Course Description

Bachelor of Engineering in Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering

Mehran University of Enginering & Technology, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan

First Semester

S# Course Name of subject Content List Credit Total Maximum

Code Hour credit marks
Th Pr hour Th Pr
1 PG- Fundamentals of 1. Introduction to Energy. 3 0 3 100 0
101 Petroleum Engg. 2. History of Petroleum.
3. Introduction to Petroleum.
4. Introduction to Reservoir Engineering.
5. Introduction to Drilling Engineering.
6. Introduction to Production Engineering.
7. Overview of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources.
2 PG- Applied 1. Introduction to Chemistry. 3 0 3 100 0
111 Chemistry 2. Basic laws and principles.
3. Organic Chemistry.
4. Analytical Chemistry.
5. Electrochemistry.
3 MTH- Applied Calculus 1. Complex Numbers and Hyperbolic Functions . 3 0 3 100 0
102 2. Algebra of matrices.
3. Differentiation and its applications.
4. Integration and its application.
5. Partial Differentiation.
6. Ordinary Differential Equations.
7. Vector Algebra and its applications.
4 SS-111 Islamic 1. Al-Quran-ul-Karim. 2 0 2 50 0
Studies/Ethics 2. Al-Hadith Al-Sharif.
3. Deen-e-Islam.
4. Seerat-un-Nabi.
5. Islam and Modern Science.
6. Principles of Tafseer.
7. Ethics.
5 PS-106 Pakistan Studies 1. Ideology of Pakistan. 2 0 2 50 0
2. A Brief History of Muslim Society in Subcontinent.
3. Historical Background of the Ideology of Pakistan: National and
Reformative Movements.
4. Educational Efforts.
5. Political Struggles.
6. The Pakistan Movement.
7. Creation of Pakistan.
8. The Land of Pakistan.
9. Efforts for Execution of Islamic System in Pakistan.
10. Foreign Policy of Pakistan.
6 ENG- Functional 1. Basics of Grammar. 3 0 3 100 0
101 English 2. Comprehension.
3. Discussion.
4. Listening.
5. Translation skills .
6. Paragraph writing.
7. Presentation skills.
  Total 16 0 16 500 0
Second Semester

