PETROLEUM ENGINEERING SUMMER COURSE 2015

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING
SUMMER COURSE
2015
Prepara&on for the
Master Program
Interna&onal Study Program in
Petroleum Engineering
at the University of Leoben

Welcome!
The Department of Petroleum Engineering
wishes you a warm Welcome in Leoben and
at Montanuniversitt
Department Head
Dr. Gerhard Thonhauser

Course Organiza&on
Dr. Michael Prohaska

Course Secretary
Patrizia Haberl

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People Involved
Short Name
PH Patrizia Haberl

Role
Secretary

E-mail
patrizia.haberl@unileoben.ac.at

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Michael Prohaska
Coordinator
Gerhard Thonhauser Head Drilling
Mathias Mitschanek Lecturer
James Craig
Lecturer
Rahman Ashena
Lecturer
Asad Elmugebri
Lecturer
Tarek El Masallamy
Tutor
Siroos Azizmohammadi Lecturer
Shahon Kord
Lecturer
Clemens Langbauer
Lecturer

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Johann Raith
Head Mineralogy johann.raith@unileoben.ac.at
Oskar Thalhammer
Lecturer
oskar.thalhammer@unileoben.ac.at
Reinhard Sachsenhofer Head Pet. Geol. reinhard.sachsenhofer@unileoben.ac.at
Nina Gegenhuber
Lecturer
nina.gegenhuber@unileoben.ac.at

Chair
Drilling and Well CompleNon

prohaska@unileoben.ac.at
Drilling and Well CompleNon
gerhard.thonhauser@unileoben.ac.at Drilling and Well CompleNon
Mathias.mitschanek@unileoben.ac.at Drilling and Well CompleNon
James.Craig@unileoben.ac.at
Drilling and Well CompleNon
rahman.ashena.313@gmail.com
Drilling and Well CompleNon
elmugerbi2000@gmail.com
Drilling and Well CompleNon
tarek.elmesallamy@gmail.com
Drilling and Well CompleNon
siroos.azizmohammadi@unileoben.ac.at Reservoir
Shahin.Kord@unileoben.ac.at
Reservoir
Clemens.Langbauer@unileoben.ac.at
ProducNon
Mineralogy
Mineralogy
Petroleum Geology
Geophysics

Important Things At the Begin

Building open every day from 08:00 20:00, also on
weekends
Entrance code: CHECK
Lectures start at 09:00 and end at 16:00 / 17:00 with
one hour lunch break. Smaller breaks between.
Computer access
User: CHECK
PW: CHECK

Contact
Michael Prohaska: +43 (0)3842 4023033
Patrizia Haberl: +43 (0) 3842 4023051

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Emergency Numbers

University emergency: +43 (0)664 88303303

Fire: 122
Police: 133
Ambulance: 144
Doctors emergency: 141
Hospital: +43 (0) 3842 401-0

LocaNons

Chair of
Geophysics

Mensa

University Main
Building

Impulszentrum
Rohstoffe, IZR

Chair of Reservoir
Engineering
Chair of Drilling and
Completion
Engineering

Chair of Petroleum
Production &
Geothermal Energy
Recovery

Chair of Petroleum
Geology
Chair of Mineralogy

Chair for Drilling Engineering - University Leoben

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Course Structure
August

Petroleum
Engineering
Design
Part A
Contents:
Basic PE CalculaNons,
Excel
Drilling Engineering
Integrated PE project

Contents:
ProducNon Engineering
Reservoir Engineering

Petroleum
Engineering
Design
Part B

Petroleum
Geology

Petrophysics

Mineralogy

September

PE Summer Course 2015

August
SU

MO

TU

WE

September
TH

FR

SU

SA

MO

TU

31

WE
2

TH

FR

SA

10

11

12

18

19

Mineralogy, Oskar Thalhammer

Intro

10

Basic PE CalculaNons, Excel, James Graig

11

12

13

14

15

13

14

Drilling Engineering, Michael Prohaska

16

17

18

19

20

24

25

26

27

15

16

17

Reservoir Eng., Shahin Kord, Siroos Azizmohammadi

21

22

20

21

Integrated PE Project, Mathias Mitschanek

23

Petrophysics, Reinhard Sachsenhofer

22

23

24

25

26

Petroleum Geology, Reinhard Sachsenhofer

28

29

27

28

29

30

ProducNon Engineering, Clemens Langbauer

30

31

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Basic PE CalculaNons, Excel

Petroleum
Engineering
Design
Part A

During 4 days students will be guided through simple

calculaNon examples in the eld of drilling, producNon and
reservoir engineering.
They will develop an understanding for the oileld unit
system and will use Excel for calculaNons and graphical
presentaNon of results.
Gained knowledge will be evaluated by solving two simple
examples using Excel in the following week; date to be
dened.

