Course Details

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

• Reservoir, Petroleum, and Production Engineers (Entry Level)
• Geoscientists and Subsurface Professionals
• Field Engineers and Technical Personnel
• Operations and Production Staff working with subsurface data
• Engineering Graduates entering the oil and gas industry
• Anyone seeking foundational knowledge in reservoir engineering

• 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 reservoir engineering fundamentals and terminology
• Describe reservoir rock and fluid properties and their impact on performance
• Apply basic material balance concepts and identify reservoir drive mechanisms
• Interpret well performance data and estimate reservoir parameters
• Understand the basics of reservoir simulation and decline curve analysis
• Support decision-making in reservoir development and management

DAY 1

Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering and Reservoir Characterization

• Reservoir engineering functions, workflow, and industry applications 
• Petroleum reservoir formation, accumulation, types, and classification 
• Conventional and unconventional reservoir characteristics 
• Reservoir rock properties, porosity, permeability, and compressibility 
• Fluid saturation, wettability, capillary pressure, and relative permeability 
• Reservoir heterogeneity, anisotropy, and their impact on performance 
• Reservoir evaluation, core analysis, and wireline logging fundamentals 
• Reservoir description and characterization using subsurface data 
• Hydrocarbon volumes in place and volumetric estimation methods 
• STOIIP, GIIP, reserves, and resources fundamentals
   

DAY 2

Reservoir Fluids, Pressure Behavior, and Material Balance

• Reservoir fluid systems and characteristics of oil, gas, and condensates 
• Reservoir fluid classification and fundamentals of PVT analysis 
• Fluid sampling, laboratory PVT testing, and quality considerations 
• Formation volume factors, gas-oil ratio, and fluid compressibility 
• Hydrocarbon phase behavior and pressure-temperature relationships 
• Phase diagrams and black oil and compositional concepts
• Initial reservoir pressure, pressure gradients, and fluid contacts 
• Reservoir pressure measurement and interpretation techniques 
• Reservoir drive mechanisms and their impact on recovery 
• Material balance, recovery mechanisms, and estimation of hydrocarbons in place
   

DAY 3

Fluid Flow, Well Performance, Forecasting, and Reservoir Management

• Fundamentals of fluid flow through porous media and Darcy’s Law 
• Linear, radial, and steady-state reservoir flow concepts 
• Reservoir pressure distribution and well inflow performance 
• Well productivity, deliverability, skin effect, and formation damage 
• Horizontal and vertical well performance considerations 
• Well testing, pressure drawdown, build-up, and transient analysis 
• Reservoir surveillance, production monitoring, water cut, and pressure tracking 
• Production forecasting, decline curve analysis, and recovery prediction 
• Reservoir simulation, fluid displacement, sweep efficiency, and EOR principles 
• Reservoir management, field development, uncertainty, optimization, and maximizing recovery and asset value