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Petroleum Engineering (PTE)
- http://chems.usc.edu/admission/petroleum_engineering.htm
- D class assignments for undergraduates available in HED316; Phone: (213) 740-0322.
- To be enrolled in an off-campus course, you MUST also be enrolled in the Distance Education Network (DEN). For more information, call 740-4488 or go to den.usc.edu. DEN courses are indicated by a location of OFF CAMPUS.
Properties of porous rocks; capillarity effect, single-phase and multiphase fluid flow through porous media; diffusion and dispersion, miscible displacement heat transfer. Lecture, 3 hours. Not available for credit to Petroleum Engineering majors.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following school(s): Andrew and Erna Viterbi School of Engineering
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32200D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Wednesday | 5 of 30 | Kristian Jessen | OHE120 |  | |
| 32202D | 014 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Wednesday | 1 of 20 | Kristian Jessen | DEN@Viterbi | |
Measurement theory and petroleum/geothermal applications of electrical, radioactive, acoustic, and production logging tools. Estimation of rock porosity, water saturation, permeability, shale content, gas flow rate.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32204D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 9 of 56 | Birendra Jha | OHE100D | | |
| 32206D | 014 | Lecture | 9:00-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 1 of 25 | Birendra Jha | DEN@Viterbi | |
Fundamentals of flow and transport in porous materials including: Properties of porous rocks, capillarity effect, single- and multiphase flow, diffusion and dispersion in miscible displacements.
- Prerequisite: MATH 245 and PHYS 151 and 1 from (CHEM 105A or CHEM 115A)
- Note: Register for lecture and lab
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32208D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Wednesday | 3 of 28 | Kristian Jessen | OHE120 |  | |
| 32210R | 001 | Lab | 3:30-5:50pm | Monday | 3 of 12 | PCE313 | | ||
| 32288R | 001 | Lab | 3:30-5:50pm | Tuesday | 0 of 12 | PCE313 | | ||
| 32290R | 001 | Lab | 3:30-5:50pm | Thursday | 0 of 12 | PCE313 | |
Theory and practice in drilling technology; mechanical properties of reservoir rocks; well completion; acidizing and fracturing, oilproduction gechnology. Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 3 hours
- Prerequisite: PTE 464
- Note: Register for lecture and lab
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32212D | 001 | Lecture | 5:30-8:00pm | Tuesday | 6 of 30 | Bradford Pierce | GFS223 | | |
| 32214R | 001 | Lab | 8:10-9:10pm | Tuesday | 6 of 30 | Bradford Pierce | PCE313 | |
Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
| Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32216D | 001 | 2.0-8.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 15 | OFFICE | |
Introduction to mathematical and computational methods in characterizing, modeling, and describing the subsurface flow and transport phenomena. Recommended preparation: Familiarity with basic calculus, differential equation, and MATLAB programming. Open only to Engineering students.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following school(s): Andrew and Erna Viterbi School of Engineering
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32205D | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Tuesday | 21 of 45 | Jincai Chang | OHE100C |  | |
| 32207D | 034 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Tuesday | 0 of 20 | Jincai Chang | DEN@Viterbi | |
Sources of data for reservoir characterization; cross-disciplinary integration; geologic models; sequence stratigraphic, lithologic, well test and geophysical models; 4-D seismic; compartmentalized and fractured reservoirs; error and risk analysis. Graduate standing in PTE.
- Prerequisite: (PTE 411 and PTE 461)
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Petroleum Engineering
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32203D | 034 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Monday | 2 of 10 | Iraj Ershaghi | DEN@Viterbi | PDF (439353 KB) | |
| 32215D | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Monday | 10 of 30 | Iraj Ershaghi | OHE136 | PDF (439353 KB) | |
Introduction to fundamentals of deterministic and stochastic inverse modeling, integration of dynamic data into predictive reservoir models, reservoir parameterization, derivation of adjoint models. Recommended preparation: PTE 508, Basic knowledge of calculus, linear algebra and probability/statistics.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
- Restriction: Registration open to the following school(s): Andrew and Erna Viterbi School of Engineering
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32221R | 048 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 7 of 30 | Behnam Jafarpour | GFS107 | |
Volumetric reservoir performance; reservoirs under water influx and gas cap expansion; coning; gravity drainage; estimation of reserves and ultimate recovery. Prerequisite: 402L.
