Introduction to Petrophysics - PTRL2018
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
School: School of Petroleum Engineering
Course Outline: http://www.petrol.unsw.edu.au/
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: PHYS1121 or PTRL1131 and PTRL1010
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Laboratory Work: Experiments on porosity, permeability, capillary pressure, resistivity of reservoir rocks and PVT properties of crude oil. Introduction to the API standard laboratory equipment and their processes in measuring rock and fluid properties. Sample preparation from whole cores of different types of rock and shale. Understanding PVT properties of a mixture of hydrocarbon and their phase behaviour under different test conditions.
Well log interpretation: Fundamentals of petrophysics and interrelation between petrophysical parameters. Borehole environment. Invasion profiles and invasion characteristics. Hydrocarbon mobility. Acquisition of petrophysical data. Data quality assurance. Presentation of petrophysical data. Measurement of natural gamma rays. Formation waters. Importance of formation water characteristics. The SP curve. Wellsite log evaluation. Formation resistivities. Shallow and deep resistivity measuring devices. Porosity related measurements with well logs in clean and shaly sands. Sonic (Acoustic), Formation Density and Neutron logs. Practical work with well log, core analysis and well pressure data.