Course Details

This course is appropriate for a wide range of professionals but not limited to:

• Production and Petroleum Engineers
• Reservoir and Completion Engineers
• Well Performance and Optimization Engineers
• Field Operations and Production Technicians
• Subsurface and Surface Engineering Personnel
• Anyone involved in well modeling, system analysis, or production optimization

• Expert-led sessions with dynamic visual aids
• Comprehensive course manual to support practical application and reinforcement
• Interactive discussions addressing participants’ real-world projects and challenges
• Insightful case studies and proven best practices to enhance learning

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Understand the principles and workflow of nodal analysis
• Model and interpret inflow and outflow performance relationships
• Identify system bottlenecks affecting well performance
• Optimize tubing size, choke settings, and well operating conditions
• Integrate artificial lift into nodal analysis applications
• Apply nodal analysis tools for enhanced production decision-making

DAY 1

Introduction to Nodal Analysis and System Components

• Welcome and Introduction
• Pre-Test
• What Is Nodal Analysis and Why It Matters
• Reservoir-to-Surface Production System Overview
• Nodes, Boundaries, and System Segments
• Introduction to Inflow Performance Relationships (IPR)
• Exercise

DAY 2

Inflow Performance (IPR) Modeling

• Productivity Index and Flow Regimes
• Vogel, Fetkovich, and Darcy Inflow Models
• Inflow from Oil, Gas, and Multiphase Reservoirs
• Reservoir Parameters Influencing IPR
• Pressure-Rate Relationships and Well Deliverability
• Exercise

DAY 3

Outflow Performance (OPR) and Vertical Lift Performance (VLP)

• Tubing Performance and Multiphase Flow Concepts
• Pressure Drop Calculations in Vertical and Deviated Wells
• Flow Correlations (Beggs-Brill, Hagedorn-Brown, Gray, etc.)
• Choke Performance and Wellhead Pressure Effects
• Flowline and Surface Network Impacts
• Exercise

DAY 4

System Integration and Production Optimization

• Combining IPR and OPR into Nodal Analysis
• Identifying Bottlenecks and System Constraints
• Tubing Size Optimization
• Choke Management and Optimization
• Effect of Reservoir and Facility Changes on Well Performance
• Exercise

DAY 5

Artificial Lift, Troubleshooting and Course Wrap-up

• Incorporating Artificial Lift into Nodal Analysis
• ESP, Gas Lift, Rod Pump, and PCP Considerations
• Diagnosing Production Problems Using Nodal Analysis
• Selecting Optimization Strategies Based on System Behavior
• Post-Test
• Certificate Ceremony