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

    Reservoir Engineering
  • Unit Code

    ENS5566
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Alireza KESHAVARZ

Description

This unit covers the fundamentals of reservoir engineering and outlines different types of oil/gas reservoirs. It is a core unit of the petroleum engineering discipline. Students will study fluid flow in porous media and learn how to predict reservoir behavior.

Co-Requisite Rule

Must have passed, or be concurrently studying, 1 unit in ENS2270, ENS6202 AND 1 unit in ENS3301, ENS6201

Equivalent Rule

ENS5163

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain the fundamentals of reservoir engineering.
  2. Analyse fluid flow in porous media.
  3. Estimate oil and gas reserves and recovery factor.
  4. Determine initial oil and gas in place using volumetric and material balance techniques.
  5. Analyse reservoir data and predict reservoir behavior.
  6. Classify drive mechanisms in hydrocarbon reservoirs and select proper enhanced oil/gas recovery methods.

Unit Content

  1. Classification of different types of hydrocarbon reservoirs.
  2. Estimation of hydrocarbon in place, and reserve and recovery factor using volumetric and material balance techniques.
  3. Fluid flow in porous media and Darcy's law.
  4. Reservoir flow systems: steady state, pseudo-steady state, unsteady state, linear, cylindrical and spherical flow models.
  5. Two-phase flow, relative permeability, phase saturation and capillary pressure.
  6. Water flooding, immiscible displacement, fractional flow and sweep efficiency.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

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

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials.

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 Board of Examiners.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentTheory exercises 20%
TestMid semester test30%
Examination ^End of semester examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass


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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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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

    Reservoir Engineering
  • Unit Code

    ENS5566
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Alireza KESHAVARZ

Description

This unit covers the fundamentals of reservoir engineering and outlines different types of oil/gas reservoirs. It is a core unit of the petroleum engineering discipline. Students will study fluid flow in porous media and learn how to predict reservoir behavior.

Co-Requisite Rule

Must have passed, or be concurrently studying, 1 unit in ENS2270, ENS6202 AND 1 unit in ENS3301, ENS6201

Equivalent Rule

ENS5163

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain the fundamentals of reservoir engineering.
  2. Analyse fluid flow in porous media.
  3. Estimate oil and gas reserves and recovery factor.
  4. Determine initial oil and gas in place using volumetric and material balance techniques.
  5. Analyse reservoir data and predict reservoir behavior.
  6. Classify drive mechanisms in hydrocarbon reservoirs and select proper enhanced oil/gas recovery methods.

Unit Content

  1. Classification of different types of hydrocarbon reservoirs.
  2. Estimation of hydrocarbon in place, and reserve and recovery factor using volumetric and material balance techniques.
  3. Fluid flow in porous media and Darcy's law.
  4. Reservoir flow systems: steady state, pseudo-steady state, unsteady state, linear, cylindrical and spherical flow models.
  5. Two-phase flow, relative permeability, phase saturation and capillary pressure.
  6. Water flooding, immiscible displacement, fractional flow and sweep efficiency.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

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

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials.

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 Board of Examiners.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentTheory exercises 20%
TestMid semester test30%
Examination ^End of semester examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass


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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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