Course Value

The intent of Reservoir Engineering is development of a more complete “understanding” of the characteristics of oil and gas reservoirs, from fluid and rock characteristics through reservoir definition, delineation, classification, development plan, and production. Data collection, integration and application directed toward maximizing recovery are stressed. Basic reservoir engineering equations are introduced with emphasis directed to parameter significance and an understanding of the results. 3-D and 4-D seismic concepts are introduced.

Course Participants

Geologists, geophysicists, engineers, engineering trainees, technical managers, technical assistants, technicians, chemists, physicists, technical supervisors, service company personnel, sales representatives, data processing personnel, and support staff working with reservoir definition, development and production.

Course Contents（Essential）

Optional Course Module

• Advanced level special topics

Introduction to Offshore Oil and Gas Systems (5 days)

• Enhanced recovery

Gas processes in improved oil recovery (3 days)

Oil Recovery Enhancement Techniques (5 days)

Improved oil recovery methods: theory and applications (5 days)

Use of horizontal well technology for IOR (5 days)

• Fluid properties

Phase behavior: recombination tests (5 days)

Practical aspects of reservoir fluid sampling, analysis & flow assurance fluid characterization (5 days)

PVT and phase behavior of reservoir fluids (5 days)

• Gas engineering

Gas Reservoir Management (5 days)

Gas Production Engineering (5 days)

• General knowledge

Fundamentals of reservoir engineering (5 days)

Petroleum engineering for non-technical staff (2 days)

Well productivity and enhancement (5 days)

• Reservoir engineering

Basic reservoir engineering analytical techniques (5 days)

Gas reservoir management (5 days)

Oilfield Water Production, Handling and Injection (5 days)

Waterflooding analytical assessment and applied reservoir simulation (5 days)

Reservoir management

 Field based reservoir description seminar (5 days)

Integrated reservoir management (5 days)

Oil and gas resources and reserves (5 days)

Oil and Gas Reserves Evaluation (5 days)

Petroleum project evaluation & management (5 days)

Practical reservoir engineering (5 days)

• Reservoir simulation

Reservoir Simulation Strategies (5 days)

Getting started in reservoir simulation (5 days)

Water flooding and applied reservoir simulation (5 days)

• Well performance and testing

Basic well test analysis (5 days)

Formation testing and sampling (5 days)

Pressure transient test analysis (5 days)

Surface well testing operations (5 days)

Well testing (5 days)

Well testing interpretation (5 days)

Well testing seminar (5 days)

Course Contents （Intermediate）

Optional Course Module

• Advanced level special topics

Formation Damage: Causes, Prevention, and Remediation

• Enhanced recovery

Characterization, evaluation and enhanced oil recovery in naturally fractured reservoirs (5 days)

Enhanced oil recovery processes: miscible, polymer and thermal (5 days)

Polymer flooding (5 days)

Sweep improvement and profile modification: theory, design and applications (3 days)

Thermal recovery (3 days)

• Fluid properties

Hydrocarbon characterization procedures (5 days)

PVT analysis and equations of state for compositional simulation (5 days)

PVT properties of reservoir fluids (5 days)

• Gas engineering

Gas condensate reservoir engineering (5 days)

Introduction to gas storage (5 days)

Natural gas reservoir engineering (5 days)

• General knowledge

Applied reservoir engineering (5 days)

Rock mechanics for petroleum engineers (5 days)

Reservoir management (5 days)

Carbonate Reservoirs (5 days)

Carbonate reservoir management (5 days)

Reservoir engineering of near-critical reservoirs (5 days)

Reservoir monitoring (5 days)

• Reservoir simulation

Applied reservoir simulation (5 days)

Computer aided history matching (5 days)

History matching and conditioning reservoir models to dynamic data (5 days)

Streamline simulation (2 days)

• Well performance and testing

Distance learning pressure transient testing (no college credit) (5 days)

Horizontal well technology, productivity and evaluation (5 days)

Course Contents（Advanced/Specialized）

Optional Course Module

• Advanced level special topics

Analysis and development of tight gas reservoirs (5 days)

Applied geostatistics for petroleum engineers and geoscientists (5 days)

Coalbed methane reservoir exploitation (5 days)

• Enhanced recovery

Enhanced oil recovery by co2 injection (3 days)

Miscible flooding (3 days)

Role of aspartames in gas injection processes (3 days)

• Fluid properties

Advances in petroleum reservoir fluids analysis (5 days)

Modeling phase equilibrium (5 days)

• Reservoir management

Rock mechanics: applications in reservoir stress management (5 days)

• Reservoir simulation

Calibration of the equations of state for compositional simulation (5 days) C

ompositional simulation (5 days)

Simulation of naturally fractured reservoirs (5 days)

•  Well performance and testing

Pressure transient test analysis and welltest design (5 days)