This document provides an overview of a reservoir fluid properties course for petroleum engineering students. The 2-credit, weekly course aims to describe how oil and gas behave under different conditions. Lectures will be divided into two 50-slide sections with a short break. Students will be assessed based on class activities, a midterm exam, and a final exam. The 16-lecture course will cover topics like phase behavior of hydrocarbons, PVT experiments, equations of state, fluid properties, and relevant software. The course is designed to help students understand how reservoir fluids are modeled and their importance in petroleum engineering.

1. Reservoir Fluid Properties Course (1st Ed.)

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About This Course
Resources
Training Outline (beta)
Petroleum Engineering & Its Importance
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4. Course Description
This course is prepared for:
 2 semester (or credit) hours and meets for a total of 2
hours a week.
Sophomore or junior level students (BS degrees)
(Major) Petroleum engineering students
(Minors) Production, Drilling and reservoir engineering
students
Prerequisites :Thermodynamic 1 and lab.
Main objective:
to describe how oil and gas behave under various
conditions and how this behavior can be modeled
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5. Lectures
Each session
Consists of different sections (about 4-5 sections)
Consists of about 50 slides
Is divided into 2 parts with short break time
Would be available online
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6. Timing
Last Session (Review)
session Outlook
Presentation A
Break Time
Presentation B
Next Session Topics
Roll Call
Roll Call, 5
Last session
(Review), 5
Next Session
Topics, 5
Session
Outlook , 5
Presentation B,
45
Break
Time, 5
Presentation A,
45
TIME (MIINUTE)
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7. Assessment Criteria
Class activities
Class
activities,
5
5%
Mid-term exam
Mid-term
exam, 25
25%
Final exam
70%
Final
exam, 70
PERCENT OF GRADE
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9. Syllabus
1390 edition
1378 edition
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10. 1390 Edition
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11. 1390 Edition (Cont.)
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12. 1390 Edition (Cont.)
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13. 1378 Edition
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14. 1378 Edition (Cont.)
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15. Class Lectures
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16. Major References
Pedersen, K.S., Christensen, P.L., and Azeem, S.J.
(2006). Phase behavior of petroleum reservoir
fluids (CRC Press).
Poling, B.E., Prausnitz, J.M., John Paul, O., and Reid,
R.C. (2001). The properties of gases and liquids
(McGraw-Hill New York).
Tarek, A. (1989). Hydrocarbon Phase Behavior (Gulf
Publishing Company, Houston).
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17. Syllabus Proposed References:
McCain, W.D. (1989). The properties of petroleum
fluids.
Pedersen, K.S., Christensen, P.L., and Azeem, S.J.
(2006). Phase behavior of petroleum reservoir
fluids (CRC Press).
Poling, B.E., Prausnitz, J.M., John Paul, O., and Reid,
R.C. (2001). The properties of gases and liquids
(McGraw-Hill New York).
Tarek, A. (1989). Hydrocarbon Phase Behavior (Gulf
Publishing Company, Houston).