S# Course Name of subject Content List Credit Total Maximum

Code Hour credit marks
Th Pr hour Th Pr
1 PG- Applied Geology 1. Introduction to various branches of geology. 3 1 4 100 50
121 2. Origin of earth and its place in universe.
3. Interior of the earth and chemical composition of the earth’s crust.
4. Mountain building and valley formation.
5. Drainage pattern and their types.
6. Agents of weathering and erosion.
7. Concepts of geological time and its scale.
8. Correlation techniques, isostasy and continental drift.
9. Theories of plate tectonics.
10. Earthquakes and volcanism.
11. Formation of rocks; sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic and minerals.
12. Primary and secondary structures of sedimentary rocks.
13. Determination of dip, strike, and thickness of beds.
14. Completion of outcrops and construction of cross sections.
15. Occurrence of mineral deposits in Pakistan.
2 PG- Engineering 1. Introduction to the subject use of instruments. 2 1 3 50 50
131 Drawing & 2. Introduction: Types of lines, lettering, dimensioning, and drawing
Graphics instruments. Lettering and dimensioning the principal requirement of a
working drawing.
3. Projection: Types of projection, orthographic projection.
4. Planning of a drawing sheet, the projector of simple solids simple position,
and the oblique and auxiliary planes.
5. Traces of a line, true length of line, inclination to both the planes,
projection of planes.
6. Loci of Points: Loci of points and straight line, loci of crank mechanism.
7. Curves used in engineering practice: Cycloid, Throchoid, Epicyclide,
Pitrochoid, Hypotrochoid (superior and inferior).
8. Involute, evolute, archemedian, spiral.
9. Development of solids: Types of solids, polyhedra, solids of revolution,
construction, of polygon, prism, pyramid, cylinder, cones sphere,
(development of all solids with passing cutting plane).
10. Intersection of Surfaces: Intersection of cylinder and cylinder, cone and
cylinder. Cone and prism.
11. Axonometric Projection: Types isometric projection of solids, planes and
typical examples. Projection of Auxiliary Planes: Auxiliary planes and views.
Projection of points: plane, true length of line. Projection of solids: True shape
of section on auxiliary plane of various solids.
12. Isometric and pictorial projection of solid figures, making of freehand
sketches from solid objects and from orthographic projection.
13. Section of solids, riveted joints.
14. Screw thread systems, nut and bolt, keys and cotter, coupling and simple
bearings.
15. Pipe connections, engine detail.
16. Introduction of engineering drawing techniques in Auto CAD.
3 PG- Applied Physics 1. Electricity. 3 1 4 100 50
141 2. Magnetic Field.
3. Electromagnetic Induction.
4. Interference and Diffraction.
5. Atomic Physics.
6. Nuclear Physics.
4 ENG- Communication 1. Introduction to Communication Skills. 2 0 2 50 0
111 Skills 2. Study Skills.
3. Components of Communication.
4. Non-verbal Communication.
5. Public Speaking.
6. Formal Presentations.
5 MTH- Linear Algebra & 1. System of Linear Equations and Matrices. 3 0 3 100 0
111 Analytical 2. Vector Equations.
 Geometry 3. Applications of Linear Systems.
4. Linear transformations.
5. Inverse of a matrix.
6. Determinants.
7. Vector Spaces.
8. Three Dimensional Geometry.
9. Dot Products, Cross Products.
10. Lines and Planes in Space.
11. Spherical, Polar and Cylindrical Coordinates.
12. Triple Integrals and volume of a region in space.
6 ME- Workshop 1. Machine Shop (Learn to operate lathe, milling, drilling, cutting, grinding and 0 2 2 0 100
191 Practice make a work piece).
2. Fitting Shop (Make a small hand tool, including marking out from blue-
print, filing to size, and punching marks).
3. Electrical Shop.
4. Carpentry and Pattern Shop.
5. Smithy and Foundry Shop.
6. Welding Shop.
    Total 13 5 18 400 250

Third Semester

S# Course Name of subject Content List Credit Total Maximum

Code Hour credit marks
Th Pr hour Th Pr
1 PG- Stratigraphy & 1. Introduction to stratigraphy & structural geology. 2 0 2 50 0
201 Structural 2. Principles of stratigraphy.
Geology 3. Concept of geologic time and its scale.
4. Texture, structure and colour of sdimentary rocks.
5. Stratification process of sediments.
6. Correlation techniques.
7. Isostasy and cotinental drift.
8. Stratigraphy of Pakistan.
9. Salt range formation.
10. Introduction to structural geology and its objectives.
11. Primary and secondary structures of sedimentary rocks and determination
of dip.
12. Strike and thickness of beds.
13. Completion of outcrops and contruction of cross sections.
14. Classification of fold, fault, and joints.
15. Classification of unconformities.
16. Geophysical methods in structural geology.
17. Geological field mapping and its applications.
18. Field map and construction of cross section.
2 CS-831 Computer 1. Introduction to Digital Computer Hardware. 2 1 3 50 50
Programming & 2. Elements of Programming.
Software 3. Programming Languages, Introduction to Operating systems and Compilers.
Application 4. Problem analysis: Flow charts with algorithms.
5. Programming Examples and Exercises using C/C++ language
6. Debugging Techniques.
3 EL-215 Introduction to 1. Electric and Magnetic Circuits. 2 1 3 50 50
Electrical Engg. 2. Induction Motors.
3. Transformers.
4 MTH- Differential 1. Laplace Transformation. 3 0 3 100 0
223 Equations & 2. Ordinary differential equations.
Complex 3. Fourier series.
Variables 4. Double Integrals and its applications.
5. Series solution of Differential Equations and Special Functions.
6. Partial differential Equations.
7. Complex Variables .
a. Functions.
 b. Limits and Continuity.
c. Derivatives.
d. Analytic functions.
e. Cauchy-Reimann equations.
f. Cauchy’s theorem.
g. Cauchy’s integral formula.
h. Convergence and Radius of Convergence of Power Series.
i. Taylor’s and Laurent’s series.
8. Advanced Vector Analysis.
a. Green’s theorem in the plane.
b. Gauss’ divergence theorem and Stocks theorem.
5 CE-260 Fluid Mechanics 1. Fluid Statics. 2 1 3 50 50
2. Nature of Flow.
3. Stress in Fluids.
4. Momentum of a Flowing Fluid.
5. Flow Measurement Devices.
6. Pumps and Compressors.
6 ENG- Technical 1. Written Communication. 2 0 2 50 0
215 Writing & 2. Correctness of Language.
Presentation 3. Business Correspondence.
Skills 4. Interview Skills.
5. Phonetics and Phonology.
6. Vocabulary Building.
7. Written Reports.
8. Presentations and Seminars.
    Total 13 3 16 350 150

