Course Structure and Syllabus OF 2 Year M.Tech Petroleum Engineering
Course Structure and Syllabus OF 2 Year M.Tech Petroleum Engineering
Course Structure and Syllabus OF 2 Year M.Tech Petroleum Engineering
OF
2 YEAR M.Tech PETROLEUM ENGINEERING
(2019 – 2020)
1
Semester I
Course No. Course Name L T P C
Core Courses
Practical Courses
Total Credits 50
2
Semester II
Department Electives (DE): Select Any Three
Core Courses
Practical Courses
Total Credits 50
3
Semester III
Total Credits 36
Semester IV
Total Credits 36
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SEMESTER I
Course Objectives:
1. Advanced study of production and cased-hole logging
2. Log interpretation techniques and determination of reservoir properties
Learning Outcomes:
1. Understanding the principle of different cased hole logging and application
2. Monitoring of reservoir production and problem identification using production log data
3. Using well log to evaluation formation; porosity, permeability & residual oil saturation calculation
COURSE CONTENT:
Text Books:
1. Production logging – Theoretical & Interpretive Elements, A. D. Hill, SPE Monograph Series Vol. 14,1990
2. Cased-Hole Log Analysis and Reservoir Performance Monitoring, Richard M. Bateman, Springer, 2015
References:
1. Wireline Formation Testing & Well deliverability, George Slewal, PennWell, 2012
2. Cased- Hole Log Interpretation: Principles and Applications, Schlumberger Ltd,1989
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DEPARTMENT CORE COURSE 2 (DC 2)
Course Objective:
1. Advanced well testing techniques for reservoir characterization
2. Diagnosis of productivity problems and evaluation of stimulation treatment effectiveness
Learning Outcomes:
1. Understanding different interpretation methodology of various types of well testing
2. Skills for performing diagnostic analysis, history matching, and characterization
COURSE CONTENT:
8. Well test interpretation workflow: data preparation, review and quality control, 5
convolution-deconvolution, identification of flow regimes, selection of reservoir
model, simulation and history matching of pressure response, and validation of
results.
Total 39
Text Books:
1. Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering, L.P. Dake, Elsevier, 2010
2. Advanced Reservoir Engineering, Tarek Ahmed, Elsevier, 2004
Reference:
1. Well Testing, John Lee, SPE Text Book Series, Volume 1, 1982.
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DEPARTMENT CORE COURSE 3 (DC 3)
Course Objective:
1. Advanced numerical techniques for petroleum engineering applications.
2. To prepare students for advanced courses in reservoir modelling and simulation
Learning Outcomes:
1. Able to numerically solve linear and non-linear ODEs and PDEs
2. Apply the knowledge for solving complex reservoir simulation problems
COURSE CONTENT:
Contact
Unit No. Topic Hours
1. Introduction - tools for numerical analysis (e.g., Matlab, Excel, VBA), debugging and
errors handling; fundamental concepts of numerical methods – iteration, convergence, 4
order, stability, Taylor’s series, numerical errors and error propagation, and numerical
dispersion.
2. Numerical differentiation and integration of functions; interpolation and smoothing; 5
differentiation and integration of discrete data series. linear and pseudo-linear least
squares, introduction to regression and curve-fitting.
3. Linear Algebra: vectors, matrices, system of linear equations; direct and iterative 5
methods.
4. Nonlinear algebraic equations – roots of nonlinear equations, maxima and minima of 5
nonlinear functions, local and global extremas. Multivariable methods: root finding and
search for extremas. Nonlinear least squares; regression analysis, polynomial curve-
fitting.
5. Numerical solution of ODEs and applications; numerical solution of system of ODEs. 5
Numerical inversion of Laplace transforms functions.
6. Numerical solution of elliptic PDEs (e.g., steady-state heat conduction equation) in 2D 5
and 3D using finite difference.
7. Finite element and finite volume methods. 5
8. Numerical solution of parabolic PDEs such as 1D transient diffusivity equation; 5
numerical solution of steady-state advective-diffusive equation (ADE) in 2D and 3D;
numerical solution of transient ADE in 2D and 3D. Explicit and implicit solution,
courant number and adaptive time stepping.
