There is a need for a professional degree focused on integrated reservoir modeling sciences that would carry all the quality requirement of Stanford University and the Department of Petroleum Engineering. This degree could be completed in 6 (or 5) quarters including 2 (or 1) quarters of application work, possibly done at the student home base. Students may study independently, or be sponsored by their companies. The sponsoring company would support all related costs including tuition.
Starting with academic year 2002-03, a Master of Sciences option in Integrated Reservoir Modeling will be offered in the Department of Petroleum Engineering for full time students. This MS degree requires a minimum of 45 units of which 39 should be course units.
In academic year 2001 full tuition in our School is $8639/quarter and allows for up to 18 units and no less than 11. Once the student has completed the 45 required units (s)he can apply for terminal graduate registration (TGR) for as many quarters as needed at $1055/quarter. Thus in the best case this MS could be completed in 3 full quarters (1rst year) + a TGR quarter either in the Fall or Winter quarter of the 2nd year.
The following list of courses is recommended.
MATH SEQUENCE:
| Course title | Units | When |
| ME200A Math and Comp. methods in Engineering | 3 | Winter-1 |
| ME200B Math and Comp. methods in Engineering | 3 | Fall-1 |
| Course title | Units | When |
| PE246 Reservoir Characterization and Flow Modeling | 3 | Fall-1 |
| PE130 Well Logging; or | 3 | Fall-1 |
| PE175 Well Test Analysis | 3 | Spring-1 |
| PE221 Fundamentals of Multiphase Flow, or | 3 | Winter-1 |
| PE222 Advanced Reservoir Engineering | 3 | Spring-1 |
| PE223 Reservoir Simulation | 3 | Winter-2 |
| Course title | Units | When |
| PE240 Geostatistics for Spatial Phenomena | 3 | Winter-1 |
| PE241 Practice of Geostatistics and Seismic data Integration | 3 | Spring-1 |
| Course title | Units | When |
| GES151 Sedimentary Geology | 3 | Winter-1 |
| GES253 Petroleum Geology | 3 | Spring-1 |
| Course title | Units | When |
| GP182 Reflection Seismology, or | 3 | Fall-1 |
| GP183 Interpretation of seismic data | 3 | Winter-2 |
| GP262 Rock Physics | 3 | Spring-1 |
Optional Class: 3 units, taken in Winter-2
Total class units: 39
Project to be done, possibly, at student home base: 6 units in Summer-1+ Fall-2
(Under the supervision of Stanford faculty)
Total units:
45
Suggested time schedule:
At Stanford
Fall-1: ME200A, PE246, PE130, GP182 , research units
Winter-1: ME200B, PE221, PE240, GES151, research units
Spring-1: PE241, (*), GP262, GES253, research units
Possibly in home base
Summer -1: Project work
Fall-2: Project work
At Stanford
Winter-2:
(*) PE223 (might be offered in the Spring quarter),
GP183, Optional classes