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University of Alberta Calendar 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CALENDAR]

PET E 373 - Fundamental Reservoir Engineering

★ 3.8 (fi 8) (either term, 3-0-3/2) Rock properties (porosity, permeability): definition, measurement and models. Rock-fluid interaction (wettability, relative permeability, interfacial tension, capillary pressure): definition, measurement and models. Single and multiphase flow through porous media Darcy equation and diffusivity equation: Derivation and solution for different coordinates and boundary conditions. Prerequisite: PET E 275. PET E 373 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained in PET E 473.