| Code |
Course Name |
Language |
Type |
| PET 417E |
Flow Through Porous Media |
English |
Compulsory /
Elective |
| Local Credits |
ECTS |
Theoretical |
Tutorial |
Laboratory |
| 3 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction |
| Prerequisites |
PET 211E MIN DD
and PET 212E MIN DD
|
| Class Restriction |
None |
| Course Description |
| Derivation of the continuity equation and the diffusion equation for single phase flow in the reservoir. Introduction to the concepts
of heterogeneity and anisotropy. Steady state, pseudo steady state and unsteady state flow regimes. Definition of productivity
index of wells for various well geometries and fluid types during single phase flow. Introduction to two phase flow. Definition of
mobility and mobility ratio. The fractional flow curve. The displacement process in porous media and the Buckley-Leverett Equation. |
|
