This course provides a comprehensive and practical understanding of dynamic reservoir simulation, covering principles and concepts as well as data reviewing and formatting.
Public :
Newly-hired and 2- to 3-year experienced reservoir engineers willing to deepen their knowledge in reservoir fluid properties and PVT modeling. It is also intended for geoscientists, petroleum engineers and production engineers moving towards reservoir engineering.
Level :Skilled
Prerequisite :
Reservoir engineering degree or equivalent experience within the petroleum industry.
Course Content
INTRODUCTION TO DYNAMIC RESERVOIR SIMULATION
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Physical aspects and fundamental laws.
Mathematical and numerical aspects (diffusivity equation, transport equation, equations od state…).
Types of reservoir simulation models: black oil, compositional, thermal, chemical and double porosity model.
INTRODUCTION TO THE SIMULATOR
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Simulation software presentation.
Practical exercise (building a model from A to Z).
SPACE & TIME DISCRETIZATION
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Various types of grids (Cartesian grid, radial grid, corner point grid, etc.), related properties and key elements to take into account.
Time step management and main events to take into account.
Practical exercise using the simulator.
PETROPHYSICS
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Duration : 1 Day
Data review and petrophysical upscaling.
Practical exercise using the simulator.
FLUIDS
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Duration : 1 Day
Data review and formalisms used by the simulator.
Use of black oil data set and integration of lab experiments results (constant composition expansion, constant volume depletion).
Practical exercise using the simulator.
INITIAL STATE
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Duration : 1 Day
Data review and formalisms used by the simulator (equilibration regions).
Identification of fluids in place per region.
Practical exercise using the simulator.
AQUIFERS REPRESENTATION
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Formalisms used by the simulator (gridded or analytical aquifers).
Review of different possibilities (bottom, edge, transient, steady state, semi steady state) and Hurst & Van Everdingen tables.
Practical exercise using the simulator.
FLOW REPRESENTATION
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Duration : 1 Day
Formalisms used by the simulator (transmissivity multipliers, end point scaling of capillary pressures and relative permeability).
Identification of production mechanisms and material balance analysis.
Practical exercise using the simulator.
WELLS REPRESENTATION
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Duration : 1 Day
Formalisms used by the simulator (wells trajectory, perforations…).
Introduction to well performance:
Inflow performance and numerical PI, outflow performance and VFP tables.
Practical exercise using the simulation software.
PRODUCTION FORECAST
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Duration : 2 Days
Objectives and methodology.
Integration of well representation and production constraints.
Estimation of future productions linked to different scenarios and identification of remaining uncertainties.
Practical exercise using the simulator.
Learning Objectives
Attendees will be able to implement the following skills:
Discuss the fundamental concepts of dynamic reservoir simulation,
Build a simple reservoir simulation model (including data gathering and data QC),
Carry out a simple reservoir simulation study (including taking into account technical and economical constraints, basic history matching and production forecast) using a black-oil model.
Ways & Means
Interactive lectures and exercises.
Hands-on practice using state-of-the-art industrial software packages: ECLIPSE™, PETREL-RE™ or PumaFlow™ reservoir simulator.
Black oil reservoir simulation including the manipulation of all kind of reservoir data (geological, petrophysical, PVT, well data, production history).
Software used during workshops: with courtesy of Schlumberger.
Learning assessment
Knowledge assessment with multiple choice questions and open explanatory questions.
Assessment from results obtained on hands-on exercises using the simulator.
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