Fourth Semester

S# Course Name of subject Content List Credit Total Maximum

Code Hour credit marks
Th Pr hour Th Pr
1 PG- Drilling 1. Rotary drilling operations. 3 1 4 100 50
211 Engineering-I 2. Working principles of various components of rig systems.
3. Mud Pumps: types and horsepower requirement.
4. Drill Lines and Ton Miles calculations.
5. Drill Bit: types and selection.
6. Drilling fluids: functions, types, and compositions.
7. Mud properties and calculations.
8. Pressure relationship in the formation and bore hole, ECD concept, total
system pressure drop calculations.
9. Bottom Hole assembly concept for vertical wells.
10. Concept of Long Lead Items and AFE.
2 PG- Petroleum 1. Geological history of petroleum. 3 1 4 100 50
221 Geology & 2. The origin, migration and accumulation of petroleum.
Geophysical 3. Reservoirs with abnormal pressure and temperature.
Exploration 4. Geological distribution of petroleum in the world.
5. Geological basins of Pakistan.
6. Geology of existing oil and gas fields in Pakistan.
7. Surface geological methods for petroleum exploration.
8. Use of topography and surface features for oil prospecting.
9. Modes of deformation of rocks, parts.
10. Classification of Folds, faults, joints and unconformities.
11. Expression of the above features on geological field maps and
construction of cross sections.
12. Geological mapping and the application of photogrammetry.
13. Geophysical exploration methods with emphasis on seismic survey.
14. History of exploration in Pakistan.
15. Principles of stratigraphy.
16. Stratigraphy of Pakistan with special emphasis on salt range.
17. Introduction to structural geology and its objectives.
18. Interpretation of pore pressure and fracture gradient profiles from seismic
 data.
3 PG- Applied 1. Introduction to thermodynamic systems and processes, equilibrium, 2 0 2 50 0
231 Thermodynamics thermodynamic variables, intensive and extensive variables, thermodynamic
properties, state functions, derived intensive variables.
2. Types of work, kinetic and potential energy, the first law of
thermodynamics, internal energy, energy transfer by heat, energy balance,
energy analysis of cycles.
3. Quasi-static processes, reversibility, heat capacities.
4. Property relations relevant to engineering thermodynamics, PVT relation,
evaluating thermodynamic properties, generalized compressibility chart, ideal
gas model, internal energy, enthalpy and specific heat of ideal gases,
evaluating changes in specific enthalpy and internal energy for ideal gases,
polytrophic process of an ideal gas.
5. Introducing the control volume, conservation of mass and energy in a
control volume, steady-state and transient forms of mass and energy rate
balances.
6. Second law of thermodynamics, irreversible processes, entropy.
7. Applying the second law to thermodynamic cycles, the Carnot cycle.
8. The Clausius inequality, entropy changes, evaluating entropy data.
9. Entropy balance for closed systems, entropy rate balance for control
volumes, isentropic processes, isentropic efficiencies of turbines, nozzles, etc.
10. Equations of state, property relations from exact differentials,
fundamental thermodynamic functions, relations for gas mixtures and multi-
component systems, the Gibbs-Duhem relation.
11. Applications to flow processes, nozzles, turbines, compressors, Heat
Engines, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, and Liquefaction of gases.
12. Thermal expansion coefficients of metals, thermal conductivity of liquids,
thermal radiation and and Stefan Boltzmann law, steam power plant,
refrigeration unit, freezing point depression, PVT cell.
4 CE-280 Mechanics of 1. Types of stresses and strains. 2 1 3 50 50
Materials 2. Load extension diagrams.
3. Hooke’s Law.
4. Temperature stresses.
5. Geometrical properties of plane areas.
6. Theory of simple Bending and Shearing stresses in beams
7. Theory of Torsion in circular shafts (solid and hollow).
8. Short Columns.
9. Combined bending and direct stresses.
10. Euler’s Theory of buckling for long column-Empirical formula.
11. Mechanical properties of metals and timber in tension and compression.
12. Principles of testing machine.
13. Impact Loads.
14. Hardness.
15. Failure criteria.
5 MTH- Applied Statistics 1. Basic probability. 3 0 3 100 0
224 2. Random variables and probability distributions.
3. Measures of central tendency.
4. Measures of dispersion.
5. Frequency distribution, and binomial distribution.
6. Poisson, Cauchy, Gamma, Beta, Chi-square, student’s t and F distributions.
7. Bivariate Normal Distribution.
8. Estimations and hypothesis testing.
9. Confidence intervals.
10. Curve fitting, Regression analysis, and correlation, Auto and Cross
correlation.
11. Analysis of Time series.
12. Correlation.
a. Auto and Cross correlation.
b. Time trend analysis, filtering, moving averages data smoothing.
    Total 13 3 16 400 150
Fifth Semester

