reserves, Incremental projects, Deterministic or Probabilistic resource,
Unconventional resource, project based resource , project based resource evaluation, prospective
resource, Contingent resource (1C, 2C and 3C)
Unit 2
Commercial Considerations
Hours: 10
Commercial Evaluations, Economic Limits, Non Hydrocarbon components, PSC and entitlement,
contract limits, contingent resource versus 3P, common grey areas in SPE-PRMS, resource aggregation
Unit -3
Reporting System
Hours: 10
SEC, NPD, UNFC, Russian and Canadian Guidelines, Russian Mapping to PRMS, Canadian NI51-101
COGEH system, Monte Carlo Simulation,
Unit - 4
Estimation Tool
Hours: 10
Use of Crystal Ball, Performance based reserve estimation, Decline Curve Analysis, P/Z plots, history
matched simulation, diagnostic plots, pitfalls of estimation
Tax, Royalty, Production Sharing (Risk) service, Joint Venture, Reactivation, ownership of resource,
payment, economic drivers, operational freedom
Total Hours: 42
Texts and References:

1.
2.
3.
4.
Dore A G, Quantification and prediction of hydrocarbon Resources, Elsevier.

Grenon M, Review of World Hydrocarbon Resource Assessment, EPRI
Nakhle, C (2008) Petroleum Taxation, Routledg, Taylor and Francis
Energy Charter Secretariat (2011) Putting a price on energy Oil Pricing update.
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PE 316 Natural Gas Engineering

Teaching Scheme
Examination Scheme
Theory
Practical
T
P
C Hrs/Week
MS
ES
IA
LW
LE/Viva
1
0
7
4
30
60
10
---
Total
Marks
100
Unit - 1:
Introduction
Hours: 12
Composition, properties, fields & reserves in India and energy scenario; major NG producing industries
of India and their contribution to Indian economy; techniques of utilization
Unit - 2: Gas Processing:
Hours: 10
Conventional and advanced separation techniques; sulphur recovery; LPG, LNG & CNG systems;
specifications of NG for transportation in pipelines , NG Utilization: uses, underground storage,
conservation & concept of peak shaving etc.
CBM, NG hydrates & in-situ coal gasification, conversion of gas to liquid (GTL)
Unit - 3: Transportation of NG:

Hours: 10
Compression calculations; gas stations & transmission; city gas distribution system; gas flow
measurement; compressor sizing
Unit 4: Marketin, retailing and gas trading:
CBM, NG hydrates & in-situ coal gasification, conversion of gas to liquid (GTL)
Hours: 10
Total Hours: 42

1. Bradley, H. B. (1987) Petroleum Production Handbook. SPE Publication.
2. Skimmer, D. R. (1982) Introduction to Petroleum Production Volume 1, 2 and 3, Gulf Publishing
3. Katz: D. L. and Lee, R. L.(1990), Natural Gas Engineering-Production and Storage, McGrawHill Publishing Company, New York.
4. Kumar, S (1987) Gas production Engineering., Gulf Publishing
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PE-317T Petroleum Production Engineering

Teaching Scheme
Examination Scheme
Theory
Practical
T
P
C Hrs/Week
MS
ES
IA
LW
LE/Viva
0
0
6
3
30
60
10
---
Total
Marks
100
Unit - 1:
Petroleum Production Engineering Fundamentals:
Hours: 12
Petroleum Production System- Role of Production Engineer, Well Completion, Well tests and Well test
analysis
Unit 2:
Production testing:
Hours: 10
Inflow Performance Relationship (IPR), Construction of IPR curve using Test Point, IPR for Two phase
reservoir using Vogels equation, concept of Productivity Index, Future IPR, Various flow regimes in
wellbore.
Unit 3:
Artificial Lift Methods:
Hours: 10
Overview of artificial lift technology, Criteria for selection of artificial lift system, Reservoir
performance, Artificial lift screening , Sucker Rod Pump (SRP), Gas Lift System, PCP, ESP
system, Gas lift design: mandrels, valves, injection gas requirements, temperature, chokes,
spacing, equilibrium curve, continuous flow design.
Unit 4: Production Enhancement:
Hours: 10
Introduction, Well Analysis and Remedial Measures, Low Productivity Stimulation,

Excessive Production of unwanted fluid, Water Control, Sand Control, Production
Optimization, Best practices for installation and maintenance, Economic analysis
Total Hours: 42
1. Dr. Guo Boyun , Computer Aided Petroleum Production Engineering
2. H Dale Begg , Production Optimization , OGCI Publication,tulsa.
3. Kermit Brown, Technology of artificial lift method . Vol 2a ,2b.Penwell publishing company,
Tulsa.
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0
PE-317P Petroleum Production Engineering

Teaching Scheme
Examination Scheme
Theory
Practical
T
P
C
Hrs/Week
MS
ES
IA
LW
LE/Viva
0
2
1
2
---25
25
Total
Marks
50
Laboratory Courses: Practical classes shall be based on theory course content of the
corresponding courses.
Aim: Familiarization of various petroleum production operations.
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Teaching Scheme
L
Hrs/Week
--
PE 318 Reservoir Engineering

