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Reservoir Rock Properties

Course Code :
PE 302
Level :
Undergraduate
Course Hours :
3.00 Hours
Department :
Department of Petroleum Engineering

Instructor information :

Title:Associate Professor
Name: Omar Saad Ahmed Mahmoud
Office hours:-Hours

Area of Study :

The Main Goals of this course are preparing student to:  Prepare to list the various properties of reservoir rock.  Make able to differentiate among these properties and their types.  Develop skills to predict the reservoir performance with changes of these properties.  Train to measure the various properties in the laboratory.

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Reservoir Rock Properties

Study the basic petrophysical properties of reservoir rocks including porosity, permeability, fluid saturation, electrical conductivity, capillary pressure, and relative permeability. Laboratory measurement of the reservoir rock characteristics mentioned above.

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Reservoir Rock Properties

Course outcomes:

a. Knowledge and Understanding:

1-	Describe porosity types.
2-	Differentiate between permeability types.
3-	Identify saturation for different fluid.
4-	Explain capillary pressure and conductivity.
5-	Explain the mechanism of improving the permeability.

b. Intellectual Skills:

1-	Identify the different types of rock properties.
2-	Solve the problem of unknown reservoir rock physical properties.

c. Professional and Practical Skills:

1-	To be able to solve problems related to drilling, reservoir and production engineering
2-	Perform the required lab experiments.
3-	Measure rock properties in core laboratory.
4-	Measure rock properties in lab.

d. General and Transferable Skills:

1-	Work coherently and successfully as a part of a team in projects.
2-	Communicate effectively.
3-	Develop the report writing skill and presentation skills.

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Reservoir Rock Properties

Course topics and contents:

Topic	No. of hours	Lecture	Tutorial/Practical
Definitions of Reservoir Rocks	5	3	2
Porosity	10	6	4
Permeability	15	9	6
Fluid Saturation	10	6	4
Electrical conductivity	5	3	2
Capillary pressure	10	6	6
Relative permeability	10	6	4
Laboratory measurement of the reservoir rock characteristics mentioned above	10	6	4

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Reservoir Rock Properties

Teaching And Learning Methodologies:

Teaching and learning methods
Interactive Lecturing
Discussion
Problem-based Learning
Research
Experiential Learning

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Reservoir Rock Properties

Course Assessment :

Methods of assessment	Relative weight %	Week No.	Assess What
Assignment	10.00
Final Exam	40.00
Lab	10.00
Mid-Term exam	30.00
Quizzes	5.00
Reports	10.00

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Reservoir Rock Properties

Books:

Book	Author	Publisher

Course notes :

Available on pdf files

Recommended books :

Tarek Ahmed, “working guide to reservoir rock properties and fluid flow” Gian Luigi Chierici. “Principles of Petroleum Reservoir Engineering” translated from the Italian by Peter J. Westaway. B. C. Craft, and M. F. Hawkins “Applied Petroleum Reservoir Engineering”. L. P. Dake, “ Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering “, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam, Oxford, New York, 1978. Carl Gatlin “Petroleum Engineering, drilling and well completion” Printece- Hall, Inc