Course content

The course covers the theory and application of modelling and simulation of petroleum production processes. It focus on flow in production gathering systems and on field stabilization and conditioning of reservoir fluids. Commercial programs for production and process simulation will be used to analyse production processes.

Learning outcome

Ingress: The students should develop and/or improve capabilities to develop or utilize models and employ simulators for production analysis.

Knowledge: The students should understand the physical principles and the mathematical approach used in modeling and simulation of production systems. They should developed generic understanding of categories of models and simulators and, more specifically, models and simulators used in hydrocarbon production analysis. They should lean how to acquire, condition, and prepare input data, and how to organize simulation results. They also should developed understanding on migration of data between simulators.

Skills: The students will develop skills to utilize commercial production simulators, acquire and prepare the input data, and organize the output data. The Students will develop advanced skills in modeling relevant physical process, and other production related process. The students will develop advanced skills in the mathematical and numerical procedures employed in production simulators. The students will develop skill to develop reduced parameters simulators and develop “proxi models” to be employed in production optimization and in design-optimization.

General competence: Modelling and production technology.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, discussions, class exercises and projects.
The course will be held in English. To pass the course a score of at least 70 percent is required.

Compulsory assignments

• Exercises

Recommended previous knowledge

MSc degree in Petroleum Engineering or approval by lecturer.

Course materials

Compendiums made by the Professor. Selected articles and publications.

Credit reductions