Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Petrol ve Doğal Gaz Mühendisliğine Giriş
	English	Introduction to Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering
Course Code	PET 111E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	1	1	1	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Abdurrahman Satman
Course Objectives		1. To provide students with basic knowledge of the petroleum and natural gas engineering, 2. To explain the fields and topics that a petroleum and natural gas engineer is concerned with, 3. To provide students with chemical, physical, and thermodynamic properties of oil and natural gas, 4. To expose the students to concepts and ideas about today’s issues involving the petroleum and natural gas engineering in general.
Course Description		Introduction to petroleum and natural gas industry. Energy, oil and natural gas in Turkey and in the world. Origin, composition and fluid properties of petroleum and natural gas. Types of oil and natural gas reservoirs. Enhanced recovery methods. Surface production equipments. Transportation of oil and natural gas. Environmental concerns.
Course Outcomes		Students who pass the course will be introduced to: I. Petroleum and natural gas engineering, II. Energy and energy resources III. Petroleum, natural gas, and energy statistics-the world and Turkey IV. Fields and topics that a petroleum and natural gas engineer is concerned with V. Chemical, physical, and thermodynamic properties of oil and natural gas.
Pre-requisite(s)		None
Required Facilities		Course notes, library, internet
Other
Textbook		1. PET111E Introduction to Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Course Notes, A. Satman, 2011. 2. Primer of Oil and Gas Production, American Petroleum Institute, Dallas, Texas, 1981.
Other References		Petroleum Engineering Handbook, H.B. Bradley, Soc. Pet. Eng., Richardson, Texas, 1989.

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