Tight Oil and Unconventional Gas Exploitation

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

Overview of tight oil and unconventional gas resources (tight gas, shale gas, tight oil, shale oil, coal bed methane, and natural gas hydrates) in a 'Total Petroleum System'. Geological aspects, drilling, completion and stimulation methods; reservoir characterization by petrophysics and well test analysis; forecasting methods; environmental and regulatory issues; economics and cost drivers. Prerequisite(s): Petroleum Engineering 429 or 523. Antirequisite(s): Credit for Petroleum Engineering 573 and 519.02 will not be allowed.