Decline Curve and Rate-Transient Analysis

📅 Day 1: Introduction to Decline Curve Analysis (DCA)

• 09:00–09:45 – Purpose and limitations of production decline analysis

• 09:45–10:30 – Types of declines: exponential, harmonic, hyperbolic

• 10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30 – Arps’ decline equations: assumptions and applications

• 11:30–12:15 – Curve fitting and parameter estimation

• 12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00 – Tools/software: Excel, Harmony, PHDWin

• 14:00–14:45 – Practical: fitting DCA to conventional well

• 14:45–15:00 – Recap and Q&A

📅 Day 2: Forecasting and Reserves Estimation Using DCA

• 09:00–09:45 – Forecasting rules and economic limit concepts

• 09:45–10:30 – Calculating EUR and remaining reserves

• 10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30 – Sensitivity analysis and forecast scenarios

• 11:30–12:15 – Regulatory classifications (1P, 2P, 3P reserves)

• 12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00 – Probabilistic methods (P10, P50, P90)

• 14:00–14:45 – Practical: reserves classification exercise

• 14:45–15:00 – Recap and Q&A

📅 Day 3: Introduction to Rate-Transient Analysis (RTA)

• 09:00–09:45 – RTA vs. DCA: differences and advantages

• 09:45–10:30 – Flow regimes: linear, radial, bilinear, etc.

• 10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30 – Diagnostic plots: log-log, square-root time, etc.

• 11:30–12:15 – Type curves and straight-line methods

• 12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00 – Introduction to unconventional reservoir challenges

• 14:00–14:45 – Practical: identify flow regimes from RTA plots

• 14:45–15:00 – Recap and Q&A

📅 Day 4: Analytical Models for Unconventional Reservoirs

• 09:00–09:45 – Fracture-dominated flow and transient behavior

• 09:45–10:30 – Analytical models: linear flow, SRV models

• 10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30 – Application of RTA in shale wells

• 11:30–12:15 – Using RTA for completion optimization

• 12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00 – Data requirements and quality checks

• 14:00–14:45 – Hands-on exercise: shale gas RTA

• 14:45–15:00 – Recap and Q&A

📅 Day 5: Integrated Forecasting and Software Applications

• 09:00–09:45 – Integrating DCA and RTA for better forecasts

• 09:45–10:30 – Introduction to decline curve automation tools

• 10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30 – Forecasting unconventional portfolios

• 11:30–12:15 – Case study: Permian basin shale oil

• 12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00 – Team-based forecasting project

• 14:00–14:45 – Presentations and feedback

• 14:45–15:00 – Certification and wrap-up