General Petroleum Engineering

This course outlines the skills and technical knowledge a graduate petroleum engineer should posess upon graduating from an accredited university according to the SPE Graduating Engineers matrix. Further topics will be added in the future.

Course Instructor

Brandon Tolbert Author

Darcy’s Law

What is Darcy’s Law??

Application of Darcy’s Law

Average Permeability of Flow Units in Parallel and in Series

Average Permeability of Flow Units in Parallel and in Series (Linear Flow)

Average Permeability of Flow Units in Parallel and in Series (Radial Flow)

Rock Properties

Calculating Reservoir Pressure and Temperature

Bulk Density

Overburden Pressure: What is it and Why is it important?

Rock Matrix Stress

Rock Matrix Horizontal Stress

Fracture Pressure

PVT

Formation Volume Factor (Bo)

Solution Gas Oil Ratio (Rs)

Two Phase Oil Formation Volume Factor (Bt)

Gas Formation Volume Factor (Bg)

Two Phase Gas Formation Volume Factor (Btg)

Volatilized Oil-Gas Ratio (Rv)

Phase Diagram

Types of Reservoir Fluids

Material Balance

Isothermal Compressibility

Material Balance Introduction

Material Balance Drive Indices

Material Balance Undersaturated Reservoir

Material Balance of Saturated Reservoirs

Material Balance of a Gas Condensate Reservoir

Material Balance of Wet Gas Reservoir

Material Balance of A Dry Gas Reservoir

Drilling

This section does not have any lessons.