Petroleum Engineering License Exam Preparation (APtE)
Prepare for the NEC Petroleum Engineering (APtE) license exam: Petroleum Geology and Exploration, Reservoir Engineering, Drilling, Pipelines and Refining, chapter by chapter. Free on LicenseNepal.
Petroleum Engineering syllabus (APtE)
General Geology and Petroleum Reserves
- Geology of Nepal Himalayas, Stratigraphy, Faults and Folds, Seismicity
- Chemical Formation of Rock Forming Minerals, Igneous Rocks, Sedimentary Rocks, Metamorphic rocks
- Rock Disturbances
- Guides to Prospecting
- Methods of Prospecting
- Surveying
Petroleum Geology
- Paleontology and Micropaleontology
- Source Rocks
- Reservoir Properties
- Hydrocarbon Migration and Entrapment
- Grade and Reserve
- Stratigraphic Geology
Petroleum Exploration Methods
- Introduction
- Concepts of well logging
- Classification of well logging methods
- Open hole logging
- Induction log
- Direct Methods
Reservoir Engineering
- Introduction to reservoir engineering
- Reservoir Rock Properties
- Reservoir Fluids
- Flow of Fluids through Porous Media
- Special type of flow
- Reservoir Drives
Petroleum Production Technology
- Artificial Lift Methods
- Production Stimulation
- Well Equipment
- Well Completion Design
- Well Production Problems and Mitigation
- Introduction to Shale Oil, Shale Gas and Oil Shale
Drilling and Well Completion
- Overview of Drilling & Well Completion
- Casing & Cementation
- Directional drilling
- Horizontal Well Drilling
- Waste Disposal
- Well completion
Pipeline Engineering
- Elements of pipeline design
- Gas compression and coolers
- Operations
- Oil recovery processes
- Miscible flooding, Carbon dioxide flooding, Polymer flooding, Alkaline flooding
- Microbial oil recovery
Refinery
- Refined Petroleum Products
- Thermal & Catalytic Processes
- Coking Operations
- Hydrogen Production and Purification
- Refinery Operations
- Advanced refinery Operations
Health Hazards in Petroleum Production Refining and Utilization
- Toxicity, Physiological, Asphyxiation, respiratory and skin effect of Petroleum Hydrocarbons
- Effect of corrosive atmosphere and additives during acidizing, sand control and fracturing jobs etc
- Manual & automatic shutdown system, blow down systems
- Gas detection system, Fire detection & suppression systems, Personal protection systems & measures
- Environment concepts, impact on eco-system, air, water and soil
- Waste treatment methods, waste disposal method, remediation of contaminated sites
Project Planning, Design and Implementation
- Engineering drawings and its concepts
- Engineering Economics
- Project planning and scheduling
- Project management
- Engineering professional practice
- Engineering Regulatory Body
Sample Petroleum Engineering questions
The oil window generally occurs within that temperature range?
- 20-50°C
- 60-120°C
- 150-250°C
- 250-320°C
What is the primary advantage of using a Jack-up Rig for offshore drilling?
- Ability to operate in deep water
- Mobility and ability to adjust its elevation relative to the sea floor
- Large storage capacity for crude oil
- Permanent installation on the seabed
What is “Scale” in map compilation?
- The process of adjusting map colours
- The ratio of distance on the map to the actual distance on the ground
- The size of the map’s legend
- The number of map symbols used