Process and Production Engineering (ENP100)

Content

The course includes reservoir rock and fluid characterization, reservoir flow performance, tube outflow performance, nodal analysis with the impact of parameters on productivity, choke performance, separator types, and performance, and production fluid processes to clean and satisfy the piping and environmental requirements, reservoir stimulation (matrix acidification and hydraulic fracturing) to improve productivity, artificial lift methods (gas lift and electrical submersible pump (ESP)), petroleum chemistry issues associated with hydrate, wax, asphaltene and scale problems and their control methods.

Learning outcome

After completing this course, the student should

• Possess knowledge of reservoir properties characterization and reservoir potential evaluation.
• Possess knowledge of reservoir fluid and thermodynamic properties of the reservoir fluids.
• Possess knowledge about inflow and outflow performance along with parameters that control the productivity related to the TPR and IPR
• Possess knowledge about the advantages and disadvantages of the choke performance and separator design.
• Possess knowledge about the production fluid processing plants of gas, oil, and water.
• Possess knowledge about the well damage Indication analysis and well-stimulation methods to enhance well productivity.
• Possess knowledge about flow assurance concerning problem occurrences, mitigating, and control methods.
• Be able to evaluate reservoir properties and potential analysisusing hand calculation.
• Be able to perform choke performance computation and analysis by hand calculation.
• Be able to perform production nodal sensitivity analysisusing analytical methods and computer simulations.
• Be able to design an ESP installation and design the right pump speed for the different water cuts concerning the desired production rate by using computer simulations.
• Be able to design gas lift solutions and perform productivity optimization as well as choke design to produce a desired production at the optimized injection rate by using computer simulations.
• Be able to perform laboratory measurements of porosity and permeability of porous media and measurement of gas density. In addition, analyze measurement results and write technical reports.
• Be able to use modern software tools to simulate and evaluate simple production scenarios.

Required prerequisite knowledge

Exam

Coursework requirements

The requirement to sit for the examination is that a minimum of three laboratory and four computer simulation-based exercises should be handed in three weeks before the examination and should be approved.

Course teacher(s)

Laboratory Engineer:

Head of Department:

Course coordinator:

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Method of work

Lectures, theoretical exercises, computer simulations, and laboratory exercises.

Open for

Course assessment

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