Læringsutbytte

A candidate who has passed the course will have a learning outcome in the form of acquired knowledge, skills, and general competence, as described below.

Knowledge

The candidate will:

• understand the basic terminology in the petroleum engineering field
• understand the basic physical principles associated with the subject
• be able to identify the main challenges with respect to production of oil and gas
• be able to describe different techniques for increased recovery
• be able to describe the main components in a petroleum process plant
• be able to describe different field development solutions
• understand the process from discovery of hydrocarbons to downstream use of hydrocarbons, with the main focus on production of oil and gas

Skills

The candidate will be able to:

• apply models for multiphase transport of fluids in wells and pipelines
• apply selected methods of well design
• use risk assessment methods applicable to petroleum engineering

General competence

The candidate:

• be able to communicate acquired knowledge and demonstrate skills via technical report writing

Innhold

• Geology

- The history of the earth

- Geological time and the shaping of the earth

- Formation of hydrocarbons

- Identification of rocks

- Exploration

• Drilling

- Introduction to drilling equipment

- Intro to drilling systems

- The drilling process

- Well control technologies

• Geophysics and well logging

- Exploration methods

- Formation evaluation

- Porosity

- Core data

• Reservoir technologies

- Terms and definitions; Petro physics, porosity, permeability, saturation, capillary pressure, relative permeability, coning of gas and water

- Reservoir characterization

- Multiphase flow in porous media

• Production of oil and gas

- Inflow control

- Transport technology

- Separation technology

- Process technology

• Downstream technologies

- transport to the market

• HSE aspects

- Acts, regulations and standards that regulates the petroleum industry and how this is followed up by the petroleum safety authorities

- The role HSE plays in all activities related to the oil industry

- The importance of maintenance management with respect to safety and economy

- Risk assessment for oil and gas producing activities

- Technical safety

- Safety management systems and organizational aspects

- Reliability assessments (SIS and FMECA studies)

Arbeids- og læringsformer

Lectures and exercises.

Vurderingsformer

The final test counts 70 %; the mid-term test counts 30 %.

Grades A-F are used. To pass the course, the final test must be passed.

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