Overview of petroleum technology and its importance to society. History of the petroleum industry. Overview of petroleum exploration, drilling and production. Future energy demand and supply. Alternative energy. Oil economics. Engineering ethics and professionalism. Health, safety, environment and social responsibility.
The course's main goal is to provide the student with an overview of the petroleum industry: its history, technical achievements, role in the global economy and future prospects. A brief introduction to modern exploration, production and processing operations is included as well as highlights of the petroleum industry in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. The PETE curriculum at KFUPM is also highlighted.
Introduction to the first and second laws of thermodynamics with applications. Phase behavior of pure hydrocarbons. Phase behavior of binary and multi-component hydrocarbon systems: P-V, P-T and P-composition diagrams. Phase equilibrium.
Pre-Requisites: PHYS102
The course introduces the basic concepts, theory and practices in drilling engineering. Topics include an introduction to drilling engineering, rotary drilling systems and operations, well control and monitoring systems. Specifically, drilling fluids, drilling hydraulics, formation pore and fracture pressure estimation, design of mud weight and kick evaluation are discussed. Some practical applications such as cementing and basic concepts of casing, drilling bits and bottom-hole assembly are presented. Laboratory sessions cover drilling fluids and cement formulation and testing. A rig-floor simulator is used to demonstrate drilling operations and control.
Basic petrophysical properties of reservoir rocks including porosity, permeability, fluidsaturation, electrical conductivity, capillary pressure, and relative permeability. Laboratory measurement of the reservoir rocks characteristics mentioned above.
Study of the phase behavior of hydrocarbon systems as related to petroleum recovery. Ideal and real gas behavior, single and multicomponent two-phase systems, properties of reservoir fluids under various conditions of pressure and temperature. Laboratory tests on reservoir fluids.
Pre-Requisites: ME203
Basic petrophysical properties of reservoir rock-fluid s)stems such as porosity. permeability, fluid saturation. Electrical conductivity, capillary Pressure. and relative permeability. Applications of Darcy's law to flow in porous media. Estimation of properties of reservoir fluids under various conditions of pressure and temperature. Vapor-liquid equilibria and crude oil separation calculations. Laboratory measurement of various reservoir rock and fluid properties.
Pre-Requisites: PETE202
The general material balance equation and its application. initial oil and gas in place. Steady and unsteady-state water influx models. Fractional flow and the theory of immiscible displacement. Areal and vertical sweep efficiencies and waterflood performance prediction.
Pre-Requisites: PETE206 Or (PETE204 And PETE205)
Subsurface operations needed to prepare the well for production after being drilled and cased. Well completion designs based upon reservoir, mechanical and economic considerations. The production s)stem. Subsurface production control. Completion and work-over fluids. Perforation. remedial cementing, sand control, and well stimulation operations.
The course introduces the student to modern well logging techniques and covers both open-hole and cased-hole log interpretation methods. The objective is to provide insight into the basic well logging methods that are employed to derive petrophysical properties for hydrocarbon exploration and production. Discussions also touch on production logging. Concepts of logging program design are presented with examples of applications. All concepts covered are demonstrated through laboratory experiments.
Pre-Requisites: PETE204 And EE204
The course presents an overview of drilling engineering with in-depth treatment of casing, rotary drilling bit, drill string and bottom-hole assembly design/evaluation. The student also gains good understanding of the factors affecting the rate of penetration. Various drilling techniques such as horizontal and directional drilling, coiled tubing, multi-lateral drilling, and wellbore surveying techniques are also introduced in addition to well design for safety and efficiency. Other topics include drilling costs and economics and recent advances in drilling engineering.
The principles and techniques of petroleum reservoir description are covered through utilization of subsurface data from geological and engineering sources. univariate and bivariate description methods are used along with other techniques to estimate reserves.
Pre-Requisites: PETE303 And STAT319
Basic theory and modern practices and applications of well testing. Derivation of diffusivity equation and its solutions for slightly compressible fluids within infinite- and finite-acting systems. Introduction to the principles and techniques of well testing and evaluation using conventional and modern well test analysis. Well test design and instrumentation.
Pre-Requisites: PETE301
Description of rotary drilling systems and operations. Drilling fluid formulation and conditioning. Drill String Design and drilling bits. Casing design, landing and cementing practices. Optimization of drilling parameters, well control and drilling hydraulics. Directional drilling, horizontal drilling deviation control, offshore drilling and equipment. drilling problems and economics. Laboratory sessions cover drilling fluids and cement formulation and testing. Simulation of drilling operations and control.
Pre-Requisites: CE202
Introduction to modern well logging techniques. Open-hole and cased-hole logging. Concepts of logging program design.
Pre-Requisites: PHYS102
Principles and techniques of petroleum reservoir description. Subsurface data from geological and engineering sources. Random variables and probability distributions. Linear and non-linear regression. Univariate and bivariate descriptions. Measures of heterogeneity. Estimation techniques. Kriging and sequential Gaussian simulation. Contour and image maps and cross-sections. Averaging and scale up of reservoir properties. Correlation of saturation functions. Deterministic and probabilistic reserve estimation methods. The lab sessions will be devoted to problem solving using statistical, geostatistical and reserve estimation softwares.
Pre-Requisites: PETE313
Beginning of coop in summer. Description as given in PETE 351.
A continuous period of 28 weeks to be spent in the industry to acquire practical experience in different areas of petroleum engineering. During this training period, the student gains in-depth exposure and appreciation of the petroleum engineering profession. The student is required to write a concise report, summarizing his experience and discussing the engineering work he was engaged in and give a presentation of his work.
End of coop in summer. Description as given in PETE 351.
A student of junior standing spends a period of eight weeks in the summer working in the industry to gain exposure to and appreciation of the petroleum engineering profession. On-the-job training can be acquired in any field of petroleum engineering. On completion of the training, the student is required to write a brief report on his work.
Pre-Requisites: ENGL214 And PETE302
The course will cover a special topic in one of the areas of the petroleum engineering discipline. Topics will be selected according to the faculty expertise, the students? interests and enrollment.
Principles and techniques of petroleum reservoir descriptions. Subsurface data from geological and engineering sources. Univariate and bivariate description. Estimation techniques. Reserve estimation methods.
Introduction to the basic theory and practices in reservoir simulation. Formulation of equations governing single phase and multi-phase flow in porous media. Use of finite difference methods to solve ordinary and partial differential equations. Solution techniques of linear equations. Applications using a black oil simulator
Pre-Requisites: PETE301 And (PETE315 Or PETE305)
Introduction inflow and outflow performance. Multi-phase flow in pipes. Nodal analysis and production optimization. Artificial lift with emphasis on electric submersible pumps and gas lift systems. Oil and water treatment and separation processes. Design and economic applications.
Pre-Requisites: CHE204
Overview of petroleum surface operations including types, applications, and design of two- and three-phase separators; oil treatment equipment; vapor recovery processes; gas treatment processes and equipment; produced-water treatment and disposal; flowlines; gathering lines and transportation; oil, water and gas metering. Laboratory sessions cover design principles of production facilities leading to the complete design of one basic production unit.
Basic theoretical and design aspects of waterflooding processes. Review of capillary phenomena and relative permeability characteristics of reservoir rocks. Theory of immiscible displacement including piston-like and frontal advance mechanisms. Injectivity analysis and performance prediction of linear and pattern flooding. Heterogeneous reservoirs. Problems encountered in water flooding projects.
Introduction to current techniques of improved oil recovery. Principles of thermal recovery, chemical flooding, and miscible gas displacement methods, performance prediction. Advantages and drawbacks of each displacement method. Selection criteria for target reservoirs.
Pre-Requisites: PETE301
Introduction to the standards and practices of economic analysis in the petroleum industry. Brief review of the principles of economic evaluation, typical decision making situations including risk analysis, alternative reservoir depletion schemes utilizing decline curve analysis, secondary stage development options, and various improved oil recovery methods. Analysis involves reserve estimation and forecasting of capital investment, operating cost, and manpower requirement.
