Who should attend?

Petroleum engineers, drilling engineers, production engineers, reservoir engineers and other disciplines engineers who desire to obtain a comprehensive knowledge of the application of reservoir engineering to optimize field performance and maximizing hydrocarbon recoveries.

About the course

This is an in-depth course that is designed to provide the participants with a solid understanding of reservoir engineering and associated modern theories in order to manage and maximize hydrocarbon recovery. Hands-on examples and exercises are used throughout the course to help participants with understanding key performance concepts. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptop computer to class.

You will learn

• Have a deep comprehension knowledge of the application of reservoir engineering
• Optimize field performance
• Maximize and manage hydrocarbon recoveries
• Learn associated modern theories which are balanced with practical things
• Understand how to apply immediately latest techniques of reservoir engineering

Course content

• Basic Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbon Systems
• Capillary Pressure and Relative Permeability Concepts
• Capillary Pressure and Fluid Distributions
• Two and Three Relative Permeability
• Normalization of Relative Permeability
• Relative Permeability Upscaling
• Fundamentals of Reservoir Fluid Flow
• Fluid Flow Equations
• Principles of Superposition
• Transient Well Testing
• Fundamentals of Reservoir Fluid Flow
• Water and Gas Coning
• Oil Well Performance
• Vertical Oil Well Performance
• Horizontal Oil Well Performance
• Gas Well Performance
• Vertical Gas Well Performance
• Horizontal Gas Well Performance
• Decline Curve Analysis
• Type Curve Analysis
• Water Influx
• Recognition of Natural Water Influx
• Water Influx Models
• Gas Recovery Mechanisms and Material Balance Equation
• Oil Recovery Mechanisms and Material Balance Equation
• Principles of Waterflooding
• Introduction to Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods