DESCRIPTION OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES PETE 110 Introduction to Petroleum Engineering (2-0)2 A course designed to acquaint the students with the basic concepts of petroleum industries. Historical background, sources, world supply and demand, chemical and physical properties of petroleum. Introduction to petroleum exploration, reservoir types and engineering concepts, production methods, refining and transportation of natural hydrocarbons. PETE 211 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics (3-2)4 Definitions and fluid properties. Fluid statics. Fluid-flow phenomena. The Bernoulli equation. Laminar and turbulent pipe flows. Transportation and metering of fluids. PETE 216 Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties (3-2)4 Fundamental properties of fluid-permeated rocks; porosity, permeability, saturation and electrical properties; properties of porous media with multiple fluid saturations; wettability, capillarity and relative permeability. PVT relationships of hydrocarbon gas and liquid systems. Reservoir fluid characteristics of hydrocarbons and formation waters. PETE 300 Summer Practice I (Non-credit) A minimum of four weeks (20 working days) of Summer Practice is obligatory to fulfill the requirements for the B.Sc. degree. The first practice is preferred to be in drilling operations after the second year. The training is based on the content of the summer practice manual. PETE 310 Petroleum Legislation (3-0)3 Historical development of petroleum legislation. General principles in petroleum law. Rules and regulations in the Middle Eastern countries. PETE 321 Drilling Engineering I (3-2)4 Drilling machinery: hole and equipment. Drilling fluids and hydraulics. Cementing and hydraulics. Drill off tests (bit performances). Pressure control. PETE 322 Drilling Engineering II (3-0)3 Directional drilling (Tangential, ROC and Minimum Curvature Methods). Drill string design (neutral point of tension and compression, neutral point of bending, Lubinski's stresses, margin of over pull). Casing design (biaxial, triaxial). Casing setting (buckling and well head loads). Prerequisite: PETE 321 or consent of the department. PETE 331 Petroleum Production Engineering (3-0)3 Drill stem testing, well completion methods, completion fluids and sand control. Perforating, well head equipment and flow control devices, production packers, oil and gas separators. Flowing well performance, sucker rod pumping, submersible electrical centrifugal pumping, well stimulation techniques; acidizing, hydraulic fracturing. PETE 342 Petroleum Reservoir Engineering I (3-0)3 Estimation of hydrocarbon pore volume and recovery factor. Classification of oil reservoirs. Reservoir performance prediction for solution gas drive, water drive, gas-cap drive, drainage and combination drive reservoirs using material balance approach. Water influx theory. Water and gas coning in oil producing formations. Characterization of fractured reservoirs. Decline Curve Analysis. Prerequisite: PETE 216 or consent of the department. PETE 352 Well Logging (3-0)3 Principles and operation of gamma ray, self potential, caliper, resistivity (micro and focused), density neutron, sonic, cement bond and variable density, dipmeter and production well logging tools. Interpretation of well log and their crossplotting techniques. Determination of formation properties such as porosity, hydrocarbon saturation, lithology, zone thickness, shaliness, etc. Guidelines to select proper logs in given field conditions. PETE 400 Summer Practice II (Non-credit) A minimum of four weeks (20 working days) of summer practice is obligatory to fulfill the requirements for the B.Sc. degree. The second practice is for production and/or reservoir engineering after the third year of undergraduate education. The training is based on the content of the summer practice manual. PETE 411 Petroleum Property Valuation (3-0)3 Estimation of reserves. Optimization of production rate. Maximizing the oil recovery within economic limits. Investment required for exploration and development of oil gas fields. Investment required for improved recovery processes. Operating cost. Taxes, prices and depreciation. Profit analysis. PETE 416 Petroleum Engineering Design (2-2)3 Development and use of design methodology, formulation of design problem statements and specifications, consideration of alternate solutions, feasibility considerations. Development of student creativity by using open ended problems. Project engineering and management of engineering projects. Case studies in Petroleum Engineering. A term project is assigned to each student in which proper engineering design approach is the prime requirement. PETE 441 Petroleum Reservoir Engineering II (3-0)3 Steady and unsteady state single phase flow equations through porous media, steady and unsteady superposition. Multiphase flow through porous media. Reservoir characterization in homogeneous and heterogeneous reservoirs by pressure and tracer testing. Prerequisite: PETE 342 or consent of the department. PETE 461 Natural Gas Engineering (3-0)3 Properties of natural gases, hydrate formation. Estimation of gas reserves. Gas well testing. Estimation of gas deliverability. Gas flow measurement. Natural gas deliverability. Natural gas transmission, design of gathering systems. Field treating and processing of natural gas. Compressor horsepower requirement. PETE 490 Petroleum Engineering Research (1-2)2 Fundamentals of problem solving and decision making. Research experience, report writing and presentation techniques through a team project. Prerequisite: Consent of the department.