S# Course Name of subject Content List Credit Total Maximum

 Code Hour credit marks
Th Pr hour Th Pr
1 PG- Petrophysics 1. Introduction to porous media. 2 1 3 50 50
301 2. Fundamental properties of fluid permeated rocks; porosity, permeability,
fluid saturations, wettability, capillary pressure, compressibility and surface
kinetics.
3. Core-sampling and preservation.
4. Introduction to RCA and SCAL.
5. Measurement of basic rock properties.
6. Interpretation and application of basic core analysis data.
7. Special rock properties including electrical, mechanical, acoustic and
thermal.
8. Use of correlations for the calculation of petrophysical properties with the
help of computer.
2 PG- Natural Gas 1. Introduction to natural gas industry. 3 1 4 100 50
311 Engineering 2. Natural gas properties.
3. Flow and compression calculations.
4. Sweetening and dehydration of natural gas.
5. Natural Gas commissioning, transmission and distribution.
6. Pipe line welding techniques.
7. Testing and welding defects.
8. Gas flow measurements.
9. Introduction to LPG and LNG.
10. Unaccounted for gas.
3 PG- Organizational 1. Introduction to organizational behavior. 3 0 3 100 0
321 Behaviour 2. Organizational disciplines and topics: Psychological perspective, social
psychological perspectives.
3. Structure and control in organization.
4. Introduction: bureaucracy,managerial work, contingency theory,
organizational design.
5. Individual and work learning.
6. Learning theories, learning and work.
7. Stress.
8. Types of stress and work, occupational stress management.
9. Individual differences.
10. Personality and its factors, personality dimensions and social learning,
intelligence.
11. Motivation and job satisfaction.
12. Needs at work, theories of motivation and job satisfaction, correlates of
job satisfaction.
13. Group and work.
14. Social Interaction, dramaturgy and impression management, social skill.
15. Group and inter group behavior.
16. Group structure and norms, group processess, how throne studies.
17. Leadership.
18. Leadership as an attribute, leadership style.
19. Patterns of work.
20. Work-the classical approach, Marx, Weber, & the critique of labor,
Foucaultand disciplinary power.
21. Conflict and consent in work.
22. The labor process debate, work place control and resistance, industrial
conflict and industrial relations.
23. Organizational culture.
24. Organizational culture and strategic management, exploring
organizational culture, evaluating concept of culture.
4 PG- Properties of 1. Chemistry of petroleum and review of thermodynamic concepts. 3 1 4 100 50
331 Reservoir Fluids 2. Basic concepts of phase behaviour: single, binary and multicomponent
systems.
3. Equations of State for real fluids.
4. Phase equilibria calculations for reservoir fluids.
5. Sampling procedures: subsurface and surface sampling of reservoir fluids.
6. Determination of reservoir fluid properties from: field data, laboratory
analyses, correlations and equations of state.
 7. Application of fluid analysis data for use in reservoir and production
engineering calculations.
8. Properties of oil field waters.
9. Gas hydrates.
10. Use of existing/available software for phase behaviour calculations.
5 PG- Drilling 1. Analysis of Pore Pressure and Fracture Gradient profiles. 3 1 4 100 50
341 Engineering-II 2. Well Planning including Detailed Casing design and Casing Seat Selection.
3. Blow-out prevention: Primary and Secondary Well Control.
4. Well Shut-in policies and details of Well Control Methods.
5. Kill Sheet for Vertical and deviated wells.
6. Well Control Equipment.
7. Cementing.
8. Mud Logging and Coring methods and equipment.
9. Directional Drilling: Planning the directional well trajectory, kick off and
trajectory change, Deflection and survey monitoring tools (MWD and LWD
techniques), deviation control and horizontal drilling.
10. Introduction to other drilling techniques: managed pressure drilling,
offshore drilling technology etc.
11. Drilling economics: equipment cost and methods of reducing drilling costs.
    Total 14 4 18 450 200

