Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PGE 301 — Rock and Fluid Properties

3 units · PGE department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

recognise reservoir forming rock types (sandstone and carbonate), their textures and pore structures
handle and prepare cores according to standard core handling procedures
define porosity, discuss the factors which affect porosity, and describe the methods of determining the values of porosity
explain the thermodynamic behaviour and phase equilibria of reservoir rock and fluids
describe methods of determining fluid saturations in reservoir rock and show relationship between fluid saturation and capillary pressure
demonstrate the techniques of averaging porosity, permeability and reservoir pressure data
appreciate the chemical and physical properties of the different reservoir fluids
use reservoir phase behaviour to analyse reservoir fluid characteristics;

Course contents

Composition and porosity of reservoir rock. Darcy’s law and the concept of permeability and relative permeability; capillary phenomena, surface tension forces, wettability, compressibility and static distribution of fluids. Electric conductivity; chemical, physical and thermodynamic properties of underground flui----d. Gas laws. Behavior of liquid. Phase equilibrium. Viscosities of hydrocarbons. Uses of fluid properties in reservoir engineering. Rock and fluid property correlations. Laboratory The laboratory section is based on materials covered in this course, including coring and core analysis, determination of petrophysical properties such as porosity, permeability, water saturation, gas formation volume factor, etc. (I Unit).

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PGE 301.

PGE 301 — Rock and Fluid Properties

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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