Course Description
This course that is designed to provide the participants with a solid understanding of reservoir engineering and associated modern theories in order to manage and maximize hydrocarbon recovery. Hands-on examples and exercises are used throughout the course to help participants with understanding key performance concepts.
Course Objectives
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Determine critical properties of reservoir rocks Fluid (oil, water, and gas)
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Calculate hydrocarbons initially in place using several methods
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Assess reservoir performance with dynamic techniques
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Determine the parameters that impact well/reservoir performance over time
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Analyze well tests using standard well testing principles and techniques
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Characterize aquifers
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Determine reservoir drive mechanisms for both Oil and Gas
reservoirs
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Apply oil and gas field development planning principles
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Forecast production decline
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Screen reservoirs for the appropriate enhanced oil recovery processes
Who Should Attend?
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Reservoir engineers
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Geologists, geophysicists
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petroleum exploration/production
Program Schedule
DAY 1
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Basic Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbon Systems
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Capillary Pressure and Fluid Distributions
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Two and Three Relative Permeability
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Normalization of Relative Permeability
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Relative Permeability Upscaling
DAY 2
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Fluid Flow Equations
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Principles of Superposition
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Transient Well Testing
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Fundamentals of Reservoir Fluid Flow
DAY 3
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Water and Gas Coning
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Vertical Oil Well Performance
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Horizontal Oil Well Performance
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Vertical Gas Well Performance
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Horizontal Gas Well Performance
DAY 4
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Decline Curve Analysis
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Type Curve Analysis
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Recognition of Natural Water Influx
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Water Influx Models
DAY 5
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Gas Recovery Mechanisms and Material Balance Equation
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Oil Recovery Mechanisms and Material Balance Equation
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Principles of Waterflooding
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Introduction to Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods
