Shanshan Yao, PhD

ATS Assistant teaching professor, Faculty of Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept
Directory

Fall Term 2024 (1890)

PET E 275 - Petroleum Reservoir Fluids

3 units (fi 8)(EITHER, 3-0-3/2)

Qualitative and quantitative phase behavior of petroleum reservoir fluids through the algebraic and numerical application of thermodynamic theory, equations of state, and empirical correlations. Determination of engineering PVT parameters. Oilfield waters. Introduction to mass transfer. Prerequisite: CHEM 105.

LECTURE A1 (52422)

2024-09-03 - 2024-12-09
TR 12:30 - 13:50

LAB D11 (52455)

2024-12-02 - 2024-12-02
M 14:00 - 16:50

2024-11-18 - 2024-11-18
M 14:00 - 16:50

2024-10-28 - 2024-10-28
M 14:00 - 16:50

2024-10-07 - 2024-10-07
M 14:00 - 16:50

2024-09-16 - 2024-09-16
M 14:00 - 16:50

LAB D21 (52457)

2024-09-17 - 2024-09-17
T 14:00 - 16:50

2024-10-08 - 2024-10-08
T 14:00 - 16:50

2024-10-22 - 2024-10-22
T 14:00 - 16:50

2024-11-05 - 2024-11-05
T 14:00 - 16:50

2024-11-26 - 2024-11-26
T 14:00 - 16:50

LAB D51 (52459)

2024-10-11 - 2024-10-11
F 14:00 - 16:50

2024-11-29 - 2024-11-29
F 14:00 - 16:50

2024-11-08 - 2024-11-08
F 14:00 - 16:50

2024-10-25 - 2024-10-25
F 14:00 - 16:50

2024-09-20 - 2024-09-20
F 14:00 - 16:50

LAB D52 (52460)

2024-09-27 - 2024-09-27
F 14:00 - 16:50

2024-10-18 - 2024-10-18
F 14:00 - 16:50

2024-11-01 - 2024-11-01
F 14:00 - 16:50

2024-11-22 - 2024-11-22
F 14:00 - 16:50

2024-12-06 - 2024-12-06
F 14:00 - 16:50



PET E 364 - Drilling Engineering

3 units (fi 8)(EITHER, 3-1S-3/2)

Rotary drilling systems, elements of rock mechanics, properties and field testing procedures of drilling fluids, drilling fluids hydraulics, drill bit hydraulics and mechanics, well control, factors affecting rate of penetration, drill string mechanics, fundamentals of directional drilling. Prerequisites: CH E 312 or equivalent and CIV E 270.

LECTURE A1 (46695)

2024-09-03 - 2024-12-09
MWF 11:00 - 11:50

LAB D31 (46787)

2024-09-03 - 2024-12-09
W 14:00 - 16:50

SEMINAR E41 (46697)

2024-09-03 - 2024-12-09
R 13:00 - 13:50

Winter Term 2025 (1900)

PET E 295 - Fundamental Reservoir Engineering

3 units (fi 8)(EITHER, 3-0-3/2)

Rock properties (porosity, permeability): definition, measurement and models. Rock-fluid interaction (wettability, relative permeability, interfacial tension, capillary pressure): definition, measurement and models. Single and multiphase flow through porous media Darcy equation and diffusivity equation: Derivation and solution for different coordinates and boundary conditions. Prerequisite: PET E 275. PET E 295 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained in PET E 373.

LECTURE B1 (76799)

2025-01-06 - 2025-04-09
MWF 10:00 - 10:50

LAB H21 (76800)

2025-01-06 - 2025-04-09
T 14:00 - 16:50

LAB H31 (76801)

2025-01-06 - 2025-04-09
W 14:00 - 16:50

LAB H41 (76802)

2025-01-06 - 2025-04-09
R 14:00 - 16:50

LAB H51 (76803)

2025-01-06 - 2025-04-09
F 14:00 - 16:50



PET E 478 - Thermal Methods in Heavy Oil Recovery

3 units (fi 8)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

A design course covering new developments in the area of heavy oil recovery. Will include modeling and designing heavy-oil recovery applications and thermal methods. Prerequisite: PET E 295 or PET E 373.

LECTURE B1 (72084)

2025-01-06 - 2025-04-09
TR 11:00 - 12:20