Drilling Engineering

Petroleum
Engineering
Design
Part A

During 5 days this comprehensive course will discuss basic

drilling engineering design principles for simple verNcal wells.
Among the topics are trajectory design, casing sekng depth
esNmaNon, BHA design, basic casing design and simple
hydraulics design.
Lectures are given in the morning sessions while the
alernoons are used to work on pracNcal design calculaNons.
The course will be graded by a wrimen open/closed book
exam in the following week; date to be dened.

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Integrated PE Project

Petroleum
Engineering
Design
Part A

During 4 days it will be demonstrated how geoscience, simple

reservoir understanding, well planning and understanding of
simple producNon and logisNc strategies would form the basis
for economical decisions in shale gas eld development.
Lowest environmental impact is assumed.
Lectures are given in the morning sessions while the
alernoons are used to work on pracNcal eld problems.
The course will be graded based on an evaluaNon of a wrimen
technical report; to be delivered by mid of September.

ProducNon Engineering

Petroleum
Engineering
Design
Part B

During this 5 days course essenNal parts in the producNon of

oil and gas at the level of a bachelor degree are discussed.
TheoreNcal inputs are combined with hand calculaNons and
solware training.
Topics are wellhead and Christmas tree design, tubing design,
compleNon tool overview, uid properNes approximaNon, IPR
calculaNons, skin eect, verNcal lil performance, restricNons,
nodal analysis and well deliverability.
The course will be graded by a wrimen closed book exam in
the following week; date to be dened.

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Reservoir Engineering

Petroleum
Engineering
Design
Part B

During 5 days of course-work dierent theoreNcal aspects of

reservoir engineering will be reviewed in the mornings,
followed by a pracNcal part in the alernoons.
Students will a receive basic understanding of reservoir
engineering on Bachelor level.
Following topics will be discussed: Reservoir rock and uid
properNes, recovery drive mechanisms, reserve esNmaNon,
Material Balance Analysis (MBA), Decline Curve Analysis
(DCA), ow in porous media, well tesNng, reservoir modeling
and simulaNon, displacement eciency, EOR methods
The course will be graded by a wrimen open/closed book
exam in the following week; date to be dened.

Mineralogy

Mineralogy

IntroducNon to the origin of Earth and its development unNl today.

What role do minerals play in the Earths mantle and surface. Why are we
interested in mineralogy?
Specic mineral properNes, that all derive from the crystal lakce (dened
by a) type of chemical components, b)type of bonding, and c) symmetry).
Macroscopic idenNcaNon of mineral properNes.
Mineral systemaNcs (selected mineral groups of interest to PE students)
oxides, silicates, suldes, carbonates, halides, sulfates. A few selected
examples of each group are presented with parNcular focus on
appearance, properNes, occurrence and industrial applicaNon.
IntroducNon to sedimentary rocks clasNc rocks and carbonate rocks.
ParNcular focus is given to the origin of these rocks, their classicaNon,
their occurrence and importance for the PE industry.

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Petrophysics

Pertophysics

First, an introducNon to the physical properNes of rocks and

minerals will be given: density, natural radioacNvity, elasNc-,
un-elasNc and thermal properNes, electrical and di-electrical
behavior, porosity, permeability, specic internal surface.
The central topic of this course will be the correlaNon
between petro-physical properNes and petroleum reservoir
parameters. The discussion will focus on the detailed
descripNon of pore space and its properNes (porosity,
permeability, capillary pressure) and on its uid contents (oil,
gas brine saturaNon).
PracNcal experience will be gained in special lab experiments.
The course will be graded by a wrimen closed book exam;
date to be dened.

Petroleum Geology

Petrolem
Geology

IntroducNon into General Geology

Earth Structure, Plate Tectonics, Sedimentary Basins, DeformaNon,
Metamorphism, MagmaNsm, Sedimentology

Lab to General Geology

DocumentaNon and interpretaNon of tectonic data (geological
compass, strike and dip, Schmidt net, construcNon of cross-secNons,
interpretaNon of geological maps and cross-secNons).

1-day Geological Field Trip

The course will be graded by wrimen exams for the lecture
and the lab; date to be dened.

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Course ECTS

IntroducNon to Petroleum
Engineering Design (Part A)
IntroducNon to Petroleum
Engineering Design (Part B)
IntroducNon to Mineralogy

ECTS
8
6
3

IntroducNon to Petroleum Geology

IntroducNon to Petrophysics

3
24

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