2021-2022 Catalog and Student Handbook

PETR 406 Natural Gas Engineering

Flow of natural gas in pipelines; gas metering and regulation; compression of natural gas; dehydration, sweetening, and odorization of natural gas; gas well completion techniques; gas reservoir engineering; deliverability testing methods; production engineering methods using Nodal analysis; design considerations; economics; coalbed methane reservoirs; reservoir simulation. This course integrates lecture, laboratory and field experience.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Complete PETR 317 & PETR 342