PetE 444

Natural Gas Engineering


Description

Topics include gas properties, reserves estimation, gas well deliverability, gas well testing, gas storage, surface facilities, and transmission. Production of unconventional gas reservoirs (coal beds, hydrates, tight sand and shale gas).
Prerequisite: PET E 275.

Learning Outcomes

Evaluate natural gas physical properties
Characterize gas reservoirs, predict future production rate, and estimate the total reserve by analyzing gas production data.
Recognize and be familiar with the foundational aspects of existing techniques for storage and transportation of natural gas.
Calculate, as a part of design project, engineering parameters, namely, flow capacity, pressure drop across the pipeline, and number of compressors needed for gas transportation, required for gas transportation by pipelines.
Design a pipeline, as an open-ended engineering design project, for gas transportation from a production well to a power plant located far away from the production well, which includes determining, based on ill-defined criteria, (i) a proper route, (ii) number of required compressors, (iii) materials of pipeline, and finally consider environmental concerns and cost optimization for the proposed design.


Lecture Seminar Lab Credits Total AU
3 0/1 0/1 3 37.8
M % NS % CS % ES % ED %
0 0 0 69 31

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  • Design
  • Use of engineering tools
  • Impact of engineering on society and the environment

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Undergraduate Program(s)

2024/2025 - Fall - Pete-coop - Year 5
2024/2025 - Fall - Pete - Year 4
2023/2024 - Fall - Pete-coop - Year 5
2023/2024 - Fall - Pete - Year 4
2022/2023 - Fall - Pete-coop - Year 5
2022/2023 - Fall - Pete - Year 4
2021/2022 - Fall - Pete-coop - Year 5
2021/2022 - Fall - Pete - Year 4
2020/2021 - Fall - Pete-coop - Year 5
2020/2021 - Fall - Pete - Year 4
2019/2020 - Fall - Pete-coop - Year 5
2019/2020 - Fall - Pete - Year 4

Sections & Respective Instructors

A1 - 2024/2025 - Fall - Zhehui (Charlie) Jin
A1 - 2023/2024 - Fall - Zhehui (Charlie) Jin
A1 - 2022/2023 - Fall - Hassan Dehghanpour
A1 - 2021/2022 - Fall - Bob Nichols
A1 - 2020/2021 - Fall - Hassan Dehghanpour
A1 - 2019/2020 - Fall - Hassan Dehghanpour