An Interactive 5-Day Training Course
Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering
Course Overview
This GLOMACS Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering training seminar introduces reservoir engineering concepts and methods to enable cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas and experience. It provides the required input to help you understand questions crucial to the reservoir engineer: How much oil & gas is there (accumulation)? How much can be recovered (reserves)? How fast can it be recovered (rate)? By the end of this GLOMACS Oil & Gas Technology training seminar, participants will have gained a foundational understanding of reservoir engineering that they can use while moving forward in their training.
This GLOMACS training seminar will feature:
- Discussions on the role of reservoir engineering in exploration and production as well as how reservoir engineers interact with other disciplines in the Petroleum Industry
- A description of Reservoir rock properties, Darcy’s Law and Fundamentals of fluid flow in a porous media
- A description of Reservoir fluid phase behaviour and reservoir fluid properties
- An Overview of well testing and application of the diffusivity equation
- An outline of different drive mechanisms and discussion of the recovery factors
- Principles of Material Balance and Decline Curve Analysis
- Use of fractional flow equations and Immiscible displacement concepts
- Definition of reserves, estimation of oil and gas in place and Production Forecasts
Training Outline
DAY 1: Reservoir and Reservoir Engineering Basics
- Introduction to Reservoir Engineering
- Reservoir Life Cycle
- Reservoir Environment and Formation Properties
- Identification of Contacts
- Definition of Reservoir Pressure
- Determination of Pressure Gradients
DAY 2: Reservoir Conditions
- Reservoir and Surface Conditions
- Formation Volume Factor, Viscosity, Solution Gas-oil Ratio, API Gravity, Specific Gravity
- Estimating Gas, Oil, and Water Properties from Correlations
- Application of Deviation Factor to Ideal Gas Law
- Darcy's Law and Fundamentals of Fluid Flow
- Relative Permeability Concept
DAY 3: Reservoir Fundamentals
- Principles of Well Testing in Reservoir Characterization
- Estimation of Average Pressure
- Application of Diffusivity Equation to Steady State, Semi-steady State and Unsteady-state Flow
- Applications of Line Source Solution to Determine Reservoir Pressure
- Overview of Well Testing Techniques
- Use of Well Testing
DAY 4: Reservoir Drive
- Reservoir Drive Mechanisms
- Principles of Material Balance Analysis
- Use of Fractional Flow Equations
- Immiscible Displacement Concepts
- Recovery Concepts
DAY 5: Reserve Estimation and Production Forecasting
- Definition of Reserves
- Recovery Factor-API Correlations
- Estimation of Oil-in-Place
- Estimation of Gas-in-Place
- Production Forecast – Decline Curve Analysis
Certificates
- On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates
- Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) : In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsor, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance
Accreditation
GLOMACS is registered with NASBA as a sponsor of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. NASBA have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org.
All Training Seminars delivered by GLOMACS by default are eligible for CPE Credit.
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About Saudi Glomacs
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