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Fluid Mechanics in Petroleum Engineering

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 541-3010/02
Abbreviation MKRI
Course title Fluid Mechanics in Petroleum Engineering
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Michal Matloch Porzer, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction
2. Fluids in petroleum engineering
3. Flow through porous media
4. Multiphase flow
5. Miscible flow
6. Drilling mud
7. Cementation
8. PVT
9. Pipe flow
10. Well stability
11. Cuttings transport
12. Gas flow
13. Fluid related hazards and risks

Literature

CAENN, R., DARLEY, H.C.H. and GRAY, G.R. Composition and Properties of Drilling and Completion Fluids. Elsevier, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/C2015-0-04159-4. ISBN 9780128047514 .
LAKE, Larry W. a John R. FANCHI. Petroleum engineering handbook. Richardson, TX: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2007. ISBN 978-1-55563-126-0 .
NELSON, E.B. Well Cementing. Elsevier Science. 1990. ISBN 9780080868868 .
RACHINSKI,M.Z. and KERIMOV, V.Y. Fluid Dynamics of Oil and Gas Reservoirs. Wiley-Scrivener. 2015. ISBN 978-1118998267 .

Advised literature

MITCHELL, Robert F., Stefan MISKA a Bernt Sigve AADNØY. Fundamentals of drilling engineering. Richardson, TX: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2011. SPE textbook series, v. 12. ISBN 978-1-55563-207-6 .
MCCAIN, William D. The properties of petroleum fluids. 2nd ed. Tulsa, Okla.: PennWell Books, c1990. ISBN 978-0878143351 .
FINK, Johannes Karl. Petroleum engineer's guide to oil field chemicals and fluids. Second Edition. Amsterdam: Elsevier, [2015]. ISBN 9780128037348 .
Lavrov A. a Torsæter M. Physics and Mechanics of Primary Well Cementing. Springer International Publishing. 2016. ISBN 978-3-319-43165-9 .