Total 39
Text Books:
1. Numerical Methods for Engineers, 7th Edition, S.C. Chapra and R.P. Canale, McGraw-Hill Education,
New York, NY, 2015.
Reference:
1. Numerical Methods for Engineers, 3rd Edition, S.K. Gupta, New Age International Publishers, New Delhi,
India, 2015
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DEPARTMENT CORE COURSE 4 (DC 4)
Course Objective:
1. Familiarize students with advanced well problem diagnosis and solutions
2. Predicting future reservoir performance from well performance data interpretation and analysis
Learning Outcome:
1. Understanding of advanced well systems and their application environments
2. Ability to compute the current and future optimized production from wells
3. Ability to diagnose well problems and apply solutions
COURSE CONTENT:
Text Books:
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DEPARTMENT CORE COURSE 5 (DC 5)
Course Objectives:
1. Economic analysis tools and techniques used in the upstream oil and gas business
2. Investment decision making in an uncertain environment
Learning Outcomes:
1. Ability to perform advanced economics analysis for the upstream oil and gas business
2. Evaluate and quantify different risk and uncertainties in oil and gas investment process
3. Ability to make the right investment decision in the presence of risk and risk mitigation
COURSE CONTENT
Contact
Unit No. Topic
Hours
1. Introduction: nature of the oil and gas business, crude oil pricing and volatility, 4
forward and futures contract for crudes, options and hedging, and inflation.
2. Time value of money, FV and PV, loan amortization and amortization schedule, 5
funds flow and compounding/discounting, cash flow diagram, and spreadsheet
applications.
3. CAPEX and OPEX, cost estimates, cost overrun, contingencies, transfer pricing, 5
leasing, severance and ad valorem taxes, estimation bias, depreciation and
depletion.
4. International petroleum economics, types of contracts, concessionary versus 5
production sharing contracts, fiscal terms and efficient fiscal regimes, and cost
recovery ceiling.
5. Profitability measures (e.g., Payback period, NPV, IRR, PI, UTC, GRR) and 5
investment decision making, service and income-producing investments, and lease
versus buy.
6.. Optimization and break-even analysis, sensitivity analysis, linear programming 5
and resource assignment challenges.
7. Decision making under certainty, uncertainty and risk, uncertainty in capital 5
investment, decision analysis cycle, applications of decision analysis.
Expected values and decision tree, EMV, EPI, and EOL.
8. Value of information, perfect and imperfect information, designing decision trees, 5
solving a decision tree, and risk profiles. Managing attitudes towards risk,
expected utility theory, assessing the utility function, risk premium and risk
aversion.
Total 39
Text Books:
nd
1. Mian, M.A. (2011), Project Economics and Decision Analysis Volume 1: Deterministic Models, 2
Edition, PennWell Corporation, Tulsa, OK
nd
2. Mian, M.A. (2011), Project Economics and Decision Analysis Volume 2: Probabilistic Models, 2 Edition,
PennWell Corporation, Tulsa, OK.
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DEPARTMENT PRACTICAL 1 (DP 1)
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SEMESTER II
Course Objective:
1. Fundamentals of geomechanics including stress/strain relationships of rocks and failure criteria
2. Designing, evaluation and optimization of hydraulic fracturing operations
Learning Outcomes:
1. Ability to analyse and interpret poro-thermo-mechanical data of rocks and in-situ stresses
2. Ability to design a 2D fracture and fracture fluids from models, and evaluation of fracturing operations.
COURSE CONTENT:
Text Books:
1. Petroleum Related Rock Mechanics – Drilling Operation and Well Design, Bernt S. Aadnoy & Reza
Looyeh, Elsevier, 2019
2. Petroleum Related Rock Mechanics Volume 33, E. Fjaer et al., Elsevier, 1992
References:
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DEPARTMENT CORE COURSE 72 (DC 7)
Course Objectives:
1. Modern drilling technologies including horizontal and high-pressure, high-temperature drilling (HPHT)
techniques
2. To apply and/or develop drilling simulators
Learning Outcomes:
1. Ability to predict of the drilling environment (pore and rock breakdown pressures)
2. Ability to design drill-strings, casing strings, well hydraulics, well control and drill bits
3. Ability to design bottom-hole pressure (BHP) for directional wells
COURSE CONTENT:
Text Books:
1. Applied Drilling Engineering, Adam T. Bourgoyne Jr. et al., SPE Text Book Series, 1991
2. Drilling Engineering: A Complete Well Planning and Approach, Neal J. Adams, Pennwell, 1985.
References:
1. Well Control Problems Solutions, Neal J. Adams, Pennwell, 1980
2. Oil Well Drilling Engineering: Principles and Practice, H Rabia, Springer, 1986
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DEPARTMENT ELECTIVE 1 (DE 1)
Course Objectives:
1. Reservoir performance prediction under different operating conditions and parametric sensitivity studies
2. Test the robustness of field development strategies
Learning Outcomes:
1. Ability to select the proper model for simulation study
2. Skills with data preparation, model calibration, interpretation of results and performance prediction
Total 39
Text Books:
1. Basic Applied Reservoir Simulation, Ertekin, T., Abou-Kassem J. H. and King, G.R, SPE Textbook Series
Volume 7, 2001.
2. Reservoir Simulation,Mattax, C.C. and Dalton R.L., SPE Monograph Volume 13, 1990
References:
1. Practical Reservoir Simulation, Carlson, M.R, PennWell, 2003.
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DEPARTMENT ELECTIVE 2 (DE 2)
Objectives:
1. Understanding of workover and stimulation operations.
2. Workover operation design and field application
Learning Outcomes:
1. Understand different oil and gas well problems and their workover solutions
2. Ability to select appropriate workover and stimulation techniques for improving well production
Course Content
Text Books:
1. Production Operations I, Thomas O. Allen and Alan P. Roberts, Pennwell, 2012
2. Workover Well Control, Neal J. Adams, Pennwell, 1981.
Reference:
1. Well Design, Drilling and Production, Craft et al., Prentice Hall, 1962.
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OPEN ELECTIVE 1(OE 1)
Course Objective:
1. Fundamental aspects of flow and transport processes in porous media
2. Preparing students for reservoir modelling concepts and applications
Learning Outcomes:
1. Able to write mass, momentum and energy conservation equations for flow in porous media
2. Develop skills in modelling single- and multiphase fluid flow in porous media
3. Understand fluid flow in rocks and its applications in reservoir engineering
COURSE CONTENT:
Text Book:
1. Civan, F.A, Porous Media Transport Phenomena, Wiley, 2011.
2. Dullien, F.A.L, Porous Media 2nd Edition, Fluid Transport and Pore Structure, Elsevier, 1991.
Reference:
1. Bear, J., Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media, Dover, 1989
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OPEN ELECTIVE 2 (OE 2)
Course Objectives:
1. Understanding flow assurance challenges in hydrocarbon production
2. Diagnosis of flow assurance problems and possible solutions
Learning Outcomes:
1. Apply fluid hydraulics and fluid characterization for addressing flow assurance challenges.
2. Understand and apply advanced techniques for smooth flow operations
COURSE CONTENT:
Text Books:
1. Applied Multiphase Flow in Pipes and Flow Assurance: Oil and Gas Production, Elsa M. Al-Safran and
James P. Brill, SPE Text Book Series, 2017.
2. Flow Assurance Solids in Oil and Gas Production, Jon Steinar Gudmundsson, CRC Press, 2017.
Reference:
1. Natural Gas Hydrates, John Carroll, Elsevier, 2014
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OPEN ELECTIVE 3 (OE 3)
Course Objectives:
1. Introducing students to newer hydrocarbon resources including coalbed methane, methane hydrates, and
shale oil/gas
2. Teaching exploitation strategies for these emerging energy resources
Learning Outcomes:
1. Familiar with newer resources for fossil fuel
2. Exposure to contemporary energy recovery processes
COURSE CONTENT:
Text Books:
1. Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources – Exploitation and Development, Y. Zee Ma and Stephen Holdich,
CRC Press, 2016.
2. Advanced Reservoir and Production Engineering for Coalbed Methane, Pramod Thakur, Gulf Publishing,
2016.
