Unconventional Reservoirs

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

Overview of heavy oil, 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; discussion of production mechanisms and methods, recovery process design, transportation, facilities, marketing, economics, environmental and regulatory issues. Prerequisite(s): Petroleum Engineering 429 or 523.