Examination Scheme
Theory
Practical
MS
ES
IA
LW
LE/Viva
30
60
10
---
Total
Marks
100
Unit 1:
Hours: 12
Bulk volume, Grain Volume, Effective Pore Volume and Net Volume. Porosity, Compressibility, Darcys
Law. Absolute and Effective Permeability, Permeability averaging, Transmissibility, Measurements of
Permeability heterogeneity, Darcys law of directional permeability, rock fluid interactions.
Unit 2:
Fluid and rock properties
Hours: 10
Wettability, Capillary Pressure, correlation of capillary pressure to rock properties, Equivalent height and
transition zone, mobility, relative mobility and flow capacity.
Unit 3:
Reserve Estimation
Hours: 10
Reservoir Drive Mechanism, Reserve determination, Volumetric, and Material Balance, gas well
deliverability, Production Performance ratio, Production Stages,
Unit 4:
Fluid Displacement
Hours: 10
Flow in porous media, flow units, Fractional flow, The Buckley-Leverett Theory, Welges Method,
Frontal Advance, Linear Stability Analysis, Well patterns, Fluid Coning, Pressure maintenance.
Total Hours: 42
1. Ahmed T, Reservoir Engineering Handbook, Gulf Publishing, Houston.
2. Amyx J W,Bass DH, Whiting R L , Petroleum Reservoir Engineering, McGraw Hill, New
York.
3. ReinHold, Flow of fluids through porous materials, Petroleum Publishing, Tulsa
4. Craft and Hakins , Applied petroleum Reservoir Engineering, Second edition, Prentice and
Hall.
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CH 306 Transport Phenomenon

Teaching Scheme
Examination Scheme
Theory
Practical
T
P
C Hrs/Week
MS
ES
IA
LW
LE/Viva
1
-7
4
30
60
10
---
Unit 1:
Heat Transfer
Total
Marks
100
Hours: 12
Conduction: Steady-state and transient flow through various geometries, Convection: LMTD and NTU,
overall heat transfer coefficient. Application of dimensional analysis to convection. Heat transfer rate and
Heat transfer coefficient calculations. Double pipe parallel and counter-flow heat exchangers, natural and
forced convection through tubes and outside tubes, Shell and tube heat exchanger, and finned tube heat
exchanger. Boiling of liquids and condensation of vapours
Unit 2:
Radiation
Hours: 10
Radiation from black and real surfaces, radiation transfer between black and grey surfaces, view factor,
radiation shield, and multi-sided enclosures., Thermal insulation, Economic and critical thickness of
lagging.
Unit 3:
Mass Transfer
Hours: 10
Diffusion in gases: Ficks law, determination and estimation of diffusion coefficient; diffusion through
stagnant gas and equimolecular counter-diffusion. Diffusion in liquids: Mass transfer across phase
boundaries, two-film theory and mass transfer coefficient.
Unit 4:Hours: 10
Gas Absorption, adsorption, and Distillation (flash and differential): Basic principles, laws, and
calculations. Equilibrium, co-current and counter-current operations. Ideal stage concept and calculation
of number of ideal stages. Efficiency. Packed bed and tray columns
Total Hours: 42
1. Coulson and Richardsons Chemical Engineering Vol-1, 6th Ed, Elsevier (Butterworth and
Heinemann).
2. Warren L. McCabe, Julian C. Smith ,Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, McGraw Hill.
3. Donald Q. Kern , Process heat transfer, Tata-McGraw-Hill.
4. Badger and Banchero , Introduction to Chemical Engineering, McGraw-Hill.
PE 319 Industrial Orientation

Examination Scheme
Teaching Scheme
L
Hrs/Week
Report writing
V/V
80
20
Total
100
Aim: To Familiarization of students in Upstream, Midstream and Downstream

Hydrocarbon industry.
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Teaching Scheme
PE 320 Group Assignment and Presentation

Examination Scheme
Hrs/Week
Report writing
V/V
80
20
Total
100
Aim: To train students in developing inter and intra personal skills in professional world.
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COURSE STRUCTURE FOR B.TECH.

B.TECH. Third year

Natural Gas Engineering

Group Assignment and

MS = Mid Semester, ES = End Semester; IA = Internal

PE-315 Assessment of Petroleum Reserves

Texts and References:

Dore A G, Quantification and prediction of hydrocarbon Resources, Elsevier.

PE 316 Natural Gas Engineering

Unit - 3: Transportation of NG:

Texts and References:

PE-317T Petroleum Production Engineering

Artificial Lift Methods:

Introduction, Well Analysis and Remedial Measures, Low Productivity Stimulation,

PE-317P Petroleum Production Engineering

PE 318 Reservoir Engineering

CH 306 Transport Phenomenon

PE 319 Industrial Orientation

Aim: To Familiarization of students in Upstream, Midstream and Downstream

PE 320 Group Assignment and Presentation

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