This course provides a comprehensive and practical understanding of methods and issues related to the reevaluation of mature hydrocarbons fields (brown fields) in order to optimize the production and increase the reserves.
Public :
Geoscientists, reservoir engineers, petroleum engineers and asset managers involved in managing and optimizing mature fields.
Level :Awareness
Prerequisite :
No pre-requisistes are necessary to follow this course.
Course Content
PRINCIPLES OF RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT
Introduction to field redevelopment study.
Reserves evaluation.
Understanding the reservoir production energy.
Development using proven strategies.
Reservoir monitoring and data acquisition.
Application of improved recovery techniques.
Exercises.
RESERVES ESTIMATIONS, PROBLEMS IDENTIFICATION
Performance analysis and criteria for performance analysis methods.
Identifying shut-in or low PI’s wells.
Analyzing the surface gathering network and identifying the main bottlenecks.
Defining a monitoring plan.
Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) techniques.
Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) techniques.
Exercises.
PRINCIPLES OF RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES - CASE STUDIES
Casestudy n°1: Development of a reservoir with excessive gas production.
Casestudy n°2: Development of tight oil reservoirs (improved techniques).
Casestudy n°3: Development of a mature field (proven strategies).
PROJECT ECONOMICS & RISK EVALUATION
Fundamentals of petroleum economics.
Economic evaluation criteria.
Uncertainty analysis and quantification.
Risk analysis and management.
Exercises.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
discuss and apply the principles of reservoir management; learning how to conserve the reservoir energy, implementing the proven strategies, applying the energy (advanced) technologies for field development,
discuss and apply the economical criteria and procedure for selecting a development plan.
Ways & Means
Interactive courses and exercises.
Various case studies allowing to apply the principles of reservoir management.
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
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