Why Choose this Training Course

This reservoir engineer for geologists training course examines the standard reservoir engineering processes and techniques, particularly their interface with geoscience activities. This course illustrates, with examples, the use of subsurface data in the construction of a reservoir model. It covers three related main themes: static reservoir models; developing dynamic reservoir simulation models; and reservoir management during the producing life of a field. This course covers the fundamentals of fluid flow in porous media, from a rock and fluid perspective. Reference is made to the application of reservoir engineering principles in carbon capture and storage (CCS).

Who Should Attend

This reservoir engineer for geologists training course is aimed at Geoscientists and other subsurface professionals who interface with Reservoir Engineers in their regular work, or who wish to obtain a broad grounding in reservoir engineering principles. This course will also benefit new team leaders tasked with managing multi-disciplinary teams.

Key Learning Objectives

• Operate more effectively, and work more collaboratively, with their Reservoir Engineering colleagues.
• Interpret original fluid contacts, through analysis of logs and pressure vs. depth profiles, prior to production start-up; define saturation vs height relationships and estimate original hydrocarbon in place volumes.
• Employ fluid sampling techniques and differentiate the physical and chemical properties of hydrocarbons and their description through phase diagrams.
• Examine the uses and importance of well tests and appraise how analysis is conducted.
• Identify the controls on fluid flow in the reservoir, the balance of viscous, capillary, and gravity forces and the impact of reservoir drive mechanisms including depletion, water and gas drive.
• Analyse production performance in the wellbore and debate artificial lift techniques and the potential benefits of horizontal wells. Compare production enhancement through stimulation, horizontal wells, and completion techniques.
• Define the processes and interfaces of building both static and dynamic reservoir models, including the challenges of upscaling, and demonstrate knowledge of the principles of reservoir numerical simulation techniques, and its validation.
• Evaluate the importance of continued reservoir management for forecasting future production profiles and maximising economic hydrocarbon recovery from a producing field over the complete life cycle.
• Compare the Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) techniques: steam and fire flooding, miscible and immiscible gas displacement.
• Apply key reservoir engineering principles to carbon capture and storage (CCS).

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