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19. Class Schedule
Lec. No. Topic
Lec. 1 Introduction
Lec. 2 Petroleum Reservoir Fluids
Lec. 3 Compositional Analyses
Lec. 4 Reservoir Hydrocarbons
(Natural gas & Crude Oil)
Lec. 5 Reservoir Hydrocarbons (Bo
& Bt & Constants)
Lec. 6 PVT Experiments (CME &
CVD & DL)
Lec. 7 PVT Experiments (DL &
Other Experiments)
Lec. 8 Equations of State and
Compressibility Factor
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Lec. 9
Lec. 10
Lec. 11
Lec. 12
Lec. 13
Lec. 14
Lec. 15
Lec. 16
Advanced EoS and C7+
Characterization
Equilibrium
Flash and Equilibrium Ratios
Separators and Phase
Envelope Calculations
Thermodynamic Properties
Physical Properties
Solid Components and
Formation Water
Relevant Software
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20. Lec. 1: Introduction
About This Course
Resources
Training Outline (beta)
Petroleum Engineering & Its Importance
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21. Lec. 2: Petroleum Reservoir Fluids
Reservoir Fluids
Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbons
Phase Envelopes
HC Classifications
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22. Lec. 3: Compositional Analyses
Samples
Sample Analysis
Samples Quality Control
K-Factor as A QC
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23. Lec. 4: Reservoir Hydrocarbons
(Natural gas & Crude Oil)
Reservoir Fluid Course
HC Alteration
Properties of Natural Gases
Properties of Crude Oils
density
Gas Solubility
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24. Lec. 5: Reservoir Hydrocarbons
(Bo & Bt & Constants)
Formation Volume Factor
Oil
Total (two phase)
Property Constants
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25. Lec. 6: PVT Experiments
(CME & CVD & DL)
Constant-mass expansion Experiment
Constant-Volume Depletion Experiment
Differential Liberation Experiment: Procedure
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26. Lec. 7: PVT Experiments
(DL & Other Experiments)
Differential Liberation Experiment: Data set
Separator Experiment
Swelling Experiment
Other Experiments
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27. Lec. 8: Equations of State and
Compressibility Factor
General Notes about EoS
Ideal Gas EoS
Compressibility Factor
Van Der Waals EoS
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28. Lec. 9: Advanced EoS and
C7+ Characterization
Cubic EoS:
SRK EoS
PR EoS
Other Cubic EoS
Non Cubic EoS
EoS for Mixtures
Hydrocarbons
Components
Mixtures
Heavy Oil
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29. Lec. 10: Equilibrium
Cubic EoS:
SRK EoS
PR EoS
Other Cubic EoS
Non Cubic EoS
EoS for Mixtures
Hydrocarbons
Components
Mixtures
Heavy Oil
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30. Lec. 11: Flash and Equilibrium Ratios
PT-Flash Process
Equilibrium Ratios
PT-Flash Calculations
Mixture Saturation Points
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31. Lec. 12: Separators and
Phase Envelope Calculations
Mixture Saturation Points Calculation
Surface Separation
Phase Envelope
Phase Identification
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32. Lec. 13: Thermodynamic Properties
The Estimation of Physical Properties
EoS Applications
Thermodynamic Properties
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33. Lec. 14: Physical Properties
Viscosity
Surface and Interfacial Tension
Applications of the Natural Gas PVT Properties
Applications of the Crude Oil PVT Properties
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34. Lec. 15: Solid Components and
Formation Water
Asphaltene
Gas Hydrates
Hydrate Structures
Formation Water
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35. Lec. 16: Relevant Software
PVT Simulation
CMG
IPM
PVTi
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38. Petroleum Engineering
Definition
Petroleum Engineering, by definition, is finding crude oil
and natural gas in the ground and devising a way to bring
it out of the ground.
Petroleum Engineer Role
Petroleum Engineers supply society with crude oil and
natural gas for energy. This energy fuels our cars and
planes, heats our homes, powers our plants and
generates electricity.
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39. What Is Petroleum?
Crude oil, or petroleum, is an organic substance
derived from the remains of prehistoric plant and
animal matter.
It is a mixture of hydrocarbons, i.e. molecules
containing hydrogen and carbon, which exist
sometimes in liquid form (crude oil) and sometimes
as a vapor (natural gas).
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40. Fish and Plant Fossil
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41. Petroleum Formation
Millions of years ago, rains washed prehistoric
plant and animal remains into the seas along with
sand and silt, and layer upon layer piled up on the
sea bottom.
These layers were compressed under the weight of
these sediments, and the increasing pressure and
temperature changed the mud, sand and silt into
rock and the organic matter into petroleum. This
rock is known as source rock.
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42. Oil Sources
Because oil and gas are lighter than water, they
float on top of water.
Oil and gas that formed in the source rock deep
within the earth floated up through tiny pore
spaces in the rock.
Some seeped out at the surface of the earth.
Some was trapped by dense, non-porous rock, called
shale.
These underground traps of oil and gas are called reservoirs.
Reservoirs contain porous rocks which allow fluids to flow
through the pore spaces, i.e. which are permeable.
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43. An Example of Porous Rocks
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44. Petroleum Extraction
Courtesy OEOC, Ahvaz, 2011
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45. Petroleum Extraction: Drilling
Once the geoscientists analyze a prospective oil
field and the land is leased, a wildcat well is drilled
to obtain more information about the reservoir.
In late 1800's, oil wells were drilled by hammering steel
pipes into the rock.
