Course Information

Course Code:
Course Number:
Code Course Name Language Type
PET 211E Petroleum Fluid Properties English Compulsory
Local Credits ECTS Theoretical Tutorial Laboratory
3 7 3 0 0
Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction
Prerequisites None
Class Restriction None
Course Description
Origin, habitat and elements of petroleum and natural gas and basic hydrocarbon chemistry. Fundamental phase behavior of hydrocarbons. Ideal gas laws and ideal gas equation of state. Ideal mixtures and use of Dalton and Raoult laws to model ideal solutions. Compressibility equation of state for real gases. Vapor-Liquid equilibria (VLE). Classification of reservoir fluids. Properties of dry gases and oils. Correlative and experimental methods used to determine the physical properties.