Introduction to Petroleum Engineering

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Free Online Course: Introduction to Petroleum Engineering provided by iversity is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 7 weeks long, 3-4 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Introduction to Petroleum Engineering is taught by Konstantin Maksyutin, Vitaly Merkulov and Liubov Vorobyeva.

Overview
  • In this course, you will learn such concepts as oil and gas production, reservoir energy and forces, petroleum deposit drainage, development systems, well operation techniques and much more. Each participant in the course will develop an understanding of field life cycle and interdisciplinary approach to petroleum field development and operation.

    Throughout the course, we will address the following topical areas:

    • History of oil and gas application, international petroleum reserves
    • Fundamentals of Petroleum Geology: rock cycle; oil, gas and water deposits; oil and gas composition; oil generation; prospecting for oil and gas fields
    • Major exploration techniques, seismic methods, well testing; basics of reservoir engineering and modelling
    • Basics of well drilling and production

Syllabus
  • Week 1: Introduction: Petroleum in Our Life

    Week 2: Petroleum Geology

    Week 3: Exploration Geophysics. Well Logging. Well Testing

    Week 4: Reservoir Engineering

    Week 5: Drilling

    Week 6: Production Technology

    Week 7: Enhanced Recovery Techniques