- Prerequisite: PTE 464
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32276D | 048 | Lecture | 7:00-9:40pm | Thursday | 23 of 28 | Jincai Chang | OHE122 | | |
| 32278D | 034 | Lecture | 7:00-9:40pm | Thursday | 2 of 20 | Jincai Chang | DEN@Viterbi | |
Infrastructure Security, Resilience and Management of Digital Oil Fields, Process Control Networks in exploration and production, refining and chemical plants, Asset Integrity principles, case histories. Open only to graduate students.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32292D | 048 | Lecture | 12:30-3:10pm | Wednesday | 18 of 40 | Donald Paul | OHE100C | | |
| 32294D | 034 | Lecture | 12:30-3:10pm | Wednesday | 4 of 15 | Donald Paul | DEN@Viterbi | |
Understanding deep learning: for PhD students in engineering, physical and life sciences and computer science with mathematical background.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the MASC department but may qualify for major credit in PTE. To register, enroll in MASC 520.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32127D | 048 | Lecture | 6:00-8:00pm | Mon, Wed | 24 of 24 | Rajiv Kalia | GFS222 | |
Introduction to conventional and modern geostatistical estimation and simulation techniques, combining theory with hands-on computer application of geostatistical methods in modeling the spatial phenomena.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32281R | 048 | Lecture | 9:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 8 of 30 | Behnam Jafarpour | RTH217 | | |
| 32299D | 034 | Lecture | 9:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 0 of 10 | Behnam Jafarpour | DEN@Viterbi | | |
| 32283R | 048 | Lab | 11:30-12:20pm | Monday | 8 of 30 | Behnam Jafarpour | OFFICE | |
Principles of single and multiphase flow through porous media; mechanisms of immiscible and miscible displacement; momentum, heat and mass transport in porous media.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32268D | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Wednesday | 20 of 50 | Faruk Civan | OHE136 | | |
| 32270D | 034 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Wednesday | 4 of 18 | Faruk Civan | DEN@Viterbi | |
Methods for oilfield data mining, data preparation mining images, prediction and knowledge discovery, subset selection, pattern recognition. Limite to students with graduate standing. Recommended preparation: prerequisites for non-majors
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32295D | 034 | Lecture | 11:00-1:40pm | Thursday | 5 of 20 | Ke-Thia Yao | DEN@Viterbi | | |
| 32297D | 048 | Lecture | 11:00-1:40pm | Thursday | 16 of 20 | Ke-Thia Yao | OHE100D | |
Research leading to the Master's Degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32246D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 6 of 30 | Iraj Ershaghi | OFFICE | |
Physical, mathematical and simulation aspects of coupled flow and geomechanics in petroleum/geothermal reservoirs. Coupled flow-geomechanics simulator development using finite element and finite volume methods.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32213R | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-7:10pm | Thursday | 9 of 30 | Birendra Jha | VKC206 | |
Credit on acceptance of Thesis.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32248D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 15 | OFFICE | |
Laboratory study of specific problems for candidates for the degree Engineer in Petroleum Engineering. Graded CR/NC.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32254D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 15 | OFFICE | |
Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32256D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 10 of 25 | Iraj Ershaghi | OFFICE | |
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32228D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 15 | Iraj Ershaghi | OFFICE | |
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.
- Prerequisite: PTE 794A
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32229D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 3 of 15 | Iraj Ershaghi | OFFICE | |
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.
- Prerequisite: PTE 794B
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32262D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 2 of 15 | Iraj Ershaghi | OFFICE | |
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.
- Prerequisite: PTE 794C
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32264D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 2 of 15 | Iraj Ershaghi | OFFICE | |
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.
- Prerequisite: PTE 794D
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32266D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 15 | Iraj Ershaghi | OFFICE | |