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Course Description
The course is designated to provide participants by a better knowledge on the different basics and concepts of reservoir engineering. The course addresses main reservoir engineering topics starting from the initial reservoir rock/fluid properties and up to enhanced oil recovery methods. Both conventional and simulation reservoir engineering approaches are included. The course extends to include important topics such as well testing, oil recovery methods, production optimization and coning control with smart horizontal wells.
The training course admits an easy approach to enhance the knowledge of all participants and bring them quickly to the concepts, methodology and importance of reservoir engineering in the overall oil industry.
The Training Course Will Highlight ?
Participants attending this training course will develop their knowledge on the following key points:
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- Fundamentals of reservoir engineering
- Original hydrocarbon in place
- Reserve evaluation and recovery factors
- Reservoir rock and fluid properties
- Well testing principals
- Different oil recovery methods
- Reservoir simulation overview
- Field Development Plan concept
- Production optimization aspects
- Water and gas coning
- Different actual field case studies
Training Objective
By the end of course, delegates will be able to:
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- Gain better understand on the basics of reservoir engineering
- Be aware how to calculate the original hydrocarbon in place
- Raise their knowledge on reservoir fluid characterization and fluid-rock properties
- Gain sufficient knowledge on well testing basics
- Understand different oil recovery methods
- Gain sufficient knowledge on reservoir simulation basics
- Understand production optimization and Nodal Analysis Approach
- Gain better knowledge on water/gas coning effect and control
Target Audience
- Reservoir Engineers
- Simulation Engineers
- Petroleum Engineers
- Field/Production Engineers
- Facilities/Process Engineers
- Team Leader/Managers
- Development/Exploitation Engineers
- Other persons who seek more knowledge on the basic reservoir engineering
Training Methods
This training course will combine technical presentations, extensive discussion and different actual field case studies supported by video materials to ensure that all participants will be ready to use theirs new knowledge.
Daily Agenda
Day 1 - Overview on Reservoir Engineering
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- Importance of Reservoir Engineering
- Reservoir Types
- Reservoir Drive Mechanisms
- Overall Reservoir Performance
- Overall Producing Well Performance
- Reservoir Life Cycle
- Initial Oil in Place
- Reserve Estimation
- Recovery factors
Day 2 – Reservoir Properties
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- Darcy Equation
- Rock Properties (Porosity, Permeability, Wettability, Capillary Pressure, Hysteresis)
- Reservoir Fluid Characterization (Fluid Behaviour & PVT Analysis)
- Well Testing
- Well Test Objectives
- Types of Well Tests
- Build Up Analysis
Case Study- Derivative Analysis
Day 3 – Oil Recovery Methods
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- Primary Recovery
- Secondary Recovery
- Water Flooding
- Flooding Patterns
- Factors Affecting Water Flooding
- Fractional Flow Curve
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- Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
- EOR Concept
- EOR Screening Criteria
- EOR Types
- Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
Case Study – Enhanced Oil Recovery study
Day 4 – Basic Reservoir Simulation Engineering
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- What is the Reservoir Simulation?
- Importance of Reservoir Simulation
- Reservoir Simulation Concepts
- Reservoir Simulation Model
- Modelling overview
- Input/output data
- Field Development Concept
Case Study – Field Development Plan
Day 5 – Production Optimization
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- Pressure Losses in Production System
- Nodal Analysis Concept
- Nodes of Production System
- Inflow Performance Curve
- Outflow Performance Curve
- Nodal Analysis Applications
Water and Gas Coning
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- Coning/Breakthrough Concept
- Effect of Reservoir Parameters
- Critical Rate Calculation
- Coning Control
- Smart Horizontal Wells
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Case Study - Smart Horizontal well applications (ICD)
End Session and Open Discussion
Accreditation
BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.
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