Petroleum Engineering

Belonging to the first-class discipline of oil and natural gas engineering, Petroleum

Engineering aims to foster professional talents for the petroleum industry. This major

has two directions, Well Drilling Engineering and Oil and Gas Field Development

Engineering. To be specific, well drilling engineering is a process to understand the

stratum deposition situation, to judge the storage information of oil and gas, to

construct the oil and gas exploit channel by drilling the stratum into a circular hole

with petroleum machinery and technology. The process includes oil and gas drilling

and completion engineering, oil and gas well measure and test engineering, oil and

gas protection and repair engineering.

Oil and gas field development engineering is to set up reasonable development

projects and practice exploitation and production on oil and gas fields from the

perspective of the real circumstance and productive regulations of oil and gas fields,

in order to achieve long-term production with the expected productive capability and

generate remarkable profits. This direction includes oil and gas reservoir engineering,

oil and gas production engineering, oil and gas reservoir protection and oil recovery

enhancement, etc.

Being the major discipline of CUP, Petroleum Engineering started recruiting

undergraduate student form 1990, and became one of the first colleges and

universities characteristic specialized construction points of the Ministry of Education.

All the facts indicates that the discipline of petroleum engineering in our college has

achieved the leading level within the country. Besides the normal teaching pattern,

this discipline has also set up various programs like Innovation Class, Brilliant Class,

Order Class, Double Degree Class, to diversify the talent training patterns.

Objectives
To train innovative, practical and internationalized professionals with broad basic

theoretical knowledge, solid practical capability, active innovation spirits, international

perspective and outstanding personal qualities, to meet the needs of the socialistic

construction and scientific development, to practice engineering design, production

construction, site management and international cooperation.

Core Courses

Title Hours Credit

Mechanical Drawing 40 2.5

Theoretical Mechanics 32 2

Mechanics of Materials 48 3

Petrophysics 48 3

Fluid Mechanics 64 4

Fluid Mechanics in Porous Medium 56 3.5

Well Drilling Engineering 48 3

Well Completion Engineering 48 3

Oil Reservoir Engineering 48 3

Production Engineering 48 3

Course Description

Mechanical Drawing

Introduce and familiarize students with orthographic projection representation method

of point, line, surface, stereo; projection representation method of stereo and plane

intersection, stereo and stereo intersection; the basic cartographic knowledge and

related cartographic standards; combination body cartographic and dimensioning;

projection representation method of machinery parts; cartographic method of

standard Parts (thread, button, pin) and the common parts (gear); Parts drawings

expression, dimensioning, the technical requirements on part drawings; the basic

assembly drawing.

Theoretical Mechanics

Theoretical mechanics consists of statics, kinematics, and dynamics. From learning

it, students should comprehend basic conceptions, theories and methods, be able to

analyze the forces of simple bodies (particle, a system of particles, rigid body, a

system of rigid bodies), be able to analyze the motions and establish the equations of

equilibrium and the equations of motion, be able to solve simple equations. We

should cultivate the students the abilities to dig out questions from mechanics

phenomena and practical engineering and to solve problems with knowledges that

they have learned both by qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis.

Mechanics of Materials

Mechanics of materials are the basic skills which connect the basic theories and

practical designing. By learning mechanics of materials, we can get the students

have a clear conception of strength problems, basic knowledge, skillful numerical

methods including computer–aid calculations and basic ability to analyze the

experiments in practical engineering.

Petrophysics

This is a compulsory course for petroleum engineering program. It mainly introduces

the properties of the rock(porosity, permeability, condensation, surface area to

volume ratio, saturation), reservoir fluid(the chemical properties of the hydrocarbon

fluid, the phase state of the reservoir and its variation, the phase equilibrium, the

separation of the oil-gas, the high pressure properties, the type of the formation water

and its high pressure properties, gas hydrate) and study the fluid mechanism in

porous medium(interface phenomena, wettability, capillary force, relative

permeability).
Fluid Mechanics

Engineering Fluid Mechanics is an important core course for the students majored in

Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation. This course is intended to provide a basic

introduction to the principles of fluid mechanics and its engineering application. This

course can lay a good foundation for the study of specialty courses in subsequent

years. The course mainly includes Fluid statics, Fluid kinematics, Fluid dynamics,

Dimensional analysis and similitude, Viscous fluid flow, Flow in pressure conduits

and discharge of orifice and nipple, Plane flow of ideal incompressible fluid,

Aerodynamics and Non-Newtonian fluid. By the end of this course it is to be expected

that the students will have acquired an understanding of the concepts and principles

and have following basic skills: (1) Evaluate the magnitude and direction of

hydrostatic forces on planar and simple curved surfaces; (2) Properly use Bernoulli

equation, Continuity Equation and momentum equation to determine flow speeds or

pressures; (3) Employ Buckingham Pi theorem to determine the dimensionless

groups; (4) Evaluate head loss of pipe flow and analyze pipes in series and pipes in

parallel；(5) Analyze one-dimensional simple compressible flow；(6) Use specially

designed laboratory apparatuses to investigate simple flow phenomenon and write

experimental reports independently. A sum of 80 teaching hours is allotted to the

course, in which 70 hours are for lectures and the rest 10 hours are for laboratory

experiments. Mid-semester Test (2 hours) and End of Semester Examination (2

hours) are to be taken for the assessment.

Fluid Mechanics in Porous Medium

This is a major technique basic course for petroleum engineering program and its

related specialized undergraduate students, and a basic science about the

subsurface flow of oil gas and water as higher mathematics, reservoir physics

and hydromechanics a foundation. Through studying this course, make student

master the basic principle and the fundamental research methods about fluid
mechanics in porous medium, lay a foundation for the further study of follow-up

course.

Drilling Engineering

Drilling is to dig a hole according to the requirement and form a long term stable

passageway for geo-fluid (petroleum, gas, water) flowing from to above ground. The

formation information and data are captured while drilling, so drilling is the main and

important way to explore and develop the subsurface hydrocarbon resources.

This course refer to the basic theory, knowledge, designation, and process of

modern drilling, the main content includes the following: the basic mechanism

character of rock, the concept, evaluation and method for definition all kinds of

formation pressure, hole structure designation, the working mechanism , designation

and method of application of bit, drilling string and mud motor , drilling parameter

optimization selection, hydraulic power parameter optimization, the designation

method and control principle of well track., oil and gas well pressure control and

under balance drilling, special drilling tech, drilling tech and installation of marine

drilling, the complex condition of bottom hole, the transaction method of down hole

accident.

Well Completion Engineering

Fluid mechanics is the major basic course of petroleum engineering, Well completion

engineering is between the drilling and production and comparatively independence

systematic engineering including drilling reservoir , cementing, perforation, running

tube, cleaning-up, the task of this course is to make students to grasp the basic

principle and relevant basic concept, basic calculation method and optimize

designation through variable steps such as instruction, experiment and designation.

The main content includes the following: the choice of completion, the designation of

oil tube and production casing, the completion fluid and perforating fluid, the reservoir

protection tech while well completion, perforation completion, sanding mechanism

into production and completion string, the practice of well completion designation.

Reservoir Engineering

This is a required course as a synthetically course for petroleum engineering

program. It applied synthetically different outcomes and data about geophysics,

reservoir geology, petro physics, fluid mechanics in porous medium and production

engineering. The objective is to instruct design and evaluation of reservoir operation

project, and analysis and forecast performance behavior of development in future by

applying valid exploitation mechanism, displacement theory and engineering

methods. Commensurable technical measures will proposed according to forecasting

result so as to obtain maximal economic recovery.

Production Engineering

This is a main compulsory course for petroleum engineering program.The regular

styles of oil exploitation , the treatments of stimulation and augmented injection in the

field should be understanded by students,and knowing how to design and choose.

Graduation & Degree Requirements

Requirement of fostering time: 4 years. 3-6 years of schooling time.

Degree Awarded: BE(Bachelor of Engineering)

Requirement of credit:

Minimum credits:175

Compulsory credits:96.5

Elective courses minimum credits: 46.5

Practice credits: 32

CET-4 certificate is a must to get the degree.

Career Prospects
Due to the solid professional knowledge and constructive quality, the graduates have

successfully maintained a high employment rate of 95%. Moreover, 85% of the

graduates go to main state-owned corporations like CNPC, SINOPEC, CNOOC,

SINOCHEM, as well as famous foreign corporations to practice engineering design,

construction and management, research and scientific and technological

development in well drilling and completion, oil production engineering, oil reservoir

engineering, reservoir assessment, etc.

Another part of the outstanding students go on with further study in graduate schools

at home or abroad.