PetE 631
Advanced Production Engineering
Description
The course is intended to teach students how to model the petroleum production process using a nodal analysis approach, how to model the single-phase and multiphase flow in wells, how to identify the weak components in the production system, and how to improve the oil/gas production based on the nodal analysis results. It is an advanced course for petroleum engineering graduates that fills the gap between drilling engineering courses and reservoir engineering courses.Learning Outcomes
- Build inflow performance relationships for vertical wells based on field data or correlations.- Build inflow performance relationships for a well producing multiple layers based on field data or correlations.
- Carry out pressure traverse calculations along a tubing (vertical or slanted) using empirical or semi-empirical multiphase flow models.
- Perform nodal analysis based on vertical lifting performance and inflow performance analysis.
- Analyze the effect of operation parameters on the productivity of a given oil well using nodal analysis.
- Optimize a well's productivity using nodal analysis.
| Lecture | Seminar | Lab | Credits | Total AU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 3 | 37.8 |
| M % | NS % | CS % | ES % | ED % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
None defined
None defined
Undergraduate Program(s)
Sections & Respective Instructors
| A1 - 2026/2027 - Winter - Shanshan Yao |
| A1 - 2025/2026 - Winter - Shanshan Yao |
| A1 - 2024/2025 - Winter - Huazhou (Andy) Li |
| A1 - 2023/2024 - Fall - Huazhou (Andy) Li |
| A1 - 2022/2023 - Fall - Huazhou (Andy) Li |
| A1 - 2020/2021 - Fall - Huazhou (Andy) Li |