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Introduction to Reservoir Engineering - Remote training
INFORES-EN-D
Who should attend?
This course provides a general understanding of main Geosciences & Reservoir Engineering concepts and data used in multidisciplinary Oil & Gas fields development projects and the way these data and concepts are integrated.
Public :
Technicians, engineers, managers and Oil & Gas industry staff facing day-to-day Geosciences and Reservoir Engineering concerns.
Level :Awareness
Prerequisite :
No pre-requisistes are necessary to follow this course.
Course Content
E&P & RESERVOIR ENGINEERING WORKFLOW
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Duration : 0.25 Day
Introduction to E&P and reservoir engineering workflow through interactive work.
FUNDAMENTALS OF RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION
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Duration : 1.25 Days
Logging operations and log environment (borehole, invasion profile).
Fundamental equations for log interpretation in clean formations.
Main open-hole logs. Quick-look qualitative interpretation technique.
Reservoir fluids properties (oil, gas, water):
Fluids composition (hydrocarbons).
Thermodynamics equilibrium. Phase envelope.
Main PVT parameters: FVF, Rs, GOR, etc.
FUNDAMENTALS OF RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
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Duration : 2 Days
Well testing and well test analysis:
Well and reservoir performance and the need for testing.
Darcy's law, diffusivity equation and typical flow regimes.
Productivity index, radius of investigation.
Well test interpretation: pressure curves analysis, pressure derivative.
Drive mechanisms:
Primary recovery: oil reservoirs (natural depletion, natural water drive) and gas reservoirs.
Secondary recovery: water flooding, gas injection.
EOR: miscible gas injection, chemical flooding, thermal flooding.
FUNDAMENTALS OF RESERVOIR SIMULATION
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Principles and objective of reservoir simulation:
Reservoir simulation models - Building the models.
Reservoir simulators - Black-oil, compositional, thermal, chemical, etc.
Reservoir simulation workflow.
Data review. History match. Production forecast.
Introduction to a reservoir simulator:
Data set review. Grid. Petrophysical data. PVT data. Wells and production constraints.
Analyzing some simulation results on various reservoir models.
RESERVES DEFINITION & CLASSIFICATION
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Reserves and resources:
Economics criteria.
Risks and uncertainties.
Reserves and resources definition and classification.
Oil & Gas reserves. Some figures.
Learning Objectives
Attendees will be able to implement the following skills:
Describe the main steps of Oil & Gas fields exploration and development workflow,
Describe petroleum systems, reservoir rocks and the corresponding fundamental properties as well as the related techniques to get relevant information (core analysis, logs, well testing),
Describe reservoir fluids and the corresponding fundamental properties,
Describe main reservoir production mechanisms and the related expected performance,
Describe the concepts of resources and reserves and the related concepts of risks and uncertainties and economical evaluation.
Ways & Means
E&P and Reservoir Engineering workflow interactive presentation.
Interactive lectures, exercises and short movies.
Dynamic reservoir simulator overview.
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