Thermodynamics of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids - New Course
Thermodynamics of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids - New Course
Thermodynamics of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids - New Course
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COURSE OBJECTIVES
To provide the understanding of fundamentals of thermodynamics of reservoir fluids and their phase
behaviour
To provide the concept and understanding of fluid sampling and PVT study
To provide the understanding of compositional characterization and application of various correlations in real
field and simulation application
Unit-1 Reservoir fluids and Hydrocarbon phase behaviour 10 Hrs.
Reservoir and reservoir fluids, Hydrocarbon-formation in source rock and crude oil in reservoirs, Thermodynamic behaviour –
single, two, three and multicomponent system. Physical properties of petroleum reservoir fluids, classification of reservoirs
and reservoir fluids
Unit 2 Properties Hydrocarbon components, characterization and correlation 10 Hrs.
Natural gas properties, behavior of ideal and real gases. Characterizing Hydrocarbon-plus fractions: generalized correlations,
PNA determination, splitting and lumping scheme including various correlation methods.
Total 39 Hrs.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, student will be able to
CO1- Understand the compositional range of hydrocarbon components present in reservoir fluids with crude typing.
CO2- Understand hydrocarbon phase behaviour in dynamic reservoir conditions.
CO3- Understand chemical characterization of hydrocarbon reservoir fluids and available correlations.
CO4- Design sample collection for various purposed and understand PVT study and analysis
CO5- Analyse situation dependent applicability of different correlation and equation of state (EoS).
CO6- Apply the knowledge for petroleum engineers real field activities.
TEXT/REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Equation of state and PVT analysis: Applications for improved Reservoir Modelling, Tarek Ahmed, Gulf
Publishing Company 2007
2. Thermodynamics of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, Abbas Firoozabadi, McGraw-Hill.
3. PVT and Phase behavior of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids, Ali Danesh, Elsevier, 1998.
4. Properties of Petroleum Rocks and Fluids, Abhijeet Dandekar.
5. PVT Property Correlations: Selection and estimation, Ahmed El-Banbvi, Ahmed Alzahabi, Ahmed El-Maraghi,
Gulf Publishing Company 2018