Academic Catalog

PNGE436 RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION

Course Code: 3740436
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 5.0
Department: Petroleum And Natural Gas Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
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Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

The main objective of this course is to use basic statistical concepts and introduce modern petroleum reservoir characterization techniques used in petroleum and natural gas engineering. This course is offered as a technical elective course. The assessment of uncertainty and procedures for transferring that uncertainty into reservoir modeling and management are presented. During the course, examples from world and Turkish petroleum reservoirs are studied using the established techniques.