PETE218Undergraduate
Reservoir Fluid Properties
Printed in the catalogue as RESERVOIR FLUID PROPERTIES
Course content
Properties of fluids encountered in petroleum engineering. Phase behavior, density, viscosity, interfacial tension, and composition of oil, gas and brine systems. PVT relationships of hydrocarbon gas and liquid systems. Thermodynamic behavior of naturally occurring hydrocarbon mixtures; evaluation and correlation of physical properties of petroleum reservoir fluids, including laboratory and empirical methods. Interpreting lab data for engineering applications. Flash calculations.
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- Petroleum and Natural Gas EngineeringYear 2, Spring semester
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