Subject Code & Name: PE25302 – Reservoir Engineering
Regulation: R-2025
Semester: III (Third Semester)
Branch: B. Tech. Petroleum Engineering (Petrol)
Credits / L-T-P: 3 Credits | L-T-P: 3-0-0
Course Objectives
- To impart knowledge in the basic concepts like PVT analysis for oil, Material balance applied to oil reservoir, Darcy’s law and applications, well inflow estimation for stabilized flow conditions.
Full Unit-wise Syllabus
Unit I – Basic Concepts in Reservoir Engineering
Calculation of hydrocarbon volumes- Fluid pressure regimes- Oil recovery and recovery factor-Volumetric gas reservoir engineering– Application of the real gas equation of state - Gas material balance and recovery factor- Hydrocarbon phase behavior.
Activities: Classify given reservoir samples into oil, gas, or water systems.
Unit II – PVT analysis for oil
Definition of the basic PVT parameters – Collection of fluid samples - Determination of the basic parameters in the laboratory and conversion for field operating conditions.
Activities: Referring Oil and Gas properties data book and evaluate PVT relationship
Unit III – Material Balance and Darcy’s Law and Applications
General equation - the material balance expressed as a linear equation, Reservoir drive mechanism, types of gas drives, Compaction drive under related pore compressibility phenomena, Darcy’s law and field potential- Sign convention- Units and units’ conversion- Real gas potential – Datum pressures- Radial steady state flow and well stimulation- Two phase flow- Effective and relative permeabilities.
Activities: Solve a basic steady-state flow problem and present the impact of reservoir geometry on flow.
Unit IV – Methods For Residual Oil and Well Inflow Equation
Recommended methods for assessing residual oil – Existing wells, new wells, Chemical Flooding, Gas injection, Thermal recovery – Well Testing, Well inflow equations for stabilized flow conditions. Constant terminal rate solution of the radial diffusivity equation and its application to oil well testing.
Activities: Apply the material balance equation to a sample oil reservoir dataset and predict performance.
Unit V – Fluid Flow Reservoirs
Fluid flow in reservoirs, Fluid movement in water flooded Reservoirs – Recovery efficiency – Areal or pattern. Sweep efficiency, - Vertical or invasion sweep efficiency, - Permeability variation – Cross flow – Estimates of volumetric sweep efficiency – Estimation of water flood recovery by material balance – prediction methods – Monitoring injectivity. Darcy Law and application.
Activities: Plot a decline curve (exponential/hyperbolic) from given production data and interpret reservoir behaviour.
Unit VI – Reservoir Management
Reservoir management process, reservoir management team, downhole monitoring and acquisition, management of continuous data stream, integration of data to subsurface model, immersive visualization systems, intelligent completions, rig less intervention, improved performance through field life. Benefits of reservoir management – case examples.
Activities: Case studies on reservoir management, 3D model for integration of subsurface data
Course Outcomes (COs)
- CO1: Understand the fundamental principles of reservoir engineering, hydrocarbon behavior, and PVT analysis.
- CO2: Apply Darcy's law and reservoir engineering principles to solve fluid flow and pressure distribution problems.
- CO3: Analyze well testing data and residual oil recovery methods to evaluate reservoir performance.
- CO4: Evaluate reservoir fluid flow behavior and engineering parameters for effective reservoir management and production optimization.
- CO5: Develop reservoir management strategies by integrating reservoir data, production performance, and recovery techniques.
Assessment Pattern (Quick Note)
- Weightage: Continuous Assessment 40% | End Semester Examinations 60%
- Internal methodology: Assignments (20%), Problem-solving using thermodynamic models and software tools (20%), Quiz / MCQs (20%), Internal Examinations (40%)
Source: Official Anna University – B. Tech. Petroleum Engineering R-2025 Curriculum
Last Updated: September 2026
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