Why Choose this Training Course

This advanced reservoir engineering course offers a comprehensive deep dive into the core principles and practical applications essential for effective hydrocarbon reservoir management.

The curriculum begins by establishing a strong foundation in fluid behavior and modeling. Participants will explore capillary pressure and saturation height relationships, understand the distribution of hydrocarbon fluids, and engage in exercises on permeability averaging and water breakthrough. The course then transitions into fluid properties and phase behavior, covering PVT (Pressure-Volume-Temperature) correlations, fluid sampling, and laboratory experiments, with practical exercises to solidify understanding. This leads directly into reserves classification systems, focusing on the SPE Petroleum Resource Management System and probabilistic methods, culminating in hands-on exercises for oil production forecasting using Decline Curve Analysis (DCA).

The advanced reservoir engineering program then shifts focus to reservoir models, well behavior, and fluid displacement. Participants will learn about oil and gas material balance, aquifer models, and the intricacies of well inflow performance, including the impact of skin and horizontal wells, reinforced by exercises on well inflow and gas production forecasting. A significant portion is dedicated to modern well test analysis, covering pressure drawdown and build-up analysis. The course delves into fluid displacement and recovery, exploring relative permeability, wettability, Buckley-Leverett theory, and pseudo relative permeability. This culminates in an introduction to reservoir simulation modeling, covering construction, history matching, and quality control, along with discussions of real-world simulation field cases.

The advanced reservoir engineering course integrates all learned concepts into recovery strategies and field development planning. Participants will examine the unique challenges of fractured reservoirs, explore various secondary recovery and Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) techniques, and gain insights into comprehensive oil and gas field development planning, including regulatory aspects. The program concludes by addressing the crucial topic of handling uncertainty in reservoir engineering, ensuring a thorough understanding of all key areas.

We are also a proud member of the Energy Institute of UK.

Who Should Attend

• Reservoir Engineers
• Petroleum Engineers
• Geologists
• Geophysicists
• Petrophysicists
• Production Engineers
• Development Engineers
• Asset Managers
• Explorationists
• Drilling Engineers (beneficial for well performance aspects)
• Data Scientists (involved in reservoir characterization)
• Project Managers (involved in field development)
• Technicians (supporting reservoir engineering teams)

Key Learning Objectives

• Analyze fundamental reservoir rock properties, including capillary pressures, wettability, and their influence on hydrocarbon fluid distribution and saturation.
• Estimate hydrocarbons-in-place (HCIIP), applying the SPE PRMS and SEC systems for reserves and resource classification.
• Evaluate fluid properties and phase behavior using PVT correlations, and interpret the results of fluid sampling and laboratory procedures.
• Apply core reservoir engineering concepts such as material balance equations, aquifer models, and well testing techniques to understand reservoir drive mechanisms and well behavior.
• Develop robust production forecasts using Decline Curve Analysis and design/interpret pressure transient well tests to characterize reservoir properties and well performance.

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