Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering

🔹 Day 1: Introduction to Reservoir Engineering & Reservoir Types

• 09:00–09:45: Introduction to reservoir engineering and its role in E&P

• 09:45–10:30: Classification of reservoirs: oil, gas, condensate

• 10:30–10:45: ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30: Overview of reservoir drive mechanisms

• 11:30–12:15: Rock properties affecting reservoir performance (porosity, permeability)

• 12:15–13:15: 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00: Fluids in the subsurface: oil, gas, water

• 14:00–14:45: Case study: comparing reservoir types

• 14:45–15:00: Q&A and recap

🔹 Day 2: Fluid Properties and PVT Analysis

• 09:00–09:45: Introduction to PVT properties and lab testing

• 09:45–10:30: Properties of oil and gas: viscosity, density, formation volume factor

• 10:30–10:45: ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30: Bubble point, dew point, and critical properties

• 11:30–12:15: Black oil vs. compositional modeling

• 12:15–13:15: 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00: Use of PVT data in reservoir calculations

• 14:00–14:45: Exercise: reading and interpreting PVT reports

• 14:45–15:00: Recap and Q&A

🔹 Day 3: Reservoir Pressure, Drive Mechanisms, and Flow Concepts

• 09:00–09:45: Reservoir pressure regimes and gradients

• 09:45–10:30: Natural drive mechanisms: water drive, gas cap, solution gas

• 10:30–10:45: ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30: Pressure decline behavior and reservoir performance

• 11:30–12:15: Darcy’s Law and radial flow equations

• 12:15–13:15: 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00: Well inflow and productivity index

• 14:00–14:45: Case study: well performance under different drives

• 14:45–15:00: Recap and Q&A

🔹 Day 4: Material Balance Concepts

• 09:00–09:45: Introduction to material balance equations (MBE)

• 09:45–10:30: Oil reservoirs: Havlena-Odeh method

• 10:30–10:45: ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30: Gas reservoirs and volumetric method

• 11:30–12:15: Estimating OOIP and OGIP

• 12:15–13:15: 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00: Material balance software walkthrough

• 14:00–14:45: Group exercise: build a simple MBE model

• 14:45–15:00: Recap and Q&A

🔹 Day 5: Introduction to Recovery Mechanisms and Reservoir Monitoring

• 09:00–09:45: Primary, secondary, and tertiary recovery stages

• 09:45–10:30: Waterflooding and gas injection basics

• 10:30–10:45: ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30: Reservoir surveillance tools: pressure, temperature, saturation

• 11:30–12:15: Decline curve analysis overview

• 12:15–13:15: 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00: Well testing overview and pressure buildup tests

• 14:00–14:45: Final exercise: interpret production data

• 14:45–15:00: Course wrap-up, Q&A, certification