Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	İleri Rezervuar Mühendisliği
	English	Advanced Reservoir Engineering
Course Code	PET 503E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	1	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Abdurrahman Satman
Course Objectives		. To teach the characteristics of the reservoir parameters and averaging techniques and to introduce the error analysis, 2. To study the fluid flow and the types of flow, and to introduce the approximate solutions for complex fluid flow problems and the pressure performance of oil wells, 3. To investigate the solutions of the diffusivity equation, and its applications to two-well or multi-well systems, 4. To study the injectivity for depleted and liquid-filled reservoirs.
Course Description		Error analysis. Definition of reservoir parameters. Averaging techniques for reservoir pressure, porosity, permeability. Flow of fluids through the reservoir: Concept of unsteady, pseudosteady and steady state flow. Approximate equations in fluid flow problems. Oil well pressure performance. Diffusivity equation and its solution, application to two- and multi-well problems. Injection rate for depleted and liquid-filled reservoirs.
Course Outcomes		Graduate students who successfully complete this course gain knowledge, skills and proficiency in the following subjects; I. General reservoir engineering, II. Characteristics of reservoir parameters, averaging techniques, and error analysis, III. Fluid flow in porous media and the types of flow, IV. Methods for developing approximate solutions for complex fluid flow problems, V. Pressure performance analysis for oil wells, VI. Diffusivity equation and its solutions, applications of solutions to two- or multi-well problems, VII. Flow rate and pressure analysis for injection applications.
Pre-requisite(s)		None
Required Facilities		Course notes, library, internet
Other
Textbook		(1) A. Satman, Course Notes on PET503E, ITU Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Department, 2004. (2) B.C. Craft, M. Hawkins, Applied Petroleum Reservoir Engineering, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1991.
Other References		(1) L.P. Dake, The Practice of Reservoir Engineering, Elsevier, 1994. (2) H.B. Bradley, Petroleum Engineering Handbook, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Richardson, TX, 1987.

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