PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING STUDENT OUTCOMES

The student outcomes for the Petroleum Engineering program are:

a. an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering

b. an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data
c. an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic
constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety,
manufacturability, and sustainability
d. an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams
e. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
f. an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility
g. an ability to communicate effectively
h. the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global,
economic, environmental, and societal context
i. a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning
j. an knowledge of contemporary issues
k. an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary
for
engineering practice.

Petroleum Engineering Program Educational Outcomes (PEOs)

The Petroleum Engineering program’s objectives (PEO’s) are broad statements that describe what our
graduates are expected to attain within three to five years of completing their degree to:

• PEO 1. obtain an industry, government, or academic position in petroleum engineering, or a

related field, or be pursuing a graduate education in petroleum engineering or in a related
field;
• PEO 2. demonstrate advancement in their chosen careers and exercising leadership in the area
of petroleum engineering;

• PEO 3. continue to develop personally and professionally, and serve others, through
continuing education, professional societies, educational institutions, community groups, and
other organizations; and,

• PEO 4. identify the ethical implications and social impacts of engineering decisions.
 SIUT Petroleum Engineering Curriculum
Freshmen Fall
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
CHEM1021 Principles of Chemistry I 4
WELL1001 Student Success & Wellness 1
DECS1001 4
Foundations: Design, Ethics, Communication, and Sustainability
MATH1011 Calculus I 4
CSCI1010 Introduction to Computer Science & Programming 3
TOTAL CREDITS 16

Freshmen Spring
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
CHEM1022 Principles Of Chemistry II 4
MATH1012 Calculus II 4
WELL1002 Student Success & Wellness II 1
PHYS1001 Physics I - Mechanics 4
DECS1002 Design I 3
TOTAL CREDITS 16

Sophomore Fall
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
CEEG2060 Molecular Microbial Ecology 3
GEOS1001 Physical Geology 4
MATH2025 Differential Equations 3
CEEG2041 Statics 3
PTEG2010 Introduction to Petroleum Engineering 3
TOTAL CREDITS 16

Sophomore Spring
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
DECS2001 Project and Stakeholder Engagement 3
PHYS2001 Physics II 4
MEEG2012 Mechanics of Materials 3
CEEG3010 Fluid Mechanics 3
PTEG3008 Reservoir Rock Properties 3
TOTAL CREDITS 16
Junior Fall
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
CHEG2010 Introduction to Thermodynamics 3
PTEG3011 Drilling and Completions I 3
GEOS3014 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy 3
PTEG4038 Petroleum Data Analytics 3
REEB2001 Principles of Economics 3
TOTAL CREDITS 15

Junior Spring
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
DECS3001 Sustainable Futures and Systems Thinking 3
PTEG3061 Drilling and Completions II 3
PTEG3012 Reservoir Fluid Properties 3
GEOS3009 Structural Geology and Techtonics 3
PTEG4019 Formation Evaluation 3
TOTAL CREDITS 15

Junior Summer
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
PTEG3100 Field Session: Petroleum Engineering 2
TOTAL CREDITS 2

Senior Fall
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
PTEG4023 Reservoir Engineering I 3
PTEG4011 Mechanics of Petroleum Production 3
DECS4001 Global Systems: Case Studies 3
PTEG4014 Well Testing and Analysis 3
PTEG4022 Petroleum Economics, Evaluation and Risk Analysis 3
TOTAL CREDITS 15

Senior Spring
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
PTEG4039 Multidisciplinary Petroleum Design 3
PTEG4024 Reservoir Engineering II 3
PTEG4026 Formation Damage and Stimulation 3
PTEG4061 Surface Equipment and Midstream Engineering 3
REEB3021 Engineering Economics 3
TOTAL CREDITS 15
TOTAL CREDITS FOR DEGREE 126
 PETROLEUM ENGINEERING COURSE
DESCRIPTIONS
CEEG2041. STATICS. 3.0 Semester Hrs.
Forces, moments, couples, equilibrium, centroids and second moments of areas, volumes and masses,
hydrostatics, friction, virtual work. Applications of vector algebra to structures. Prerequisite: PHYS1001
and credit or concurrent enrollment in MATH1012.

CEEG2060. MOLECULAR MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. 3.0 Semester

Hrs.
Essentially, this course will be an introduction to the field of environmental microbiology. Although not
titled as such, we will focus on all aspects of environmental microbiology including those of engineered
systems. We will be particularly considering things that pertain to life in all of its forms. Expect to engage
in diverse conversations pertaining to life in any of its habitats.
CEEG3010. FLUID MECHANICS. 3.0 Semester Hrs.
The study and application of principles of incompressible fluid mechanics. Topics include: hydrostatic
forces on submerged surfaces, buoyancy, control volume analysis, conservation of mass, fluid motion,
Bernoulli's equation and conservation of energy, momentum, dimensional analysis, internal flow (pipe
systems), external flow (drag and lift), flow in open channels, and hydraulic jumps. The course will also
introduce concepts about municipal water supply networks and storm water drainage and wastewater
collection and treatment systems. Prerequisites: PHYS1001 AND CEEG2041.

DECS2001: PROJECT AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. 3.0 CREDIT HOURS: This course
introduces students to organizational dimensions of new concept design, development, and dissemination.
This includes entrepreneurship, organization planning, product management, and branding and
marketing—all in service of advancing communication skills as designers and innovators. Students will
synthesize social, technical, environmental, and formal concerns in the design of innovative objects,
environments, and systems. They will utilize concepts from business ethics, life cycle assessment, nature-
based solutions, and circular economy to understand the path towards growth that is economically, socially,
and environmentally sustainable. In this course, students are expected to work effectively on teams while
leading themselves and others, participate in individual and group research, including hands-on exploration
of design ideas; interviews or surveys of potential users, researchers, and business practitioners; project
reviews; and many informal and formal technical writing and various presentations. Students will select
and revise work to show growth managing projects with a focus on stakeholders, surveying data, active
listening, and creative graphic design for the design portfolio. Prerequisite: DECS1001.

DECS3001: SUSTAINABLE FUTURES AND SYSTEMS THINKING. 3.0 CREDIT HOURS.

Complex problems in areas of healthcare, transportation, energy distribution, and communication require
an integrative solution spanning technical, social, and environmental perspectives. In this course, students
develop an appreciation of systems thinking as a holistic approach to complex problem solving. Students
will engage with systems thinking in a way that recognizes the ‘whole’ of the problem through analyzing
interrelationships, attributes, and effects to uncover connections between the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals. They will analyze real-world responses against a backdrop of human values,
economics, science, and engineering by engaging in creative, alternative approaches and scenario-casting
around select sustainability themes. Students will apply systems thinking perspectives to a socio-technical
problem, describe the problem through modeling techniques, design a holistic solution, and improve upon
the solution through justification and systems thinking approaches. Selections from this third course in the
DECS sequence will be chosen and revised to illustrate depth and breadth of understanding systems
thinking and sustainability in their portfolio. Prerequisite: DECS1001 and DECS2001.
DECS4001: GLOBAL SYSTEMS: CASE STUDIES. 3.0 CREDIT HOURS. This course is a
culmination of design techniques, project-based learning, ethical understanding, and communication skills
in a multi-disciplinary complex world. Students will identify issues they care about and then invoke learned
concepts to develop a deeper understanding of them. They craft evidence-based arguments that consider
various economic, social, environmental, and ethical dimensions of sustainability. Students explore the role
of design problem solving, critical thinking, technical analysis, and engineering judgment. Students will
assess a multitude of tools scaffolded throughout all of SIUT’s curriculum to best apply to a complex global
systems problem space. They will hone their skills at first identifying the relationship between a 'design
tool’ and the intended product/process but further assessing the application of the tool in creating a holistic
final design that effectively communicates audience and purpose. Students’ projects will investigate global
and local connections to sustainability. While the overarching approach is one of social science and design,
students will be encouraged to draw on broad, interdisciplinary concepts to help them develop a holistic
understanding of how science, technology, and engineering affect human-environment relations. This
course finishes up the student’s final DECS portfolio. Prerequisite: DECS 1001, DECS2001, and
DECS3001.
GEOS1001. PHYSICAL GEOLOGY. 4.0 Semester Hrs.
An introduction to earth processes, physical geology includes the study of the formation of common rocks,
minerals, and economic mineral deposits, the structure of the earth's interior, and geological processes that
create the surface landscape. Human and environmental hazards are also examined. Laboratory work
includes the study of rocks, minerals, topographic maps, landforms, and geologic maps. Field trips may
also be required. 3 hours lecture; 3 hours lab
GEOS3009. STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS. 3.0 Semester Hrs.
Recognition, habitat, and origin of deformational structures related to stresses and strains (rock mechanics
and microstructures) and plate tectonics. Structural development of mountain belts, rift, strike-slip and salt
systems. Comprehensive field and laboratory projects use descriptive geometry, stereographic projection,
structural contours, map and cross section construction, air photo interpretation, and seismic reflection data
analysis. Required of Geological Engineers. 3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab; 4 semester hours. Prerequisite:
GEOS1001.

GEOS3014. SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY. 4.0 Semester Hrs.

Lectures and laboratory and field exercises in concepts of stratigraphy and biostratigraphy, facies
associations in various depositional environments, sedimentary rock sequences and geometries in
sedimentary basins, and geohistory analysis of sedimentary basins. 3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab Prerequisite:
GEOS1001.

MATH2025. DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. 3.0 Semester Hrs.

Classical techniques for first and higher order equations and systems of equations. Laplace transforms.
Phaseplane and stability analysis of non-linear equations and systems. Applications from physics,
mechanics, electrical engineering, and environmental sciences. Prerequisites: Grade of C- or better in
MATH1012.
MEEG2012. MECHANICS OF MATERIALS. 3.0 Semester Hrs.
Fundamentals of stress, strain, deformation, and material properties. Mechanics of members subjected to
axial, torsional, bending, and combined loads; beam deflection; static indeterminacy; Euler buckling; stress
transformation and principal stresses; thermal stress, strain, and deformation; thin-walled pressure vessels;
Allowable Stress Design; and stress concentrations. Prerequisite: CEEG2041 (C- or better).

PHYS2001. PHYSICS II-ELECTROMAGNETISM AND OPTICS. 4.0 Semester Hrs.

Continuation of PHGN1001. Introduction to the fundamental laws and concepts of electricity and
magnetism, electromagnetic devices, electromagnetic behavior of materials, applications to simple circuits,
electromagnetic radiation, and an introduction to optical phenomena. Prerequisite: Grade of C- or higher in
PHYS1001, concurrent enrollment in MATH2013. 2 hours lecture; 4 hours studio
PTEG2010. INTRODUCTION TO PETROLEUM ENGINEERING. 3.0 Semester Hrs.
This course provides an introduction to the oil and gas industry and the various areas associated with
petroleum engineering. Topics covered include exploration, development, drilling, production, stimulation,
reservoir management, processing, transportation, engineering ethics and professionalism.

PTEG3008. RESERVOIR ROCK PROPERTIES. 3.0 Semester Hrs.

Introduction to basic reservoir rock properties and their measurements. Topics covered include: porosity,
saturations, volumetric equations, land descriptions, trapping mechanism, pressure and temperature
gradient, abnormally pressured reservoirs. Darcy's law for linear horizontal and tilted flow, radial flow for
single phase liquids and gases, multiphase flow (relative permeability). Capillary pressure and formation
compressibility are also discussed. Co-requisites: CEEG2041, CEEG3010. 2 hours lecture; 3 hours lab

PTEG3011. DRILLING ENGINEERING AND COMPLETIONS. 3.0 Semester Hrs.

Study of drilling operations, rig equipment and procedures, wellbore construction processes and planning,
drilling fluid design, hydraulics, well control, bit selection and drill string design, directional drilling, and
completion equipment. Prerequisite: CEEG3010 with a grade of C or higher, CEEG2041.

PTEG3012. RESERVOIR FLUID PROPERTIES. 3.0 Semester Hrs.

Properties of fluids encountered in petroleum engineering including reservoir, drilling, and completion
fluids, and oilfield waters. Phase behavior, density, viscosity, interfacial tension, and composition of oil,
gas, and brine systems. Interpreting lab data for engineering applications. Flash calculations with k-values
and equation of state. Introduction to fluid properties software. Laboratory experimentation of fluid
properties. Prerequisites: PTEG3008 (C or better), CHEG2010 (C or better). 2 hours lecture; 3 hours lab

PTEG3061. DRILLING AND COMPLETIONS II. 3.0 Semester Hrs.

This class is a continuation from drilling in PTEG3011 into completion operations. Topics include casing
design, cement planning, completion techniques and equipment, tubing design, wellhead selection, and
sand control, and perforation procedures. Prerequisite: PTEG3011 and MEEG2012.

PTEG3100. FIELD SESSION: PETROLEUM ENGINEERING. 2.0 Semester Hrs.

This two-week course is taken after the completion of the junior year. Emphasis is placed on the
multidisciplinary nature of reservoir management. Field trips in the area provide the opportunity to study
eolian, fluvial, lacustrine, near shore, and marine depositional systems. These field trips provide the setting
for understanding the complexity of each system in the context of reservoir development and management.
Petroleum systems including the source, maturity, and trapping of hydrocarbons are studied in the context
of petroleum exploration and development. Geologic methods incorporating both surface and subsurface
data are used extensively. Prerequisites: PTEG4019, GEOS3009, and GEOS3014. 6 hours lab; 2 semester
hours.

PTEG4011. MECHANICS OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTION. 3.0 Semester Hrs.

Nodal analysis for pipe and formation deliverability including single and multiphase flow. Natural flow
and design of artificial lift methods including gas lift, sucker rod pumps, electrical submersible pumps, and
hydraulic pumps. Prerequisite: CEEG3010, PTEG3008 (grade of C or better), PTEG3011, and PTEG3012.

PTEG4014. WELL TESTING AND ANALYSIS. 3.0 Semester Hrs.

Solution to the diffusivity equation. Transient well testing: build-up, drawdown, multi-rate test analysis for
oil and gas. Flow tests and well deliverabilities. Type curve analysis. Super position, active and interference
tests. Well test design. Prerequisites: MATH2025 and PTEG4019.

PTEG4019. FORMATION EVALUATION. 3.0 Semester Hrs.

An introduction to well logging methods, including the relationship between measured properties and
reservoir properties. Analysis of log suites for reservoir size and content. Graphical and analytical methods
will be developed to allow the student to better visualize the reservoir, its contents, and its potential for
production. Use of the computer as a tool to handle data, create graphs and log traces, and make
computations of reservoir parameters is required. Prerequisites: GEOS3014, PHYS2001 (grade of C or
better).

PTEG4022. PETROLEUM ECONOMICS, EVALUATION AND RISK ANALYSIS. 3.0 Semester

Hrs.
Project economics for oil and gas projects under conditions of certainty and uncertainty. Topics include
time value of money concepts, discount rate assumptions, measures of project profitability, costs, taxes,
expected value concept, decision trees, gamblers ruin, and Monte Carlo simulation techniques.

PTEG4023. RESERVOIR ENGINEERING I. 3.0 Semester Hrs.

(I) Data requirements for reservoir engineering studies. Material balance calculations for normal gas,
retrograde gas condensate, solution-gas and gas-cap reservoirs with or without water drive. Primary
reservoir performance. Forecasting future recoveries by incremental material balance. Prerequisite:
PTEG4019, PTEG3100, and MATH2025.

PTEG4024. PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING II. 3.0 Semester Hrs.

Reservoir engineering aspects of supplemental recovery processes. Introduction to liquid-liquid
displacement processes, gas-liquid displacement processes, and thermal recovery processes. Introduction
to numerical reservoir simulation, history matching and forecasting. Prerequisite: PTEG4023 and
PTEG4038.

PTEG4026. FORMATION DAMAGE AND STIMULATION. 3.0 Semester Hrs.

Skin damage associated with formation damage, well deviation, and perforating. Formation damage
mechanisms and causes. Stimulation techniques, including acidizing and fracturing. Calculation of matrix
and fracturing rates and pressures. Design of matrix acidizing treatments. Selection/determination of
hydraulic fracturing components including rock mechanical properties, in-situ stresses, proppants, fluid
types, and diversion. Reservoir considerations in fracture propagation and design. Stimulation diagnostics
and their application. Prerequisite: PTEG3061 and PTEG4011.

PTEG4038. PETROLEUM DATA ANALYTICS. 3.0 Semester Hrs.

Introduction to elementary probability theory and its applications in engineering and sciences; discrete and
continuous probability distributions; parameter estimation; hypothesis testing; linear regression; spatial
correlations and geostatistics with emphasis on applications in earth sciences and engineering.
Prerequisites: MATH1012. 2 hours lecture; 3 hours lab

PTEG4039. MULTIDISCIPLINARY PETROLEUM DESIGN. 3.0 Semester Hrs.

This is a multi-disciplinary design course that integrates fundamentals and design concepts in geology,
geophysics, and petroleum engineering. Students work in integrated teams consisting of students from each
of the disciplines. Multiple open-ended design problems in oil and gas exploration and field development,
including the development of a prospect in an exploration play and a detailed engineering field study are
assigned. Several detailed written and oral presentations are made throughout the semester. Project
economics including risk analysis are an integral part of the course. Prerequisites: GEOS3009, PTEG3100.
Co-requisites: PTEG4026. 2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab

PTEG4061. SURFACE EQUIPMENT AND MIDSTREAM ENGINEERING. 3.0 Semester Hrs.

This course will cover surface facilities typically required in the oil and gas industry. The course provides
basic operation, design and evaluation of individual equipment such as Control equipment (control valve,
pressure/level/flow rate/temperature), Liquid/gas Separators, Flowmeters, Boosting Equipment (pumps,
compressors), Heaters, and Storage. Basic principles are described to design and evaluate different
midstream processes such as Oil/water treating, Gas/liquid and liquid/liquid separation, Crude oil
stabilization, Gas handling facilities, Dehydration, Gas Sweetening, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Gas to
Liquids (GTL). Furthermore, potential operation problems and piping and instrumentation
diagram/drawing (P&ID) related to this processes will be discussed. Calculation examples and a design
project can be given to integrate all acquired knowledge. Furthermore, ASME and API norms related to
material selection, equipment selection, operation and maintenance will be discussed. Finally, Health,
Safety, and the Environment (HSE) regulations for midstream operations will be discussed. Course
objectives include learning how to select and operate different surface equipment required in the oil and
natural gas industry, learning how to monitor, troubleshoot and optimize the operation of different surface
equipment required in the oil and natural gas industry. Prerequisites: CEEN3010, CHEG2010, and
MATH2025.

REEB2001. PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS. 3.0 Semester Hrs.

Introduction to microeconomics and macroeconomics. This course focuses on applying the economic way
of thinking and basic tools of economic analysis. Economic effects of public policies. Analysis of markets
for goods, services and resources. Tools of cost-benefit analysis. Measures of overall economic activity.
Determinants of economic growth. Monetary and fiscal policy

REEB3021. ENGINEERING ECONOMICS. 3.0 Semester Hrs.

Time value of money concepts of present worth, future worth, annual worth, rate of return and
break-even analysis applied to after-tax economic analysis of mineral, petroleum and general
investments. Related topics on proper handling of (1) inflation and escalation, (2) leverage
(borrowed money), (3) risk adjustment of analysis using expected value concepts, (4) mutually
exclusive alternative analysis and service producing alternatives. Prerequisite: RECO2001.