The Department of Petroleum & Gas Engineering has well equipped laboratories required for conducting the laboratory work prescribed for individual courses and for conducting research. The department has following laboratories.
Software/ Application | Scope/ Usage (adapted from respective vendor's website(s)/ documentation) | Courtesy / Under License From |
PIPESIM, OilField Manager (OFM), ECLIPSE, PETREL | Multiphase - wellbore and surface network - fluid flow simulations, PVT modelling, Surface facilities design/ sizing Reservoir & wellbore analysis, surveillance and forecasting Black oil, compositional and thermal reservoir simulation Integrated reservoir simulation workflows | Schlumberger |
KAPPA Workstation (Saphir, Topaze, Rubis, Emeraude, Citrine, Azurite) | An integrated, dynamic data analysis package covering the day-to-day petroleum engineering tasks of: Pressure Transient Analysis Rate Transient Analysis for single- and multi-, vertical and non-vertical wells Field-wide numerical modeling and simulation, history-matching, reserve estimation and production forecasting Comprehensive production log analysis for cased wellbores Visulaization, analysis and interpretation of unconventional formations using decline curve techniques Analytical pressure transient analysis, fluid gradient determination and delineation of fluid contacts | KAPPA Engineering |
Integrated Production Modelling (IPM) Suite (PROSPER, GAP, PVTP, MBAL, REVEAL, RESOLVE) | Nodal Analysis (Inflow/ outflow modelling and performance evaluation), Design of well completions including artificial lift systems Design and optimization of well and surface production networks for conventional and unconventional scenarios Comprehensive fluid characterization from hydrocarbons to Carbon dioxide, Flash calculations and Investigation of hydrate formation possibilities Reservoir engineering studies including material balance calculations, history-matching and production forecasting along with aquifer, 1D and 2D modelling capabilities for both production and injection scenarios for conventional and unconventional reservoirs Solution for advanced/ specialized reservoir modelling and simulation needs employing a fully thermal FD, 3-D simulation workflow, enabling the devising of solutions to common borehole problems like sand production and wax deposition Economic analysis such as NPV, IRR etc. to justify field development and operational decisions, Global, multi-tiered optimization scheme for Mixed-integer, Non-convex, Non-linear optimization problems, Integration of subsurface and surface models and Probabilistic studies | PE Limited (Educational Licence donation equivalent of £2,662,347.63) |
Interactive Petrophysics | Formation evaluation studies stemming from core and well log data Lithology identification through mineralogical manipulations Monte-Carlo simulations Rock typing Estimation and extrapolation of petrophysical properties | Lloyd's Register |
Sendra | Unsteady- and steady-state Special Core Analysis Laboratory (SCAL) experimentation covering drainage and imbibition studies featuring oil-water, gas-oil or gas-water systems History-matching of lab results and estimation of relative permeability, capillary pressure and resistivity index as functions of fluid saturation | Prores |
Engineer's Desktop (COMPASS, StressCheck, CasingSeat, CasingWear, WELLCAT, Well Cost, WELLPLAN, OpenWells) | Directional well design and construction Evaluation of casing wear limits and economical casing design; Pore pressure-based casing size and shoe setting depth calculations Identification of locations and estimation of the extent of casing damage stemming from drilling operations Specialized casing load and stress analysis for HPHT offshore or heavy oil wells Well life-cycle cost and planning optimization Predicting drilling problems (stuck pipe, BHA failures etc.) for economical well construction Seamless field operations reporting and shared accessibility | Halliburton Worldwide GmbH (Part of Halliburton's University Grant Program for UET, Lahore with an overall value of $22,488,660.00) |
Nexus, NETool | Reservoir modelling and simulation for a range of reservoir types and scenarios Capable of modelling Smart Wells and coupling subsurface and surface production systems Specialized, well-specific, near-wellbore modelling and simulation for improving completion design on a well-by-well basis | Halliburton Worldwide GmbH (Part of Halliburton's University Grant Program for UET, Lahore with an overall value of $22,488,660.00) |
FracPro, StimPro | Designing, optimization as well as pre- and post-stimulation evaluation of hydraulic fracturing treatments | CARBO Ceramics Inc. |