Reference:
1. Natural Gas Hydrates, John Carroll, Elsevier, 2014
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OPEN ELECTIVE 4 (OE 4)
Course Objectives:
1. Introduction to operational and occupational hazards in oil and gas industry
2. Teaching safe practices and environmental sustainability
Learning Outcomes:
1. Safety code of conduct in oil and gas operations
2. Environmental impact assessment and mitigation
COURSE CONTENT:
Text Books:
1. Environmental Technology in the Oil Industry by Orszulik, Stefan, Springer, 2007
2. Fire Protection Manual for Hydrocarbon Processing plants ,Charles H. Vervalin, Gulf Pub Co; 1984
Reference:
1. Response to Oil and Chemical Marine Pollution, D. Cormack, Applied Science Pubs, 1983
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DEPARTMENT PRACTICAL 3 (DP 3)
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SEMESTER IV
DEPARTMENT ELECTIVE 3 (DE 3)
Course Objectives:
1. Understanding of in-depth mechanisms of enhanced oil and gas recovery methods
2. Contemporary improved recovery methods including those from unconventional reservoirs
Learning Outcomes:
1. Students will be competent in working on enhanced oil and gas recovery projects
2. Competence in understanding production methods from unconventional reservoirs
COURSE CONTENT:
Text Books:
1. Enhanced Oil Recovery, Don W. Green and G. Paul Willhite, SPE Text Book Series, 1998.
2. Fundamentals of Enhanced Oil Recovery, Lake et al., SPE Text Book Series, 2014.
Reference:
1. Enhanced Oil Recovery: Field Planning and Development Strategies, Vladimir Alvarado and
Eduardo Manrique, Gulf Publishing, 2010.
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DEPARTMENT ELECTIVE 4 (DE 4)
Course Objectives:
1. Understanding the key aspects of water production problem in oil fields.
2. Techniques to control and mitigate water production problems during production
Learning Outcomes:
1. Ability to learn the root causes of excessive water production in the oilfields
2. Develop skills for the proper diagnosis of different sources of water production in the oilfields
3. Selection of proper methods to prevent water production in the oilfields
Course Content
Unit No. Topic Contact
Hours
1. Overview of reservoir conformance problems, reservoir conformance control 4
techniques: profile modification and water shut off.
2 Diagnosis of water production problems: production logging techniques, use of 5
tracers, production history plots.
3. Mechanical methods of well bore and near well bore water shut off technologies: 5
application of cement squeezes (foamed and acid resistant cements), and zonal
isolation with packers.
4. Improving conformance by profile modification/vertical permeability modification: 5
permeability-reducing materials for improving conformance, and types of
permeability reducing conformance improvement treatments.
5. Water control in production well: polymer gel placement around the well bore, 5
relative permeability modifiers, and organic and inorganic gels.
6. Selection of candidate wells: selection criteria for profile modification and water 5
shut off job, and selection criteria for injection wells and production wells.
7. Designing gel job for oil field application: chemistry of different types of gelling 5
systems, factors affecting gel slug design, gel volume treatment, and execution of
gel job.
8. Selected field-application: examples of conformance improvement techniques. 5
Total 39
Text Books:
1. Well Production Practical Handbook, Henri Cholet, Technips Edition, 2008
2. Reservoir Conformance Improvement by Robert D. Sydansk and Laura Romero-Zerón, SPE Text Book
Series, 2011.
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OPEN ELECTIVE 5 (OE 5)
Course Objectives:
1. Understanding of oil & gas processing operation and equipment.
2. Design and optimization of different oil and gas field operations.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Students will learn different surface operations carried out in the field.
2. Understand and apply optimization techniques for smooth operations.
COURSE CONTENT:
Text Books:
1. Surface Production Operations, Volumes 1&2, Maurice Stewart and Ken Arnold, Elsevier,2007
2. Technology of Artificial Lift Methods, Kermit E. Brown, PennWell Books,1980
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OPEN ELECTIVE 6 (OE 6)
Course Objectives:
1. The need for carbon capture and sequestration, different methods, application in Hydrocarbon industry
2. Modelling and implementation CO2 sequestration project
Learning Outcomes:
1. Student will learn the in-depth mechanism of possible CO2 sequestration methods
2. Different aspect of CO2 sequestration implementation in EOR projects
COURSE CONTENT:
Text Books:
1. Introduction to Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Berend Smit, Imperial college press, 2014
2. Carbon Capture and Storage, Stephen A. Rackley, Elsevier,2017
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