UNSW Handbook Course - Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery

Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery - PTRL4012


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Petroleum Engineering
	Course Outline: http://www.petrol.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisites: PTRL3002
	CSS Contribution Charge:Band 2 (more info)
	Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Defining enhanced oil recovery (EOR), enhanced gas recovery (EGR) and enhanced coalbed methane recovery (ECBM). Reasons for EOR/EGR/ECBM. Screening of reservoirs for selection of EOR/EGR/ECBM methods. Sweep and displacement efficiency. Estimating trapped oil saturation. Decreasing residual oil saturation by miscible/near-miscible/immiscible gas injection processes. Controlling mobility at the field scale by polymer flooding and by water-alternating-gas (WAG) injection. Increasing oil mobility by thermal methods of cyclic steam stimulation, steamdrive, and in-situ combustion. Miscible displacement of CH4 by CO2 in depleted gas reservoirs. Displacing CH4 in coal seams by N2 and CO2. Co-optimisation of EOR/EGR/ECBM and CO2. Understanding the role of commercial reservoir simulators in field applications of EOR/EGR/ECBM a teamwork project.

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