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GATE Petroleum Engineering Syllabus
Subject Code: PE
Course Structure
Sections/Units | Topics |
---|---|
Section 1 | Linear Algebra |
Section 2 | Calculus |
Section 3 | Differential equations |
Section 4 | Complex variables |
Section 5 | Probability and Statistics |
Section 6 | Numerical Methods |
Section 7 | Petroleum Exploration |
Section 8 | Oil and Gas Well Drilling Technology |
Section 9 | Reservoir Engineering |
Section 10 | Petroleum Production Operations |
Section 11 | Offshore Drilling and Production Practices |
Section 12 | Petroleum Formation Evaluation |
Section 13 | Oil and Gas Well Testing |
Section 14 | Health Safety and Environment in Petroleum Industry |
Section 15 | Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques |
Section 16 | Latest trends in Petroleum Engineering |
Course Syllabus
Section 1: Linear Algebra
- Matrix algebra
- Systems of linear equations
- Eigen values and eigenvectors
Section 2: Calculus
- Functions of single variable
- Limit
- Continuity and differentiability
- Taylor series
- Mean value theorems
- Evaluation of definite and improper integrals
- Partial derivatives
- Total derivative
- Maxima and minima
- Gradient
- Divergence and Curl
- Vector identities
- Directional derivatives
- Line, Surface and Volume integrals
- Stokes, Gauss and Green’s theorems
Section 3: Differential Equations
- First order equations (linear and nonlinear)
- Higher order linear differential equations with constant coefficients
- Cauchy’s and Euler’s equations
- Initial and boundary value problems
- Laplace transforms
- Solutions of one dimensional heat and wave equations and Laplace equation
Section 4: Complex variables
- Complex number
- Polar form of complex number
- Triangle inequality
Section 5: Probability and Statistics
- Definitions of probability and sampling theorems
- Conditional probability
- Mean, median, mode and standard deviation
- Random variables
- Poisson
- Normal and Binomial distributions
- Linear regression analysis
Section 6: Numerical Methods
Numerical solutions of linear and non-linear algebraic equations
Integration by trapezoidal and Simpson’s rule
Single and multi-step methods for numerical solution of differential equations
Section 7: Petroleum Exploration
Classification and description of some common rocks with special reference to clastic and nonclastic reservoir rocks
Origin, migration and accumulation of Petroleum. Petroleum exploration methods
Section 8: Oil and Gas Well Drilling Technology
- Well planning
- Drilling method
- Drilling rigs Rig operating systems
- Drilling fluids function and properties
- Drilling fluid maintenance equipment
- Oil & gas well cementing operations
- Drill bit types and their applications
- Drill string & Casing string function, operations, selection & design
- Drilling problems, their control & remedies
- Directional drilling tools
- Directional survey
- Application of horizontal, multilateral, extended reach, slim wells
Section 9: Oil and Gas Well Drilling Technology
- Well planning
- Drilling method
- Drilling rigs Rig
- operating systems
- Drilling fluids function and properties
- Drilling fluid maintenance equipment
- Oil & gas well cementing operations
- Drill bit types and their applications
- Drill string & Casing string function, operations, selection & design
- Drilling problems, their control & remedies
- Directional drilling tools
- Directional survey
- Application of horizontal, multilateral, extended reach, slim wells
Section 10: Petroleum Production Operations
Well equipment
Well completion techniques
Well production problems and mitigation
Well servicing & Workover operations
Workover & completion fluids
Formation damage
Well stimulation techniques
Artificial lift techniques
Field processing of oil & gas
Storage and transportation of petroleum and petroleum products
Metering and measurements oil & gas
Production system analysis & optimization
Production testing
Multiphase flow in tubing and flow-lines
Nodal system analysis
Pressure vessels, storage tanks, shell and tube heat exchangers, pumps and compressors, LNG value chain
Section 11: Offshore Drilling and Production Practices
Offshore oil and gas operations & ocean environment
Offshore fixed platforms, Offshore mobile units, Station keeping methods like mooring & dynamic positioning system
Offshore drilling from fixed platform, jack-up, ships and semi submersibles
Use of conductors and risers
Offshore well completion
Deep water applications of subsea technology
Offshore production −
Oil processing platforms
Water injection platforms
Storage
SPM and SBM transportation
Utilities
Deep water drilling rig
Deep water production system
Emerging deep water technologies
Section 12: Petroleum Formation Evaluation
Evaluation of petrophysical of sub-surface formations −
Principles applications
Advantages and disadvantages of SP
Resistivity
Radioactive
Acoustic logs
Types of tools used
Evaluation of CBL/VDL, USIT, SFT, RFT
Production logging tools, principles, limitations and applications
Special type of logging tools
Casing inspection tools (principles, applications and limitations), Formations micro scanner (FMS), NMR logging principles
Standard log interpretation methods
Cross-plotting methods
Section 13: Oil and Gas Well Testing
- Diffusivity equation, derivation & solutions
- Radius of investigation
- Principle of superposition
- Horner’s approximation
- Drill Stem Testing
- Pressure Transient Tests: Drawdown and build up-test analysis
- Wellbore effects
- Multilayer reservoirs
- Injection well testing
- Multiple well testing
- Interference testing, Pulse testing, well-test analysis by use of type curves
- Gas well testing
Section 14: Health Safety and Environment in Petroleum Industry
Health hazards in Petroleum Industry −
Toxicity
Physiological
Asphyxiation
Respiratory and skin effect of petroleum hydrocarbons
Sour gases
Safety System −
Manual & automatic shutdown system
Blow down systems
Gas detection system
Fire detection and suppression systems
Personal protection system & measures
HSE Policies
Disaster & crisis management in Petroleum Industry
Environment −
Environment concepts
Impact on eco-system
Air, water and soil
The impact of drilling & production operations on environment, Environmental transport of petroleum wastes
Offshore environmental studies
Offshore oil spill and oil spill control
Waste treatment methods
Section 15: Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
Basic principles and mechanism of EOR −
Screening of EOR process
Concept of pattern flooding, recovery efficiency, permeability heterogeneity
Macroscopic and microscopic displacement efficiency
EOR methods −
Chemical flooding
Miscible flooding
Thermal recoveries (steam stimulation, hot water & steam flooding, insitu combustion)
Microbial EOR
Section 16: Latest trends in Petroleum Engineering
- Coal bed methane
- Shale gas
- Oil shale
- Gas hydrate
- Heavy oil
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