Course Details

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

• Reservoir and Petroleum Engineers
• Production and Completion Engineers
• Geoscientists involved in reservoir evaluation
• Field Development and Subsurface Professionals
• Technical staff supporting reservoir studies
• Anyone seeking applied, practical reservoir engineering knowledge

• 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:

• Apply key reservoir engineering principles to evaluate reservoir performance
• Analyze reservoir rock and fluid properties used in engineering calculations
• Use material balance methods to estimate hydrocarbons in place
• Perform decline curve analysis for performance prediction
• Interpret well test results for reservoir characterization
• Understand reservoir drive mechanisms and flow behavior
• Support reservoir management decisions through applied engineering methods

DAY 1

Reservoir Fundamentals, Rock & Fluid Properties

• Reservoir engineering fundamentals and its role in field development and reservoir management 
• Reservoir classification, characteristics and life cycle 
• Reservoir rock properties, porosity and permeability 
• Fluid saturation, relative permeability and capillary pressure 
• Reservoir heterogeneity and anisotropy 
• Reservoir fluid properties, PVT behavior and phase behavior 
• Formation volume factors, solution gas-oil ratio and fluid compressibility 
• Hydrocarbons-in-place estimation and recovery factor concepts 
• Reservoir fluid flow and Darcy’s Law 
• Practical application of reservoir rock and fluid data in engineering calculations
   

DAY 2

Reservoir Performance Analysis & Well Testing

• Reservoir Drive Mechanisms
• Reservoir drive mechanisms and their impact on reservoir performance 
• Solution gas drive, gas cap drive, water drive, gravity drainage and compaction drive 
• Combination drive reservoirs and performance characteristics 
• Material Balance Equation fundamentals and applications 
• Reservoir performance evaluation and reserves estimation 
• Water influx concepts and aquifer behavior 
• Radial and linear fluid flow through porous media
• Productivity Index and Inflow Performance Relationships 
  Well testing fundamentals, pressure build-up and drawdown tests 
  Wellbore storage, skin effect and pressure transient analysis
   

DAY 3

Reservoir Management, Forecasting & Optimization

• Reservoir pressure estimation and interpretation of well test results 
• Production forecasting and production trend evaluation 
• Decline Curve Analysis and reserve estimation from production data 
• Forecasting future reservoir performance 
• Waterflooding and secondary recovery principles 
• Sweep efficiency, voidage replacement and reservoir surveillance 
• Reservoir simulation concepts, applications and benefits 
• Static and dynamic reservoir models, input data and history matching 
• Integrated reservoir management, data integration and uncertainty assessment 
• Production optimization strategies and reservoir management best practices