Basic Reservoir Engineering
Consultant/Trainer: Wim Swinkels/Thorsten Viertel
The Petrogenium (in collaboration with EPTS) Basic Reservoir Engineering course will strengthen participants ability to analyze and interpret subsurface and production data across the full field life cycle and understand how reservoir engineering inputs drive robust field development plans and economically optimized hydrocarbon recovery. Through exposure to fundamental concepts and modern practical methods, supported by real field-based exercises, they will gain confidence in applying reservoir engineering tools and workflows to realistic development and production problems.
Participants
This Petrogenium course is designed for new reservoir engineers and petroleum engineering staff, who are familiarizing with the application of reservoir engineering methods in their daily practice.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the Basic Reservoir Engineering Course participants will understand the physics of oil and gas fields, and have an awareness of modern reservoir engineering principles and practical considerations for reservoir development and production, including the estimation of oil and gas reserves.
Day 1
Reservoir rock and volumes
1. Course Introduction, the Reservoir Engineering work flow, example case
2. Reservoir rock properties, permeability porosity and fluid flow
3. Permeability averaging
4. Capillary pressure and saturation height relations
5. Distribution of hydrocarbon fluids
6. Exercise: fluid gradients and contacts
7. Volumetric Oil in Place and Gas in Place calculations (STOIIP and GIIP)
8. Reserves and resources: the SPE PRMS system
9. Exercise: Hydrocarbons in place estimation
Day 2
Fluid behaviour and Material Balance
1. Oil and gas, composition and phase behaviour
2. Reservoir fluid properties of oil and gas
3. Exercise PVT correlations for oil and gas
4. Drive Mechanisms and Oil Material Balance
5. Read and discuss: material balance field case
Day 3
Well behaviour and well tests
1. Gas Material Balance and applications
2. Exercise volumetric gas volume estimation, p/z plot
3. Wells, inflow performance, skin, horizontal wells
4. Exercise: use of well inflow calculations
5. Exercise: gas production forecasting
6. Oil well testing, Pressure Draw Down and Build Up analysis
7.Decline Curve Analysis and Production forecasting
8. Exercise: oil production forecasting
Day 4
Displacement, sweep and reservoir modelling
1. Relative permeability and capillary pressure, movable oil
2. Displacement and Recovery, sweep, heterogeneity
3. Exercise mobility ratio
4. Reservoir Simulation – Basic Principles
5. Reading and discussion of simulation field cases
Day 5
Recovery and development planning
1. Recovery
2. Principles of Enhanced Oil Recovery
3. Oil Field Development Planning
4. Gas field development planning
5. Exercise: development planning regulations
6. Handling uncertainty
7. Course Recap, Quiz and evaluation
Programme
Day 1
Reservoir rock and volumes
1. Course Introduction, the Reservoir Engineering work flow, example case
2. Reservoir rock properties, permeability porosity and fluid flow
3. Permeability averaging
4. Capillary pressure and saturation height relations
5. Distribution of hydrocarbon fluids
6. Exercise: fluid gradients and contacts
7. Volumetric Oil in Place and Gas in Place calculations (STOIIP and GIIP)
8. Reserves and resources: the SPE PRMS system
9. Exercise: Hydrocarbons in place estimation
Day 2
Fluid behaviour and Material Balance
1. Oil and gas, composition and phase behaviour
2. Reservoir fluid properties of oil and gas
3. Exercise PVT correlations for oil and gas
4. Drive Mechanisms and Oil Material Balance
5. Read and discuss: material balance field case
Day 3
Well behaviour and well tests
1. Gas Material Balance and applications
2. Exercise volumetric gas volume estimation, p/z plot
3. Wells, inflow performance, skin, horizontal wells
4. Exercise: use of well inflow calculations
5. Exercise: gas production forecasting
6. Oil well testing, Pressure Draw Down and Build Up analysis
7.Decline Curve Analysis and Production forecasting
8. Exercise: oil production forecasting
Day 4
Displacement, sweep and reservoir modelling
1. Relative permeability and capillary pressure, movable oil
2. Displacement and Recovery, sweep, heterogeneity
3. Exercise mobility ratio
4. Reservoir Simulation – Basic Principles
5. Reading and discussion of simulation field cases
Day 5
Recovery and development planning
1. Recovery
2. Principles of Enhanced Oil Recovery
3. Oil Field Development Planning
4. Gas field development planning
5. Exercise: development planning regulations
6. Handling uncertainty
7. Course Recap, Quiz and evaluation