A reservoir’s life begins with exploration that leads to discovery, which is followed by delineation of the reservoir, development of the field, production by primary, secondary, and tertiary means, and finally to abandonment. Integrated, sound reservoir management is the key to a successful operation throughout a reservoir’s life. Further, the need to enhance recovery from the vast amount of remaining oil and gas-in-place, plus the global competition, requires better reservoir management practices. Reservoir management is the application of scientific principles to solve issues arising during the development and production of oil and gas reservoirs.
This course is designed to provide many tools and techniques to help address the challenges of providing a more reliable and sound reservoir engineering & management. Participants can learn a wealth of classic information on the concepts and processes involved in reservoir engineering and management. The course presents insights about data acquisition, reservoir performance analysis & forecast, field development planning, reservoir management economics and improved recovery processes.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon the successful completion of the course, participants will know the following:
Use appropriate approaches in reservoir engineering and management
Be familiar with the appropriate data collection, analysis, validation and integration process
Illustrate the points of integration between the different disciplines (geoscience, engineering etc.) during the applications of the reservoir management concepts
applications
Ensure the appropriate execution of the reservoir management process
Use the Interdisciplinary Synergistic approach to efficient reservoir management
Include each reservoir management component and the importance of timing and cost/benefit analysis
Apply the different methods of reservoir performance analysis and forecast & give emphasis on the integration of production/injection data, pressure data and any subsurface data
Acquire an up to date knowledge on the improved recovery processes related to water flooding, thermal methods, chemical methods and EOR screening guidelines
TARGET AUDIENCE
Reservoir, Petroleum Operation and Production Engineers, Geologists, Geophysicists, field operation staffs, managers, government officials, and others involved with reservoir operations and management.
TRAINING METHODOLOGY
Our highly practical experiential learning method is results-oriented; based on an adult learning concept. The Reservoir Engineering and Management is designed as a blended environment of presentation; workshops; group work; practical exercises; field application/ case studies, analysis and several industry videos showing all processes; and general discussions. The course will include real case studies in the oil and gas industry. Most of the cases studies have been presented in international journals by the instructor.
Pre & Post course assessments will be used to measure the effectiveness of this training and measure the skill and ability of participants.
COURSE CONTENTS
DAY 1 - Reservoir management process, components and plan
KeyTopics:
Reservoir Management Concepts
Definition of reservoir management: an integrated, interdisciplinary team effort
Reservoir life cycle
Scope and objective for integrated reservoir management
Fundamentals and resources of reservoir management
Developing plan and economics (scenarios): field development and field operating plans to optimise profitability
Why integrated reservoir studies
Revision of plan & strategies
Reasons for failure of reservoir management programs
Economics for Reservoir Management
DAY 2 - Reservoir engineering data
KeyTopics:
Data needed for integrated study
Data types: reservoir rock & fluids properties
Data acquisition, validation, analysis and management
Integration of production/injection data, log data, pressure data and any subsurface data for analysis
Efficient monitoring of reservoir performance
Identifying and acquiring critical data, data acquisition, and analysis
Reservoir performance analysis and forecast
Static geological model and reservoir simulation
When simulation models are required
History matching and identification of by-passed oil
Total integration of surface and sub-surface
DAY 3 - Reserves estimation and classification/ reservoir drive mechanisms and producing characteristics
KeyTopics:
Induction of new technologies to maximizing economic recovery and minimizing capital investment, risk and operating expenses.
The timing of field implementation of reservoir management plan: during the primary recovery, pressure maintenance, and secondary and tertiary recovery
Reservoir management plans and scenarios
The economic model, uncertainties and risks
Maximizing economic recovery and minimizing capital investment, risk and operating expenses
Oil reserves types and classification & reservoir engineering and evaluation
Natural producing mechanisms
Reservoir performance analysis and forecast
Estimation of reserves and prediction of reservoir performance
Determination of hydrocarbon in place (volumetric method, decline curve method, material balance method, and mathematical simulation
DAY 4 - Water flood monitoring and management
KeyTopics:
Secondary recovery and pressure maintenance process
Water flood management in mature fields: surface as well as subsurface issues.
Describing water flooding definition and objectives, candidates, patterns, factors affecting pattern selection, well spacing, fractional flow, performance measures, practices and problems
Design aspects of the water injection system
Water injection systems: water sources (produced water, aquifers and seawater), water compatibilities and scale, and basic water treatment
Water quality: quality issues and associated risks, the effect of injection water quality on infectivity
Water flood monitoring and management
Reservoir performance with water flooding projects
Effects of water injection on the recovery factor and reserves
DAY 5 - Oil recovery enhancement techniques
KeyTopics:
Introduction to enhanced oil recovery techniques
Conventional and none conventional EOR processes
Chemical, thermal, and miscible EOR methods
EOR processes concepts and mechanisms
Screening criteria guidelines of the EOR processes
Performance of the EOR processes and expected recovery factors
Development plans of the EOR processes
Stages of the EOR projects
Role of the reservoir management for the application of the EOR processes
Reservoir management case studies of mature fields: several development plans for water floods and EOR projects.
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