Sixth Semester

S# Course Name of subject Content List Credit Total Maximum

Code Hour credit marks
Th Pr hour Th Pr
1 PG- Well Logging 1. Introduction to wireline logging and formation evaluation parameters. 2 1 3 50 50
351 2. Working principles of Wireline Logging tools.
3. Open Hole Logs.
2 PG- Reservoir 1. Fundamentals of reservoirs engineering. 3 1 4 100 50
361 Engineering 2. Basic flow equations.
3. Pressure distribution and pressure gradient for linear, radial, compressible,
slightly compressible and incompressible steady state and unsteady state flow
conditions.
4. Average permeability calculations for beds in series and beds in parallel for
linear and radial reservoir geometry.
5. Determination of average pressure in radial flow system, readjustment
time, productivity index, specific productivity index and injectivity index,
relationship between well-bore radius and flow rate in radial flow system.
6. Volumetric evaluation of hydrocarbon in place and empirical reserve
estimates.
7. Different types of reservoir drive mechanism.
8. Material Balance Equation.
9. Water/gas Coning and fingering and prediction by different methods for
different reservoirs (Homogeneous, Isotropic and Fractured).
10. Remedial treatments for coning and fingering.
11. Gas Condensate Reservoirs .
12. Overall reservoir management and exploitation study.
3 PG- Petroleum 1. Introduction to Crude Oil: Types, compositions, physical and chemical 3 1 4 100 50
371 Refinery properties, and origins.
Engineering 2. Crude oil processes: Desalting, distillation, reforming, cracking, alkylation,
isomerization, polymerization, and hydrotreating.
3. Products of fractional and vacuum distillation and its applications.
4. Polymeric Materials from Petroleum.
5. Inorganic Chemicals from Petroleum.
6. Synthetic Fuels.
7. Synthetic Detergents.

