
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of the interactions between rocks and fluids in subsurface reservoirs, essential for petroleum engineering, geosciences, and reservoir management. Students will explore the fundamental principles of fluid flow in porous media, rock-fluid properties, and their impact on hydrocarbon recovery. Key topics include:
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Rock Properties: Porosity, permeability, capillary pressure, and wettability.
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Fluid Properties: Phase behavior, viscosity, compressibility, and fluid-rock interactions.
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Flow Mechanisms: Darcy’s law, relative permeability, and multiphase flow dynamics.
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Reservoir Characterization: Core analysis, well logging, and SCAL (Special Core Analysis Laboratory) data interpretation.
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Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR): Waterflooding, gas injection, chemical EOR, and thermal methods.
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Formation Damage: Causes, prevention, and remediation techniques.
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- Teacher: Nancy Oloo
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