Day 1 – Introduction: Reservoir Fluids and Downhole Sampling
- Overview of Reservoir engineering
- Oilfield development Process
- Applications of PVT Data
- Reservoir Fluid Sampling &
- Downhole Fluid Analyzers (LFA, OFA, CFA, etc.)
- Wireline Fluid Sampling (MDT and RDT tools)
- Fluid Sample Quality Control
- Overview of Formation Testing
- Types and Interpretation of Pre-tests
- Exercises and discussions
Day 2 – PVT Laboratory Experiments
- Classifications of the Reservoir Fluids
- Analysis of Reservoir Fluid Properties
- PVT Laboratory Experiments and Fluid Studies
- Constant Composition Expansion
- Differential Vaporization Test
- Separator Tests
- Constant-Volume Depletion (CVD) Test
- Viscosity Measurements
- Gas Condensate Procedures
- Slim-Tube Test
- Swelling Test
- Exercises and discussions
Day 3 – PVT Data Validation & Reports QA/QC
- Hydrocarbon Phase Behavior
- Quality Checking Laboratory Reports
- PVT Data Validation & Reports QA/QC
- Quality Assessment & Consistency Evaluation of Hydrocarbon PVT Data
- PVT Properties: Natural Gas, Black Oil, and Water Brine
- PVT Modelling
- Black Oil Properties & Correlations
- Dry Gas Properties
- Exercises and discussions
Day 4 – Equations of State Modelling
- Hydrocarbon Phase Behavior
- Equations of State for Ideal and Real Gases
- Flash Test
- Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium
- Development of the Equation of State
- Types of Equations of State
- Applications of the Equation of State
- PVT Measurement & Simulation by EOS
- Exercises and discussions
Day 5 – Equations of State Characterization and Compositional Simulation
- Characterizing Hydrocarbon-Plus Fractions
- Mixing Rules for Pseudo-Critical Properties
- Splitting and Lumping
- Tuning the EOS
- EOS Tuning and Data Requirement
- Regression of PVT Data
- Simulation Considerations for PVT Modeling
- Simulation of Gas Injection
- Miscibility and Miscible Floods
- Black Oil vs. Compositional Simulation
- Post assessment