🛢️ Black Oil Reservoir Simulation Workshop

Overview

📘 Course Description

This intensive workshop provides practical skills in building and running black oil reservoir simulation models. Black oil simulation is a cornerstone of reservoir engineering, enabling prediction of production performance and optimization of field development plans. Participants will learn to construct models from static data, calibrate them using historical production data, forecast performance, and perform sensitivity analysis. The workshop combines theory with hands-on exercises using commercial simulation software (e.g., Eclipse, CMG, or tNavigator) to ensure participants gain practical, immediately applicable skills.

🎯 Learning Objectives

✅ Understand black oil model fundamentals and assumptions
✅ Build static-to-dynamic models for simulation
✅ Calibrate models through history matching techniques
✅ Forecast production under different development scenarios
✅ Perform sensitivity analysis on key reservoir parameters
✅ Integrate simulation results into reservoir management strategies

👥 Who Should Attend

Reservoir engineers
Petroleum engineers
Simulation specialists
Production technologists
Geoscientists involved in reservoir modeling
Technical managers overseeing reservoir development

🗂️ Training Format

✅ Theoretical sessions with real-life examples
✅ Guided step-by-step model building exercises
✅ Individual and group simulation assignments
✅ Live software demonstrations
✅ Interactive discussions and Q&A sessions

📅 Day-by-Day Agenda with Time Breaks

📅 Day 1: Black Oil Simulation Fundamentals

Time	Topic
08:30 – 09:00	Welcome, Introductions & Workshop Overview
09:00 – 10:30	Black Oil Model Assumptions & Equations
10:30 – 10:45	☕ Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15	Rock and Fluid Properties for Black Oil Models
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Input Data Requirements: Geological & Petrophysical Data
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Building Static Frameworks for Simulation

📅 Day 2: Model Construction and Initialization

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Gridding & Model Discretization Strategies
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Defining PVT and Relative Permeability Tables
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Setting Initial Conditions: Pressure & Saturation
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Practical Exercise: Building Your First Model

📅 Day 3: History Matching Techniques

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Introduction to History Matching
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Parameter Adjustment Strategies
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Automated vs. Manual History Matching Tools
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Workshop: Performing a History Match on Sample Data

📅 Day 4: Forecasting & Sensitivity Analysis

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Production Forecasting & Decline Curve Basics
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Designing Development Scenarios: Drilling, Waterflood, Gas Injection
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Sensitivity Analysis on Key Reservoir Parameters
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Workshop: Running Sensitivity Simulations

📅 Day 5: Field Development Optimization & Integration

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Economic Evaluation of Simulation Scenarios
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Optimizing Well Placement & Recovery Strategies
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Integrating Simulation Results into Reservoir Management Plans
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Final Group Exercise, Review, Q&A, Certificate Ceremony

📦 Materials Provided

✅ Comprehensive course manual
✅ Step-by-step simulation exercise files
✅ Access to demonstration licenses or guided software sessions
✅ Example datasets for practice
✅ Certificate of Completion

Target audiences

Reservoir Engineers, Geologists

$ 5,950

Course Features

Lecture 0
Quiz 0
Duration 5 days
Skill level All levels
Language English
Students 40
Assessments Yes