Preparation of technical presentations. Use of visual aids, platform and vocal techniques. Student presentations on selected subjects. Attendance of Departmental and SPE local chapter seminars is required
Artificial lift methods in oil wells. Basic theoretical and design aspects. Gas lift, electric submersible pumping, and suckerrod pumping systems. Principles of multi-phase flow integrated with system performance and coupled with in inflow performance. Well performance prediction.
Pre-Requisites: PETE302
Methods to estimate gas reserves for volumetric and water-drive gas reservoirs. Performance analysis of gas-condensate reservoirs. Derivation of the basic flow equations for rel gas and their solutions and applications. Analysis of gas well testing including hydraulically-fractured gas wells. Deliverability testing of gas wells. Decline-curve analysis. Estimating static and flowing bottomhole Pressures. Fundamentals of gas treatment processes and equipment. Gas flow rate measurement. Gas compression and transmission. Field development plans.
Pre-Requisites: PETE306
Experimental and/or theoretical approaches with possible application of computer techniques to integrate various components of the curriculum in a comprehensive engineering design experience. Design of a complete project including identification of a problem, formulation of design, preparation of specifications, and consideration of alternative feasible solutions. The work will be supervised by a faculty member. The student has to submit a detailed final project report and present his work.
Methods of diagnosis, prevention and treatment of formation damage in petroleum reservoirs. Mechanism of damage from various sources such as scale and asphaltene precipitation, mud solids, cement filtrates and completion fluids. Techniques used to diagnose damage and remediate its effects.
Processes for the gathering system, fluid treatment, transportation, measurements and storage of produced fluid. operation and design of oil, gas and water surface handling and processing facilities. Gas/oil separation, oil sweetening and de-emulsification, produced water treatment, gas treatment, and pipe system.
Pre-Requisites: CHE204 And (PETE206 Or (PETE204 And PETE205) )
The course covers advanced treatment of modern petroleum production engineering. This encompasses deliverability from vertical, horizontal and multilateral/multi-branch wells. Diagnosis of well performance including elements of well testing and production logging are also covered. The function of the production engineer is defined in the context of well design, stimulation and artificial lift.
Directional drilling design including horizontal and multi-lateral wells is covered along with the theory of deviation, monitoring and control. Offshore drilling techniques from fixed and floating drilling structures are also presented.
Theory of pressure control in drilling operations and during well kicks is covered. Topics include abnormal pressure detection, fracture gradient determination, casing setting depth selection and advanced casing design. Theoretical aspects are demonstrated using well control simulators.
Rock mechanics as an essential tool in petroleum engineering. Mechanical properties of rocks and their laboratory determination. Acoustics in rock mechanics. ln-situ stress conditions and their determination. Failure of rocks. Stresses in boreholes and borehole failure mechanisms. sand production. Brief introduction to hydraulic fracturing, reservoir compaction and surface subsidence is also provided.
Introduction to techniques that utilize geological, geophysical and petroleum engineering data to predict and manage the behavior of hydrocarbon reservoirs. Field operating plans to optimize profitability: principles of planning implementing, monitoring and evaluating reservoir performance. Real case studies.
Pre-Requisites: PETE301
Introduction to basic theoretical and design aspects of water flooding processes. Review of capillary phenomena and relative permeability characteristics of reservoir rocks. Theory of immiscible displacement including piston-like and frontal advance mechanisms. Injectivity analysis and performance prediction of linear and pattern floods including heterogeneous reservoirs. Problems encountered in water flooding projects such as scaling.
Pre-Requisites: PETE301
The course covers different aspects of fractured reservoirs including rock characteristics, effect of fractures on reservoir performance, pressure testing, production performance, and effect on water and/or gas flooding. Applications to horizontal/multi-lateral wells are presented.
Identification of undesired changes in well performance to propose suitable solutions. Various open-hole and cased-hole production logging techniques and tools: Flowmeter, Gradiomanometer, cement evaluation, noise and temperature, thermal decay time, reservoir saturation, formation resistivity. Field examples in vertical and horizontal wells.
Pre-Requisites: PETE313 Or PETE303
Processes that involve injecting aqueous solutions of chemicals into an oil reservoir to reduce water/oil interfacial tension, alter the wettability of reservoir rock, or improve the sweep efficiency of flood water. Types of surfactants, co-surfactants, polymers, and alkalis used. Phase behavior of water-oil-surfactant mixtures. Design and recovery forecasting of chemical floods. Chemical retention problems.
Pre-Requisites: PETE301 Or PETE330
Processes that involve heating an oil reservoir to reduce oil viscosity. Thermal properties of reservoir rocks and fluids. Modes of steam flooding: Cyclic and continuous. Oxidation and pyrolysis kinetics of crude oil. Air injection. In-situ combustion modes: Dry forward, wet, and reverse combustion. Design and recovery forecasting of thermal floods.
Pre-Requisites: PETE432
Processes that involve injecting gases or liquids into an oil reservoir to achieve miscibility with the oil and improve its displacement efficiency. Phase behaviour of various gases/gas mixtures with crude oil. First-contact and multiple-contact miscibility conditions. Carbon dioxide flood. Nitrogen/flue gas flood. LPG flood. Estimation of minimum miscibility pressure. Design, selection/screening criteria and recovery forecasting of miscible floods.
Pre-Requisites: PETE432
Introduction to Global energy sustainability model including its 3 pillars of Economic Growth, Environmental and Social Development and its relationship to Human Prosperity and Energy needs. The relationship between energy demand and human Prosperity and the link to the United Nation 17 Sustainable Development Goals. CO2 and Methane Emission and its link to Climate Change. Energy Transition versus Energy Advancement including the future Energy Mix and the Zero Emission, Carbon Circular Economy and Decarbonization roadmap.
Introduction to fundamental and advanced concepts related to carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), scope of CCS in the energy transition context and fundamental aspects of carbon capture, separation and transportation methods and sequestration aspects. Emphasis on site selection, monitoring and verification contents with a detailed CCS assessment workflow to provide exposure to real-life sequestration project, with engineering aspects related to CO2-EOR and sequestration, and a detailed CCS assessment workflow.
A multidisciplinary knowledge about the various aspects of unconventional resources. Description of unconventional resources rock and fluid flow in nanopores and kerogen impact on adsorption/desorption. Completion types and drilling strategies. Rigless operations and frac fleet components. Artificial lift methods.
Pre-Requisites: PETE301 Or PETE330
Productivity optimization of fracture size based on reservoir engineering understanding. Rock mechanics, fracture mechanics, and fluids mechanics. Simple 2D and P3D hydraulic fracture design including fracture length, width, and height determination and proppant scheduling. Chemistry of fracture fluids and proppant materials. Field diagnostic test such as DIFT. Introduction to acid fracturing.
Pre-Requisites: PETE471
Petrophysics of unconventional reservoirs and building geostatistical models. Reserve estimation methods, including simulation (CMG) and decline curve analysis. RTA and PTA application to unconventional resources. Introduction to AI basics and application of AI to unconventional resources through an intensive term project.
Pre-Requisites: PETE471 And GEOL470
The course presents a special topic in one area of the petroleum engineering discipline. Topics are selected according to faculty expertise and availability and students’ interest and enrollment. A detailed description and syllabus of the course is announced one semester in advance.
The course presents a special topic in one area of the petroleum engineering discipline. Topics are selected according to faculty expertise and availability and students’ interest and enrollment. A detailed description and syllabus of the course is announced one semester in advance.
A supervised research project on a theoretical, experimental or simulation problem. It provides the undergraduate student the opportunity for faculty mentorship. active learning and a chance to create new knowledge. The instructor conducting the course submits a detailed program of the research work with deliverables and grading policy in the preceding semester for Department approval. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor