GEOL40620 Team-based modelling I

Academic Year 2023/2024

In this hands-on module, teams of students compete to operate a producing oil reservoir in real-time. Initially, well data and maps are used to define a field development plan which is implemented in a flow simulator for each team by the module coordinator. Wells are drilled and operated according to the instructions of the team, and well performance data are provided back to the teams and inform their subsequent field management decisions.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

As well as providing experience in teamwork, analysis and decision-making to tight deadlines, the exercise reinforces the feedback between pressure and flow rate, and roles of sweep and drainage efficiency in oil-field reservoir production.

Indicative Module Content:

A practical exercise run over one week and punctuated by operational deadlines. Operational decisions are based on analysis of maps and well data and incremental reservoir production data. Teams can work entirely on paper or use Petrel as they choose. A final report based on a post-mortem examination of field performance is written individually.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Laboratories

35
Autonomous Student Learning

15
Total

50
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This is a hand-on module. Following an introduction to the dataset, pairs (usually) of students work together over the course of a week to develop the reservoir. The module coordinator is available throughout for informal discussion with the teams and, more formally, twice-daily when the students submit their operational plans. At the end of the operation period, the students are presented with a flow model of their reservoir which forms the basis of the post-mortem analysis. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Assessment of operational instructions, decisions and reports provided in real-time during exercise. Assessment of final report. Unspecified n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% Yes

100

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback will be provided on performance on an ongoing basis.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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