Reservoir Engineering for Non-Reservoir Engineers

Description:

This course aims to cover the fundamental aspects of reservoir engineering with an emphasis on interaction with the other subsurface disciplines.  The course provides an apprehension of reservoir engineering processes thereby improving integration and understanding between the different subsurface disciplines. The curriculum will be based on relevant case studies and is accompanied by practical field examples.

Contents:

• Reservoir Geology
• Reservoir engineering overview
• Fundamentals of reservoir fluid properties: fluid types, phase behavior, correlations
• Fluid Flow in Porous Media: Darcy’s law
• Fundamentals of reservoir Rock Properties: porosity, wettability, capillary pressure, permeability, relative permeability
• Fluid statics and fluid distribution
• Reservoir Drive Mechanisms
• Well performance
• Recovery Types
• Hydrocarbon volumetric
• Probabilistic reserves estimation
• Material Balance Concepts
• Decline Curve Analysis concepts
• Principles of transient well test analysis
• Enhanced Oil Recovery
• Reservoir Simulation and Management
• Economics of Reservoir Development

Designed For: All technical staff who are working closely with reservoir engineers.