Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | OIL AND GAS UPSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | ASOG400 | ||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
Recommended optional program components | Havard Devold, “Oil & Gas Production Handbook” | ||||||||
Course Contents | 1. Oil & Gas Offshore and Onshore Drilling - Drilling preparations - Oil & Gas Rings - Drilling methods (conventional and new) 2. Reservoir Engineering - Reservoir mapping - Reserves estimation - Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) - Water-flooding / gas injection to maximize hydrocarbon recovery - Cost effective reservoir depletion schemes 3. Oil & Gas extraction - Process Overview - Onshore Facilities - Offshore Facilities - Main Process Sections (Wellheads, Manifolds, Oil/Gas/Water Separation, Gas Compression) - Metering, Storage and Export 4. Oil & Gas Offshore Processing - Platform Oil Processing - Platform Gas Processing - Oil & Gas Offshore Pipelining | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The taught part of course is delivered to the students by means of lectures and video presentations, conducted with the help of computer. Lecture notes and presentations will be available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. Lectures will be supplemented by homework assignments and readings. | ||||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |