Production Engineering is not only a compulsory course of Petroleum Engineering but also one of the core curriculums for Oil and Gas Field Development. Starting from production engineering system, this class bases on the dynamic flow behavior of production system including inflow performance relationships, wellbore flow performance relationships and the method of nodal analysis; explains artificial lift technologies, like pump-assisted lift and gas lift; introduces oil well stimulation methods, like water injection, hydraulic fracturing treatment and acidizing. Students are taught the production engineering knowledge in three aspects: basic theory, main technique process and common equipment principles. Assessment mechanism: course videos and weekly assignments. Course evaluation is composed of two parts: assignments and final exam. Total scores=final exam×50%＋assignments×50%. Students with total score not lower than 60 could be awarded certificates, and with total score not lower than 85 could be awarded excellent certificates.
1.1 Main Tasks of Production Engineering
1.2 Flow in Production System
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Chapter 2 Inflow Performance Relationship
2.1 IPR Curve and Well Productivity
2.2 Vogel's IPR and Applications
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Chapter 3 Wellbore Flow Performance
3.1 Two-Phase Flow in Wellbore
3.2 Two-Phase Vertical Flow Pressure Gradient Models
3.3 Vertical Lift Performance
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Chapter 4 Nodal System Analysis
4.1 Nodal Analysis Approach
4.2 Flow through Chokes
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Chapter 5 Gas Lift
5.1 Principles of Gas Lift
5.2 Gas Lift Valves and Gas Lift Completions
5.3 Gas Lift Design
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Chapter 6 Sucker Rod Pumping(I)
6.1 Introduction of Surface and Downhole Equipment
6.2 Operating Principle of Sucker Rod Pumps
6.3 Pumping Unit Kinematics
6.4 Polished Rod Load
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Chapter 6 Sucker Rod Pumping(II)
6.5 Calculation of Counterbalancing, Torque and Power
6.6 Volumetric Efficiency of Pump
6.7 Design of Pumping System
6.8 Analysis of Sucker Rod Pumping Well Conditions
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Chapter 7 Water Injection
7.1 Water Injection System
7.2 Injectivity Analysis
7.3 Injection Tubing String
7.4 Analysis and Application of Injectivity Index Curves
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Chapter 8 Hydraulic Fracturing(I)
8.0 Introduction
8.1 The Fracturing of Reservoir Rock
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Chapter 8 Hydraulic Fracturing(II)
8.2 Fracturing Fluids
8.3 Proppants
8.4 Hydraulic Fracturing Design
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Chapter 9 Acidizing
9.0 Introduction
9.1 Carbonate Acidizing
9.2 Sandstone Acidizing
9.3 Acidizing Treatment Technologies
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Final Exam
