PETROLEUM

RECOVERY
TECHNOLOGY
Ch -321

Syllabus
Ch -321 PETROLEUM RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY
External Marks: 60

Internal Marks: 40

Total Marks: 100

Concept of lithology (1.1), reservoir (1.3), reservoir fluids (1.3.3), migration of fluids (1.5).
Exploration: Meaning, methods of exploration (2.1), surface geological methods (2.1.1), geophysical
methods (2.1.2).
Drilling: Concept of drilling, various drilling operations e.g. cable drilling (3.1), rotary drilling (3.2),
Directional drilling (3.3)
Drilling equipment; various rigs and its parts like draw-works (4.1), rotary table (3.2.3), Kelley
(3.2.2), swivel (3.2.1) and Drilling bits (3.2.4), Mud (4.2); mud parameters; specific weight, viscosity,
pH etc and chemical used (4.2.2).
Regulation of crude oil production, Pretreatment (5.1), classification of crude's methods of evaluation;
ASTM, TBA, EFV distillation.
Books recommended:
1. Nelson, W.L. Petroleum Refinery Engineering, McGraw Hill
2. Hobson, G.D. Phol Co Modern Petroleum Technology Halsted Press Division of Wiley
Eastern.
3. Tarok Ahmed, Hydrogen Phase Behaviour Gulf Publishing Co.

Declaration
This document is just a compilation of Various Topics as per the
syllabus of Punjab Technical University for Petroleum Recovery
Technology. The Credit goes to the Original Authors. I am not
responsible for any mistakes. One can refer to the books cited at the
end for detailed studies.

Arshdeep Singh