School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources
  • Unit Code

    ENS5564
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Muhammad Rizwan AZHAR

Description

This unit introduces unconventional oil and gas resources and explores classification, characterisation and evaluation of the limitations of such reservoirs. The unit is a core unit of the petroleum engineering course where students learn how to assess the economic viability of unconventional oil and gas resources, and evaluate methods through which they can be exploited.

Co-Requisite Rule

Must have passed, or be concurrently studying ENS5566 or ENS3217

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Assess the economic potential of unconventional resources.
  2. Differentiate different types of unconventional hydrocarbon resources such as shale oil/gas, coal bed methane, gas hydrates, etc.
  3. Select techniques for reservoir characterisation, production and recovery improvement in unconventional resources.
  4. Evaluate the limitations associated with unconventional reservoirs and resources.
  5. Examine production mechanisms in unconventional reservoirs and assess the available stimulation techniques for production enhancement (such as fracture stimulation and hydraulic fracturing).

Unit Content

  1. Economic and geographic background of unconventional resources.
  2. Classification of different types of unconventional resources (such as shale, coal bed methane, gas hydrates, etc).
  3. Techniques for reservoir characterisation, production and recovery improvement in unconventional resources.
  4. Introduction to unconventional reservoir characterisation and impact of reservoir characteristics on reservoir performance.
  5. Stimulation techniques for productivity enhancement from unconventional reservoirs; fracture stimulation, hydraulic fracturing and proppant placement.
  6. Environmental effects related to exploitation of unconventional resources.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectPreliminary report15%
PresentationProject presentation25%
ProjectProject report60%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources
  • Unit Code

    ENS5564
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Muhammad Rizwan AZHAR

Description

This unit introduces unconventional oil and gas resources and explores classification, characterisation and evaluation of the limitations of such reservoirs. The unit is a core unit of the petroleum engineering course where students learn how to assess the economic viability of unconventional oil and gas resources, and evaluate methods through which they can be exploited.

Co-Requisite Rule

Must have passed, or be concurrently studying ENS5566 or ENS3217

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Assess the economic potential of unconventional resources.
  2. Differentiate different types of unconventional hydrocarbon resources such as shale oil/gas, coal bed methane, gas hydrates, etc.
  3. Select techniques for reservoir characterisation, production and recovery improvement in unconventional resources.
  4. Evaluate the limitations associated with unconventional reservoirs and resources.
  5. Examine production mechanisms in unconventional reservoirs and assess the available stimulation techniques for production enhancement (such as fracture stimulation and hydraulic fracturing).

Unit Content

  1. Economic and geographic background of unconventional resources.
  2. Classification of different types of unconventional resources (such as shale, coal bed methane, gas hydrates, etc).
  3. Techniques for reservoir characterisation, production and recovery improvement in unconventional resources.
  4. Introduction to unconventional reservoir characterisation and impact of reservoir characteristics on reservoir performance.
  5. Stimulation techniques for productivity enhancement from unconventional reservoirs; fracture stimulation, hydraulic fracturing and proppant placement.
  6. Environmental effects related to exploitation of unconventional resources.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectPreliminary report15%
PresentationProject presentation25%
ProjectProject report60%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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