Applied Reservoir Engineering - RE
Posted by PetroSkills on Thursday, March 18, 2010
Start Date Monday, May 31, 2010
End Date Friday, June 11, 2010
Location
London, UK
Full Details
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DESIGNED FOR
Engineers or geoscientists who will occupy the position of reservoir engineer, any other technically trained individual that desires a more in-depth foundation in reservoir engineering than is offered in the one-week Basic Reservoir Engineering and Reservoir Engineering for Other Disciplines courses.
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
This course is intended to provide an understanding of the fundamental principles of petroleum reservoir engineering. Course participants will examine:
Critical properties of reservoir rocks Fluid (oil, water, and gas) PVT relationships
Methods to calculate hydrocarbons initially in place
Dynamic techniques to assess reservoir performance
Parameters that impact well/reservoir performance over time
Well testing principles and techniques
Aquifer characterization
Reservoir drive mechanisms for both Oil and Gas reservoirs
Reservoir simulation techniques
Oil and gas field development planning principles
Forecasting production decline
Enhanced oil recovery processes
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course represents the core of our reservoir engineering program and the foundation for all future studies in this subject. A ten-day, in-depth study of the subject is presented. Numerous engineering practices are covered ranging from fluid and rock properties to simulation and field development planning. Proficiency in using Microsoft Excel to perform calculations and make graphs is desirable. Reservoir engineering is also presented in the context of a modern, multi-disciplinary team effort using supporting computer technology.
An extensive manual and set of references is included. This course has been taught for many years on a worldwide basis. It has been continuously updated and improved by a team of experienced reservoir engineering consultants who spend most of their time working on major reservoir engineering projects and field studies.
This course includes the use of computers, which are provided at additional cost, for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Role of reservoir engineers in managing asset values: Asset life cycles, professional roles, hydrocarbon reservoir descriptions
Rock properties: Porosity, permeability, compressibility, capillary pressure, wettability and relative permeability, averaging reservoir property data
Reservoir fluid properties: Phase behavior of reservoir fluids, gas properties, oil properties, water properties, PVT sampling and understanding PVT laboratory reports
Volumetric calculation of reservoir fluids in place: Oil in place, gas in place, uncertainty and probabilistic methods and recovery efficiencies
Material balance methods: Oil recovery material balance, Havelena Odeh method, gas material balance, volumetric, compaction, water drive and compartmentalized reservoirs
Oil well testing: Radial flow theory, wellbore storage and skin, drawdowns, buildups, curve shapes, type curve solutions, interference testing, pseudo steady state, steady state, average pressure estimates, PI and IPR relationships
Gas well testing: Pressure, pressure squared, real gas pseudo pressure solutions, rate sensitive skins, multi-rate testing, gas well deliverability
Aquifers: Schilthuis, Hurst van Everdingen, Carter Tracy, and Fetkovitch methods of aquifer analysis and description
Immiscible displacement: Fluid displacement process, fractional flow, Buckley Leverett, Welge
Coning, cusping, over/under running: Description of each process, critical rates calculations, breakthrough times, horizontal well applications
Horizontal wells: Applications and uses, analysis techniques, industry experience
Reservoir types and drive mechanisms: Gas reservoirs: volumetric, water drive and compaction drive—oil reservoirs: water drive, water flood, gravity, drainage, gas cap expansion, combination drive, naturally fractured and critical reservoir fluid reservoirs
Field development strategy: Gas field developments: characteristics, deliverability issues, contracts, planning tools—oil field developments: development phases, reservoir characterization, sweep and recovery, production policies
Reservoir simulation: Why simulate? Various simulation models, simulator types, setting up a simulator model
Production forecasting: Types of forecasts, purposes, methods, tools, practices and procedures
Enhanced oil recovery: Targets, processes, miscible displacement, thermal methods, chemical methods
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