This course provides a thorough understanding, methodology and tools to integrate data and models from the reservoir to the surface facilities.
Public :
Production engineers, petroleum engineers or reservoir engineers willing to integrate reservoir with surface models using Integrated Production System technology.
Level :Skilled
Prerequisite :
Engineer degree or equivalent experience in Oil & Gas production.
Course Content
WELL PERFORMANCE
Introduction to well performance nodal analysis: inflow/outflow.
Review on Productivity Index (PI).
Inflow performance relationship in oil wells, Darcy’s law, pseudo-steady state flow, Vogel IPR, composite IPR, Darcy IPR, Fetkovich IPR, Jones IPR.
Transient IPR curves.
Vertical Lift Performance (VLP) correlations and curves, downhole production considerations: skin calculation, gravel pack design.
Multiphase flow in tubing, liquid holdup, flow regimes, correlations in nodal analysis.
Overview of PROSPER™ software workflow.
PROSPER™: building initial well system file - IPR modeling using PROSPER™, building a wellbore model, sensitivity studies.
RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE & MODELING: PREDICTION OF PRODUCTION PROFILE
Material balance for various reservoirs: production mechanisms.
Flow regimes (transient and pseudo-steady state flow).
Reservoir modeling through material balance.
Introduction to MBAL™.
MBAL™ data input and modeling aspects. Aquifer dimensioning and modeling.
History matching techniques on MBAL™: analytical and graphical methods.
Forecasting production performance.
Tank model building, PVT and correlations matching, history matching.
INTEGRATED PRODUCTION SYSTEM MODELS
Definition.
Introduction to the software tool to be used.
From reservoir to surface: the principle of linking MBAL™, PROSPER™ and GAP™.
GLOBAL PRODUCTION MODELING & OPTIMIZATION
Full field optimization and forecasting approach.
GAP™ software overview and main functions.
System definition, how to link MBAL™ and PROSPER™ models to GAP™ solve network.
Full field development hands-on exercise: prediction constraints.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
predict global production through integrated modeling,
describe MBAL™, PROSPER™ and GAP™ theory, capabilities and synergies,
perform a case study aiming at building tank model, PVT match, well performance and surface network including the use of specialized software (IPM™, MBAL™, PROSPER™, GAP™),
apply integrated modeling using the mentioned tools.
Ways & Means
Interactive presentations, practical exercises and hands-on activities using dedicated software (IPM™, MBAL™, PROSPER™, GAP™).
To French entities : IFP Training is referenced to DataDock ; you may contact your OPCO about potential funding.
Please contact our disabled persons referent to check the accessibility of this training program : referent.handicap@ifptraining.com