Course Outcomes
Expected learning outcomes
- To provide a comprehensive overview of key reservoir engineering concepts
- To provide an overview of fluid properties and their behaviour under changing conditions
- To provide an overview of material balance calculations which rely on PVT data
- To understand the concept of fluid flow in porous media and permeability and Darcy’s Law
- To review of well testing and the analysis of pressure data, one of the main sources of permeability estimates
- To understand what the reservoir engineer has to deliver – production forecasts and resource estimates
- To gain an understanding of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
- To understand the nomenclature and terminology used in the industry
Curriculum
Course modules and outline
Fluid properties
- PVT measurements
- Phase behaviour
- Fluid types
- Material balance
Fluid flow in porous media
- Permeability and Darcy’s law
- Fluid viscosity
- Sources of permeability data
Two phase flow
- Capillary pressure
- Relative permeability data
- Well testing
- Well test operations
- Transient flow / semi-steady state flow
- Semi log plots
- Radius of investigation
- Skin – formation damage
Production forecasting
- Recovery mechanisms
- Recovery factors
- Reservoir simulation
- Integrated production modelling
Resource categories
- Petroleum Resource Management System (PRMS)
- Contingent resources
- Proved and probable reserves
EOR
- Chemical flooding
- Thermal flooding
- Miscible gas flooding
- Immiscible gas flooding
Target Audience
Who should attend?
- Professionals who work in collaboration with reservoir engineers
- Exploration geoscientists
- Petrophysicists
- Well engineers
- Process engineers
- Chemical engineers
- Facilities engineers
- Economists
- Commercial personnel
Why Attend
Key course benefits
Practical capacity building approach
Designed for government, NGOs and public institutions
Real-world African case studies
Certificate of completion
Applicable tools and templates
Interactive facilitation and exercises
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