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Reservoir Engineering

The case study material covered in this course has been chosen to illustrate the application of reservoir engineering tools and techniques in a development planning and reservoir management context.

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This course is designed for basic to intermediate reservoir engineers
(0-5 years) and is also of benefit to geoscientists and other disciplines which interface with reservoir engineers in their daily work.

Duration

3 - 5 days

Learning Level

Skills

Knowledge

Awareness

The course draws out the key interfaces between reservoir engineering and geoscience disciplines. Worked examples show the use of data and techniques employed during the construction and maintenance of a reservoir model. Separate examples are used for gas field reservoir engineering and well testing. This process will follow specific phases of:

building a static reservoir model
fluid characterisation
developing a dynamic model
reservoir management during the producing life of a field

The reservoir engineering course makes significant use of an offshore case study with a sizeable oil reservoir.

Course Content

The course content is organised around the following:

The Static Reservoir Model

Reservoir zonation
Defining fluid contacts
RFT pressure measurements and
Pressure vs Depth relationships
Capillary pressures and
saturation-height relationships

Fluid Properties

Fluid sampling
Analysis of fluid samples
Chemical properties of hydrocarbons
Physical properties of hydrocarbons
Making use of the PVT report

Developing the Dynamic Reservoir Model

Fluid displacement
Dynamic well performance
Upscaling from the core scale
Reservoir simulation

Reservoir Management

Reservoir monitoring
Production forecasting
History matching in reservoir
simulation
Enhanced Oil Recovery techniques

Well Test Analysis

Uses of well testing
Planning a well test
Well testing operations
Well test analysis
Analysis principles
Analysis techniques
Special test types

Course Duration

Duration is 3 or 5 days depending on the level of teaching requirement

Course Tutors

Mark Cook

BSc, MBA
40+ years - reservoir engineering, economics and risk analysis

Mark develops and runs courses in Early Development, Business & Risk and Reservoir Engineering series. He has a career background at Shell, TRACS (Director), and AGR (VP). Mark is Author of ‘Petroleum Economics and Risk Analysis’ and co-author of ‘Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production’, an SPE distinguished lecturer, and guest lecturer at Heriot-Watt University.

Richard Oxlade

MEng, CEng, BSc
40+ years - reservoir engineering and commercial

Richard runs courses in Reservoir and Business & Risk series. He has a career background at BP, AGR and TRACS. Richard is a global advisor, business planning & economic analysis.

Jerry Hadwin

BSc, MEng
35+ years - reservoir engineering

Jerry mainly tutors courses in the Reservoir, Early Development, and Open Air Series. He has a career background at Shell, TRACS and AGR. Jerry is co-author of ‘Adventure Trekking in Oman’.