• Two and three phase separators, emulsion treatment theory and practice, Emulsifiers & demulsifiers, coalescence, coalescing media, electrostatic coalescers. Natural gas dehydration, glycol process: effect of variables, natural gas sweetening: effect of variables. Evaporative emissions, storage tanks, strategic storage.
• Mechanism of heat transfer, process heat duty, sensible heat of natural gas, water, heat transfer from a fire-tube, heat exchangers- types, sizing, number of tubes.
• Pressur
Introduction to composition of fluid, physical/thermal/thermo-mechanicalproperties of mud, waterbase drilling fluid, oil fluid, effects of air, gas, and mist drilling.Introduction to clay mineralogy , colloidal chemistry, clay's reaction with water, rheology, filtration properties, hole stability, common drilling problems, and completion fluids.Common drilling fluid tests, contamination problems, and resolutions; fluid system equipments, lost circulation, and types of drilling fluids.Different t
Introduction to safety, health and environmental management – Basic terms and their definitions – Importance of safety – safety assurance and assessment – safety in design and operation – organizing for safetyHazard classification and assessment – hazard evaluation and hazard control.Environmental issues and Management – atmospheric pollution – flaring and fugitive release – water pollution – drilling waste, produced water, oil spills, cooling water, processed water – soil waste – rock cutting,
- Teacher: sasraj Sannasiraj S A
Rock mass classification; Physico-mechanical properties of rocks; laboratory and field tests; Failure criteria for rock and rock masses; initial stresses in rocks and their measurement; Mechanics of Hydraulic fracturing; planes of weakness in rocks; rock fractures and fractured rock masses; the use of stereographic projection; and application of Geo-mechanical properties in blasting of rocks.Introduction to drilling technology and methods, types of drilling operations-exploration, appraisal, pro
- Teacher: samad Abdus Samad
- Teacher: rajivatri Rajiv Sharma
Principles, data acquisition, data processing, interpreting approach, and applications of magnetic, gravity, seismic, and electrical surveys.Magnetic properties of rocks, magnetic field survey methods, data processing, qualitative and quantitative interpretation of magnetic anomalies; concepts on the earth’s gravity and its relation to geological features, gravity field surveying techniques, data processing/education, Bouguer gravity and geology; application of magnetic and gravity survey projec
- Teacher: rajeshnair Rajesh R Nair
- Teacher: pshanmugam Shanmugam P
The objectives of the course on “Reservoir engineering” are i) to impart knowledge of the fundamentals of fluid flow and transport of water and oil to enable characterization of petroleum reservoirs in complex subsurface formations; ii) to estimate the petroleum reserves and iii) to give an exposure to enhanced recovery techniques for petroleum extraction using modeling techniques.
- Teacher: gskumar Suresh Kumar G
- Teacher: gskumar Suresh Kumar G