4 PG- Environment & 1. Environmental impact assessment of oil and gas field, risk securing 3 0 3 100 0
381 Safety techniques, concept of air and water pollution in petroleum industry, flaming
Management impact, oil spill control, solid waste and sludge control, impact of drilling
 activity, emissions during drilling and production, LPG storage and plant
operation, noise pollution in oil exploring and exploiting with its preventions
and controls.
2. Occupational health and safety administration.
3. Design procedure for operation, maintenance, modification, and
emergencies, safety by contractor, accident and incident reporting,
investigation and follow-up, and reappraisal of the system.
4. The principles of EIA.
5. Legislation and regulatory aspects of EIA.
5 MTH- Applied 1. Approximation and Errors. 2 1 3 50 50
321 Numerical 2. Linear Equations.
Methods 3. Non-Linear Equations.
4. Numerical Differentiation and Integration.
5. Interpolation and Curve Fitting Methods.
    Total 13 4 17 400 200

Seventh Semester

S# Course Name of subject Content List Credit Total Maximum

Code Hour credit marks
Th Pr hour Th Pr
1 PG- Well Testing 1. Fundamentals of fluid flow in porous media. 3 1 4 100 50
401 2. Drill-stem testing and analysis.
3. Principle of superposition.
4. Design and implementation of well tests.
5. Introduction to pressure transient tests: draw-down and build-up test
analysis.
6. Well test analysis by use of type curves and derivative curves.
7. Analysis of pressure buildup tests distorted by phase redistribution.
8. Well test interpretation in hydraulically fractured wells.
9. Interpretation of well test data in naturally fractured reservoirs.
10. Gas Well Testing.
11. Problems in gas well testing.
12. Multiple well test: Interference and pulse test.
2 PG- Petroleum 1. Introduction to Petroleum Production System. 3 1 4 100 50
411 Production 2. Components and working principles of Production System.
Engineering-I 3. IPR for different types of reservoir.
4. Vertical lift performance (VLP) of oil and gas wells.
5. Single phase and multi-phase well flow models: Homogeneous and
separated flow models, mechanistic and empirical models.
6. Pressure traverse and pressure drop estimation.
7. Estimating the choke performance: Single phase, multiphase, critical and
sub critical flow models.
8. Deliverability of oil and gas wells: Principle of system analysis (NODAL
Analysis) with simplified well configuration, and use of IPR and TPR (Tubing
Performance Relationship).
9. Forecast of Well production: forecasting the behavior of and oil or gas well
using the principle of Nodal analysis.
3 PG- Reservoir 1. Introduction to the concepts of reservoir simulation, its advantages and 3 1 4 100 50
421 Simulation limitations.
2. Revision of basic reservoir engineering concepts, reservoir fluid and rock
properties and basic mathematical concepts.
3. Formulation of basic equations for single-phase flow in porous media, finite
difference approximation to flow equations, stability and error analysis.
4. Well representation in simulators, solution of linear difference equations
applicable to the reservoir using direct and iterative methods.
4 PG- Instrumentation 1. Instrumentation. 3 1 4 100 50
431 & Process a. Principles of measurement of temperature.
Control b. Pressure level, flow, weight, power, speed, position, etc.
c. Study of common sensors, transmitters, controllers, actuators,
recorders, switches, etc.
d. Methodology for calibration.
 e. Failsafe modes of operation, alarm, trip and interlock system.
f. Emergency shut-down systems.
g. Fire and gas detection.
h. Pressure relief and venting systems.
2. Control Practice.
a. Terminology signal types and standard ranges interpretation of P and I
diagrams: Servo and regulator operation.
b. Bias and offset auto/manual optimum settings.
c. Ziegler and Nichols formulae.
d. Control strategy: Formulation P and I diagrams.
e. Control loop elements, Block diagrams.
f. Control objectives.
g. Industrial Applications.
h. Use of feedback, cascade, ratio, feed forward.
i. Use of analyzer and chromatographs, Modeling: Lumped parameter
models.
5 PG- Project Planning 1. Introduction to project management. 2 0 2 50 0
441 & Management 2. Processes integration management.
3. Scope management.
4. Time management.
5. Cost management.
6. Communications management.
7. Risk management.
8. Procurement management.
9. Closing.
    Total 14 4 18 450 200

