Course

Wettability processes (PET904)

An introduction to capillary pressure, hysteresis, and wettability for reservoir evaluation and network models.


Dette er emnebeskrivelsen for studieåret 2020-2021. Merk at det kan komme endringer.

See course description and exam/assesment information for this semester (2024-2025)

Semesters

Fakta

Emnekode

PET904

Vekting (stp)

10

Semester undervisningsstart

Autumn

Undervisningsspråk

English

Antall semestre

1

Vurderingssemester

Autumn

Content

Capillary pressure, wettability and hysteresis in a porous medium; Young-Laplace equation, Kelvin equation, colloid and surface chemistry, stability of thin films, quantification of wettability, correlations, scaling groups for imbibition, Barenblatt model.

Learning outcome

The course should give students deeper insights and knowledge related to some of these scientific themes:

  • The effect of wettability on natural science processes.
  • Chemical components and physical properties affecting wetting.
  • Description of wetting
    • Surface wettability and hysteresis
    • Capillary forces in porous medium
    • Modelling of wettability processes

The course contains themes on an advanced level leading the candidate to the research front in his/her selected themes.

Forkunnskapskrav

Valid admission to a PhD program at the Department of Petroleum Engineering.

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid Exam system Withdrawal deadline Exam date
Oral exam 1/1 Passed / Not Passed


Oral presentation of a given topic, then questioning.

Vilkår for å gå opp til eksamen/vurdering

Presentation of given topic

Fagperson(er)

Course coordinator:

Skule Strand

Head of Department:

Alejandro Escalona Varela

Head of Department:

Alejandro Escalona Varela

Method of work

Guided self-tuition, colloquia, presentations of papers.

Åpent for

Single Course Admission to PhD-courses Technology and Natural Science - PhD programme
Exchange programme at Faculty of Science and Technology

Emneevaluering

Form and/or discussion
The course description is retrieved from FS (Felles studentsystem). Version 1