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MKPP2513: Petroleum Production Engineering

This document provides an introduction to the petroleum production engineering course MKPP2513. It summarizes that the course covers principles and methodologies for optimizing oil and gas well productivity, including vapor/liquid behavior calculations, well performance analysis and evaluation, downhole and surface production system installation and operation, well performance prediction and optimization, artificial lift systems, surface facilities, and stimulation work. The course is designed to provide graduates with sound technical knowledge of industry requirements, including designing wellbore configurations and surface facilities for specific conditions, selecting and designing artificial lift systems, and identifying and designing stimulation techniques. The syllabus outlines topics like nodal system analysis, well performance, artificial lift systems, surface facilities, and stimulation methods. Student assessment includes

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MKPP2513: Petroleum Production Engineering

This document provides an introduction to the petroleum production engineering course MKPP2513. It summarizes that the course covers principles and methodologies for optimizing oil and gas well productivity, including vapor/liquid behavior calculations, well performance analysis and evaluation, downhole and surface production system installation and operation, well performance prediction and optimization, artificial lift systems, surface facilities, and stimulation work. The course is designed to provide graduates with sound technical knowledge of industry requirements, including designing wellbore configurations and surface facilities for specific conditions, selecting and designing artificial lift systems, and identifying and designing stimulation techniques. The syllabus outlines topics like nodal system analysis, well performance, artificial lift systems, surface facilities, and stimulation methods. Student assessment includes

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PETROLEUM PRODUCTION ENGINEERING

MKPP2513
Introduction

Prof. Dr. Ariffin Samsuri


SYNOPSIS

COVER: principles & methodology for oil & gas wells productivity,
encompassing wide range of petroleum production fundamentals,
pertinent to modern petroleum industry, includes:

- vapour/liquid mixture behaviour & related calculation


- well productivity & performance analysis & evaluation
- downhole & surface production system installation & operation
- well performance prediction @ optimization
- artificial lift system
- surface facilities
- stimulation work

DESIGN: Graduate is technically well prepared for and has a sound


knowledge of the industry requirements.
LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Design appropriate wellbore configuration for specific conditions, based on


initial & predicted well performance, surface conditions and produced fluid
constituents with the emphasis of optimum recovery.

• Select and design surface facilities to segregate and treated produced fluids
for optimum pipeline quality of crude oil & gas

• Select & design appropriate artificial lift system for various well conditions

• Identified, select & design stimulation technique for various formation &
well situations
SYLLABUS

1. Nodal System Analysis


1. Basic Theory
2. Problem Solution Procedures for Oil & Gas Wells
2. Well Performance
1. Productivity Index & Well Capacity
2. Inflow Performance Relationship
3. Vertical Lift Performance
4. Choke Performance
3. Artificial Lift System
1. Types
2. Selection & Requirements/Identification
3. Gas Lift Theory & Principles
4. Gas Lift System Design
4. Surface Facilities
1. Separator
2. Storage Tank
3. Flow Control Devices
4. Crude Oil Dehydrator
5. Stimulation
1. Requirements, identification & Selection
2. Acidizing
3. Hydraulic Fracturing
ASSESSMENT

• Assignments (Group)= 15%


• Quiz (2x) = 15%
• Test (2x) = 20%
• Final Exam = 50%
REFERENCES

• Nind, T.E.W.:”Principles of Oil Well Production”, 2nd ed. McGraw-


Hill, 1981
• Brown, K.E.:”Technology of Artificial Lift Methods”, vol.1,2&3,
PennWell Publishing, 1967
• Golan, M& Whitson,C.H.”Well Performance”, Prentice Hall, 1991
• Howard B. Bradley, et.al,”Petroleum Engineering Handbook” SPE,
1987
• Chilingarian, G.V., Robertson, J.O. & Kumar, S.:”Surface Operation
in Petroleum Production”, Elsevier, 1987
• Brown, K.E.:”Gaslift: Theory & Practices”, PennWell Publishing,
1967
• L.W. Lake, et.al,”Petroleum Engineering Handbook” SPE, 2007
PETROLEUM PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Technique or technology to produced fluid from


reservoir to surface
General concept:
Flow rate that produced maximum petroleum
production for certain production system and
conditions  q optimum
Schematic Petroleum Production System
BACKGROUND

 Tubing head pressure :


 to overcome choke & surface facilities pressure drop
 Equilibrium must exist between reservoir & tubing performance
 Flowing wellbore pressure :
 to overcome tubing string pressure drop

WHY?
– Reservoir performance – which delivers more fluid for lower Pwf
– Inflow performance relationship (IPR) – requires reservoir data gathering
– Tubing performance – which delivers more fluid for higher Pwf
– Tubing performance curve (TPC), or vertical lift performance (VLP) – can be predicted

This equilibrium is ensured by the correct selection of tubing size, depending upon:
1. Required tubing head pressure
2. Fluid type (GOR,BS&W)
Surface pressure drop (choke & surface facilities), will vary over the field producing
lifetime.
PRODUCTION ENGINEER

• Primary function:
– To evaluate & predict well performance
– To predict whether well required artificial lift / not (when ?)
• Question need answer:
– What is the well producing now ?
– What will the well produce if the production condition changed ?
– - need for periodic well tests:
– To monitor well performance
– To monitor reservoir performance
PRODUCTION SYSTEM
Can be divided into 3 stages:
1. Fluid flow from reservoir to bottomhole
• Through porous media : Darcy law (across the reservoir)
• Across the completion (perforation/gravel pack, etc)
• Well performance evaluation (IPR)
2. Fluid flow from bottomhole to surface
• Through vertical tubing / annulus (across tubing & any restrictions)
• Across the subsurface safety valve
• Well performance evaluation (VLP/TP)
3. Fluid flow from wellhead to separator etc
– Through horizontal pipe @ flow line (across flowline)
– Across the surface choke
– Well performance evaluation (CP)
Basic requirements:
• Fluid mechanic
• Reservoir rock properties
• Reservoir engineering

---- pressure losses or distribution


Pressure Losses @ Production System

• Can be grouped into 3 main components:


– Total pressure losses in the reservoir &
completion
– Total pressure losses in the tubing
– Total pressure losses at the surface
Pressures Losses During Production
Pressure Across Petroleum Production System
THANK YOU

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