Basic Reservoir Engineering

Reservoir Engineering is a combination of science, engineering and art by which you could define recoverable reserves and predict future reservoir performance. It is of a great importance to the technical and economic evaluation of the oil and gas reserves and the selection of the optimum method of recovery. Without detailed evaluation of reservoir data, understanding reservoir behavior and applying good reservoir management techniques, significant quantities of oil and gas could be permanently lost beyond any recovery method.

This course is exceptionally useful if you want to develop a feel for hydrocarbon behavior in the reservoir and of various recovery methods. It will also provide you with specific ad direct application of the process used in reservoir engineering and will enhance your skills in solving reservoir engineering problems and maximizing recoverable reserves

The Delegates:

The course is designed for Petroleum Engineers, Geologists, Geophysicists, Math. & Science Graduates, Operation Personnel and Technicians as well as recently graduated reservoir engineers.

The Goals:

The Primary Objectives of the Course are to obtain sufficient knowledge about:

• Reservoir types, classification, properties, etc.
• Critical properties of reservoir rocks and fluids and PVT relationships
• The fundamentals of fluid flow in porous media
• How reservoirs are characterized by fluid type and drive mechanisms
• The basis for reservoir fluid distribution
• Oil and gas well performance and transient test analysis
• The basics of primary, secondary and enhanced oil recovery methods
• Methods to calculate oil and gas in place and hydrocarbons recovery
• Reservoir drive mechanisms for both Oil and Gas reservoirs
• Reservoir simulation techniques
• Forecasting production decline
• Get a general feel for petroleum economics in reservoir development & risk analysis

This 4 day course will provide an insight the classical methods of reservoir engineering. It represents the foundation for reservoir engineering practices ranging from fluid and rock properties to reservoir simulation and field development economics.

Day 1

• Session 1: Global Energy Statistics
• Session 2: Oil & Gas Industry
• Session 3: Exploration and its methodologies
• Session 4: Seismic Survey
• Session 5: Drilling
• Session 6: Well Logging
• Session 7: Development Geology

Day 2

• Session 1: Reservoir Engineering System
• Session 2: Well Completion
• Session 3: Well Stimulation
• Session 4: The reservoir
• Session 5: Rock Properties
• Session 6: Core Analysis
• Session 7: Fluid Flow in Porous Media
• Session 8: Reservoir Fluids and Their Distribution
• Session 9: Fluid Properties
• Session 10: PVT Analysis
• Session 11: Phase Diagram

Day 3

• Session 1: Fluid Distribution
• Session 2: Well Testing
• Session 3: Pressure Transient & Reservoir Damage
• Session 4: Problem Well Analysis
• Session 5: Reserves Calculation
• Session 6: Material Balance Calculation
• Session 7: Relative Permeabilities
• Session 8: Decline Curve Analysis
• Session 9: Driving Mechanisms
• Session 10: Recovery Types

Day 4

• Session 1: Primary Recovery
• Session 2: Secondary Recovery
• Session 3: Fractional Flow
• Session 4: Enhanced Oil Recovery
• Session 5: Reservoir Simulation
• Session 6: Reservoir Management
• Session 7: Economics of Reservoir Development