Eighth Semester

S# Course Name of subject Content List Credit Total Maximum

Code Hour credit marks
Th Pr hour Th Pr
1 PG- Principles of 1. Basic concepts of EOR. 3 1 4 100 50
451 Enhanced Oil 2. The role of reservoir geology in the design and operations.
Recovery 3. Microscopic efficiency of linear immiscible displacement.
4. Areal and vertical displacement efficiency in 2-D and 3-D systems.
5. Water Flooding.
6. Selection and efficiency of various flood patterns.
7. Practical considerations for waterflood design.
8. Immiscible Displacement by gas injection.
9. Special applications of gas injection.
10. Thermal Recovery Methods.
11. In-situ combustion.
12. Miscible Flooding.
13. Carbon dioxide, nitrogen and water alternating gas flooding.
14. Chemical injection.
2 PG- Petroleum 1. Well Completion. 3 1 4 100 50
461 Production 2. Causes of low well-productivity.
Engineering-II 3. Well Diagnostics.
4. Problem-well diagnostics and remedies.
5. Stimulation Techniques.
6. Introduction to Artificial Lift Methods.
3 PG- Gas Reservoir 1. Basics of Gas Reservoir Engineering: reservoir gas volume factor, 3 1 4 100 50
471 Engineering densities and gas gradient. Calculation of static and flowing bottomhole
pressure.
2. Gas Reservoirs:
a. Estimation of gas reserves by volumetric method. Unit Recovery and
recovery from volumetric and water drive gas reservoirs.
b. Material balance equation method: Assumptions, derivation and
applications.
c. Reserve calculations and reservoir performance: Volumetric
estimates, material balance estimates, pressure decline curve, P/Z
 method, material balance equation straight-line method, reservoir
size, calculation of water influx. Gas equivalent of produced condensate
and water.
3. Gas Condensate Reservoirs: Reservoir types defined with reference to
phase diagrams, calculation of original gas and condensate in place for
volumetric reservoirs. Reserves calculations with and without
compositional data. Well Testing and sampling, material balance and
performance of volumetric retrograde gas condensate reservoirs.
4. Gas Well Testing:
a. Deliverability testing of gas wells: Fundamental equations in
deliverability testing, flow after flow test, isochronal test and
modified isochronal test. Use of pseudo pressure in deliverability
testing and real gas pseudo pressure analysis.
b. Transient testing: Pressure Buildup and pressure draw down test.
Guide lines for gas well testing.
5. Problems in gas well testing: liquid loading.
4 PG- Petroleum 1. Introduction to the standards and practices of economic analysis in the 3 0 3 100 0
481 Economics petroleum industry.
2. Brief review of the principles of economic evaluation.
3. ROR and NPV analysis.
4. Definition of risk and uncertainty, decision, analysis, decision tree analysis
and estimation of future money values.
5. Typical decision making situations including risk analysis and EMV
calculations and alternative reservoir depletion schemes.
6. Analysis involves reserve estimation and forecasting of capital investment,
operating cost and manpower requirement.
7. Petroleum taxation regulations (policies and laws), profitability criteria, cut
off criteria, unit operations, SPE-Petroleum resource and reserve
classification.
8. Before tax cash flow models, after cash flow models.
9. Capital budgeting techniques.
10. Investment selection decision making.
11. Evaluation nomenclature, time value of money, basic interest equations,
present and net present value, ABC transaction, payout, payback time and
rate of return.
12. Engineering economics, factors and their uses.
13. Evaluation of alternatives.
14. Depreciation, depletion and corporate taxes.
15. Cash flow analysis.
16. Application of engineering economics to exploration, drilling, and
production operations.
5 PG- Final Year Reserve Estimation, Well Performance & Optimization of X-Gas Field Using 0 2 2 0 200
491 Project IPM Suite
    Total 12 5 17 400 350

__________________________________________________
Prof. Dr. Abdul Haque Tunio
Director, Department of Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering
Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro
Phone:  022-772250-73 (Ext. 4300)
Email: [email protected]