Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering
Course Overview: This foundational course introduces key reservoir engineering concepts such as reservoir types, fluid properties, pressure behavior, and material balance. It prepares participants to perform basic calculations and understand how reservoirs behave over time. 🔹 Day 1: Introduction to …
Overview
Course Overview:
This foundational course introduces key reservoir engineering concepts such as reservoir types, fluid properties, pressure behavior, and material balance. It prepares participants to perform basic calculations and understand how reservoirs behave over time.
🔹 Day 1: Introduction to Reservoir Engineering & Reservoir Types
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09:00–09:45: Introduction to reservoir engineering and its role in E&P
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09:45–10:30: Classification of reservoirs: oil, gas, condensate
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10:30–10:45: ☕ Coffee Break
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10:45–11:30: Overview of reservoir drive mechanisms
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11:30–12:15: Rock properties affecting reservoir performance (porosity, permeability)
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12:15–13:15: 🍽️ Lunch Break
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13:15–14:00: Fluids in the subsurface: oil, gas, water
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14:00–14:45: Case study: comparing reservoir types
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14:45–15:00: Q&A and recap
🔹 Day 2: Fluid Properties and PVT Analysis
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09:00–09:45: Introduction to PVT properties and lab testing
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09:45–10:30: Properties of oil and gas: viscosity, density, formation volume factor
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10:30–10:45: ☕ Coffee Break
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10:45–11:30: Bubble point, dew point, and critical properties
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11:30–12:15: Black oil vs. compositional modeling
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12:15–13:15: 🍽️ Lunch Break
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13:15–14:00: Use of PVT data in reservoir calculations
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14:00–14:45: Exercise: reading and interpreting PVT reports
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14:45–15:00: Recap and Q&A
🔹 Day 3: Reservoir Pressure, Drive Mechanisms, and Flow Concepts
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09:00–09:45: Reservoir pressure regimes and gradients
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09:45–10:30: Natural drive mechanisms: water drive, gas cap, solution gas
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10:30–10:45: ☕ Coffee Break
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10:45–11:30: Pressure decline behavior and reservoir performance
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11:30–12:15: Darcy’s Law and radial flow equations
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12:15–13:15: 🍽️ Lunch Break
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13:15–14:00: Well inflow and productivity index
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14:00–14:45: Case study: well performance under different drives
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14:45–15:00: Recap and Q&A
🔹 Day 4: Material Balance Concepts
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09:00–09:45: Introduction to material balance equations (MBE)
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09:45–10:30: Oil reservoirs: Havlena-Odeh method
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10:30–10:45: ☕ Coffee Break
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10:45–11:30: Gas reservoirs and volumetric method
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11:30–12:15: Estimating OOIP and OGIP
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12:15–13:15: 🍽️ Lunch Break
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13:15–14:00: Material balance software walkthrough
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14:00–14:45: Group exercise: build a simple MBE model
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14:45–15:00: Recap and Q&A
🔹 Day 5: Introduction to Recovery Mechanisms and Reservoir Monitoring
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09:00–09:45: Primary, secondary, and tertiary recovery stages
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09:45–10:30: Waterflooding and gas injection basics
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10:30–10:45: ☕ Coffee Break
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10:45–11:30: Reservoir surveillance tools: pressure, temperature, saturation
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11:30–12:15: Decline curve analysis overview
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12:15–13:15: 🍽️ Lunch Break
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13:15–14:00: Well testing overview and pressure buildup tests
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14:00–14:45: Final exercise: interpret production data
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14:45–15:00: Course wrap-up, Q&A, certification
Target audiences
- Reservoir Engineers, Geologists
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