Today, rotary drilling rigs are used, where a drill bit is
turned around and around, deeper and deeper, cutting
into the rock.
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46. Drilling: Top Drive
Courtesy GPTK, Tabnak, 2008
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47. Rotary Drilling
Drilling fluid, or drilling mud, is used to lubricate
the bit so it doesn't get stuck, and to flush the rock
pieces to the surface. These cuttings are examined
by a mud logger, who looks for signs of oil and gas.
Not all wells are straight and vertical. Horizontal
drilling has become a very profitable way to
increase production by having the wellbore
contacting more of the formation.
When the drilling is completed, the rigs can be
disassembled for assembly at another drill site.
Some rigs are on ships and barges for drilling
offshore.
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48. Drilling Mud System
Courtesy OEOC, Ahvaz, 2011
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49. Well Completion
After drilling, steel pipe called casing is set in the
hole and is cemented into place.
A heavy-duty system of valves called a Christmas
Tree is set into place at the wellhead to control the
flow of the oil, gas and water and prevent a
blowout.
Then the well casing is perforated at the right
depths to make holes for the oil and gas to flow into
the wellbore and up to the surface.
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50. Christmas Tree
Courtesy ICOFC, Khangiran, 2011
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51. Casing & Cementing
Courtesy OEOC, Ahvaz, 2011
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52. Petroleum Extraction: Production
Because oil, gas and water underground are under
a lot of pressure at first, these fluids flow up a
wellbore all by themselves, much like a soft drink
that has been shaken up. When oil and gas are
produced this way, it is called primary recovery.
When the initial pressure is spent, sucker rod
pumps are used to pull the oil out of the reservoir
rock and up the well.
Sometimes gas is injected at the bottom of the
well, and as it expands, it lifts the oil up to the
surface. This is called gas lift.
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53. Producing the Well
Opening up new channels in the rock for the oil
and gas to flow through is called stimulation.
Three stimulation treatments are commonly used:
Explosives to break up the rock,
Injection of acid to partially dissolve the rock, and
Hydraulic fracturing to split the rock and prop it open
with proppants.
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54. Secondary Recovery
After primary recovery, only a portion of the oil and
gas has been produced, so secondary recovery, or
waterflooding is done.
Water and oil do not mix; oil is generally lighter than
water and floats on top of it in the reservoir.
During a waterflood, water is injected into the water
zone of some of the wells to push the oil and gas up the
other wells.
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55. Consumption of Oil: Fuels
Fuel from produced oil and gas is used variously as
gasoline for cars, jet fuel, kerosene, propane gas for
cooking, heating oils for home furnaces, diesel fuels for
trucks and buses and trains, industrial fuels for boilers in
factories and ships, and solid coke for burning.
Many electricity generating plants are also run on oil or
natural gas.
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56. Consumption of Oil: Plastics, Rubber,
Other Products and Fibers
Plastics, Rubber, Other Products
Many plastics and polymers are made from petroleum
feedstocks.
These are used to manufacture things like food wrap, toys,
containers, and automobile tires.
Other products include lubricating oils for machinery,
grease, wax for candles, asphalt for roads and roofs,
agricultural pesticides and fertilizers, and white oils and
petrolatum for medicinal purposes.
Fibers
Polyester and nylon are petrochemicals that are made
into thousands of consumer products like panty hose,
nylon thread, and polyester.
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57. Careers in Oil Industry:
Engineers and Scientists
There are many careers in the oil industry. Nearly
every type of engineer can be found upstream or
downstream, including
Chemical, industrial, mechanical, civil, electrical,
bioengineers, and of course, petroleum engineers.
Natural and earth sciences are also prevalent in the
oil business.
Chemists, biologists, physicists, geologists, geophysicists,
and computer scientists work together on multidisciplinary teams with engineers to research and
optimize oil field and refinery operations.
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58. Careers in Oil Industry:
Other Professional
There are also other professional and support
careers, as in any business.
These include business administration, accounting, law
and tax, advertising, sales and marketing, secretarial and
library functions, trucking, public and employee
relations, and a host of other positions to keep operation
smooth.
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59. 1. ONGC Videsh (2003). Petroleum Engineering &
Its Importance.
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Reservoir Fluids
Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbons
Phase Envelopes
HC Classifications
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