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3-D Seismic Visualization

This course focuses on the application of 3-D seismic data visualization and interpretation technologies to the characterization of subsurface structure, facies, and reservoirs, with particular reference to hydrocarbon exploration and CO2 sequestration.

Society, Sustainability Biomaterials, and Energy

Sustainability, raw materials and energy needs of society. Use of sustainable biomaterials to meet society's needs and reduce impact on the environment. Methods to evaluate and certify the sustainability of materials and consumer goods. Carbon sequestration and the use biomass for energy.

Natural Gas Engineering

Studies development of natural gas reservoirs for normal production and as storage fields. Includes back pressure tests, hydrates, pipeline problems, cycling and use of the material balance equation. Also processing of natural gas, including compression, expansion, refrigeration, separation, sour gas treating, sulfur recovery, LNG production and carbon dioxide separation. Prerequisites: PETE 2050. (Normally offered fall semester).

Energy & Environmental Products Trading and Commodities Regulation

This class will provide a comprehensive overview of energy trading and commodities regulation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), including with respect to traditional energy products (such as natural gas, power, crude oil and coal), and environmental products (such as carbon offsets, acid rain allowances, and renewable energy credits).

Energy Choices for the 21st Century

Meets with GEOG 5368 and GEO 5368. Graduate students should enroll in GEOG 5368 or GEO 5368 and will be held to higher standards and/or more work. This class is designed to give students an introduction to the critical energy issues facing our planet, with a focus on controversial topics and issues in Utah.

CarbonÒSequestration Engineering and Science

The goals of this course are to (1) create a broad academic foundation ofcarbonÒcapture and sequestration (CCS), with the primary emphasis on geologic sequestration, that prepares the student for continuing education, leading to greater professional competency, and (2) provide the student with the fundamental knowledge and tools necessary to perform design of CCS systems for professional practice.

Solute Transport and Subsurface Remediation

Application of principles of ground water hydrology and contaminant chemistry in the quantification and characterization of physical, chemical and biological processes influencing subsurface hazardous waste. Topics include: quantification of advective-dispersive transport of conservative and reactive solutes, transport in granular and fractured media, application of environmental regulations and toxicological parameters, design of air-stripping,ÒcarbonÒadsorption, soil vapor extraction, surfactant enhanced extraction, bio-venting, bio-augmentation, solidification, and capture systems.

Advanced CO2 injection and Storage of Geological Forms

Fundamentals of Enhanced Oil Recovery II

Fundamentals of Enhanced Oil Recovery I

Recent innovations in the recovery of petroleum by injecting fluids miscible with the oil or by application of heat to the reservoir. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. PGE 387L. Fundamentals of Enhanced Oil Recovery II. Selection of candidate reservoirs; design and performance prediction of miscible and thermal processes. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering 387K.

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