INTRODUCTION:
In order to facilitate cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas and expertise, the Foundations of Reservoir Engineering training session presents reservoir engineering concepts and procedures. It gives you the information you need to comprehend these issues that are very important to reservoir engineers: How much oil and gas have you accumulated? How much of the reserves can be recovered? How quickly (rate) can it be recovered? Participants will have a fundamental understanding of reservoir engineering by the end of this Oil & Gas Technology training event, which they can use as they advance in their education.
OBJECTIVES
By the end of this training seminar, participants will:
- Describe a hydrocarbon reservoir and list the fluids found in it
- Illustrate with diagrams how these fluids are distributed in a hydrocarbon reservoir
- Describe and explain porosity, permeability and fluid saturations
- Determine the properties of natural gas, oil and water
- Explain and define saturated reservoirs, undersaturated reservoirs, bubble point pressure, oil and gas formation volume factors, gas oil ratio
- Calculate the volume of hydrocarbon in place and recovery factors Derive the general material balance equation, modify it and use it to calculate hydrocarbon in place for gas reservoirs, saturated reservoirs and under saturated reservoirs
- Use the Havlena and Odeh technique to determine oil in place for saturated reservoirs and under saturated reservoirs
- Use of well testing data in determining average reservoir pressure, productivity index, permeability, and skin effect
- Discuss the recovery factors of different drive mechanisms
- Explain the use of fractional flow equations and Immiscible displacement concepts
- Perform decline curve analysis
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This training seminar is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Petroleum and Reservoir Engineers
- Production and Operations Engineers
- Reservoir, Production and Operations Engineers
- Petro-physicists, Geo-physicists
- Geologists and Non–Engineers
- Managers who seek to derive greater decision making on field development
Course Outline
DAY 1
Reservoir and Reservoir Engineering BasicsÂ
- Introduction to Reservoir Engineering
- Reservoir Life Cycle
- Reservoir Environment and Formation Properties
- Identification of Contacts
- Definition of Reservoir Pressure
- Determination of Pressure Gradients
DAY 2
Reservoir ConditionsÂ
- Reservoir and Surface Conditions
- Formation Volume Factor, Viscosity, Solution Gas-oil Ratio, API Gravity, Specific Gravity
- Estimating Gas, Oil, and Water Properties from Correlations
- Application of Deviation Factor to Ideal Gas Law
- Darcy’s Law and Fundamentals of Fluid Flow
- Relative Permeability Concept
DAY 3
Reservoir FundamentalsÂ
- Principles of Well Testing in Reservoir Characterization
- Estimation of Average Pressure
- Application of Diffusivity Equation to Steady State, Semi-steady State and Unsteady-state Flow
- Applications of Line Source Solution to Determine Reservoir Pressure
- Overview of Well Testing Techniques
- Use of Well Testing
DAY 4
Reservoir DriveÂ
- Reservoir Drive Mechanisms
- Principles of Material Balance Analysis
- Use of Fractional Flow Equations
- Immiscible Displacement Concepts
- Recovery Concepts
DAY 5
Reserve Estimation and Production Forecasting
- Definition of Reserves
- Recovery Factor-API Correlations
- Estimation of Oil-in-Place
- Estimation of Gas-in-Place
- Production Forecast – Decline Curve Analysis
 Method of Instruction
Online
Course Duration:
10 days
Type of Certificate Issued:
On a successful completion of this training, Participants will be issued
Certificate in Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering
Participants can choose to have their certificate in any of the three options below:
- Digital Certificate (Downloadable (PDF)
- Physical Certificate with security marking shipped to your location with a price
- Framed Certificate with security markings shipped to your location with a price.
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