By the end of this programme, participants will:
- Understand the fundamentals of petroleum engineering, including reservoir, drilling, completion, and surface facilities.
- Learn key principles and methods used to evaluate and manage petroleum reservoirs.
- Gain insight into the drilling and completion processes for oil and gas wells.
- Understand the role of surface facilities in oil and gas production and processing.
- Develop an understanding of how different disciplines in petroleum engineering are integrated to optimize oil and gas operations.
DAY 1
Introduction to Petroleum Engineering and Reservoir Basics
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- Overview of petroleum engineering and its role in the oil and gas industry
- Reservoir engineering fundamentals: Rock and fluid properties, reservoir behavior
- Fluid flow in porous media: Darcy’s law, pressure and flow regimes
- Types of reservoirs: Conventional vs unconventional
- Reservoir performance and recovery mechanisms
- Exercises: Analyzing basic reservoir properties and behavior
DAY 2
Drilling Engineering
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- Overview of the drilling process and operations
- Drilling rig components and their functions
- Drilling fluid systems and their roles
- Wellbore construction: Well types, casing, and cementing
- Drilling challenges: Wellbore stability, kick detection, and blowout prevention
- Exercises: Drilling operations and equipment analysis
DAY 3
Well Completion Engineering
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- Introduction to well completion: Purpose and stages
- Completion methods: Open-hole vs cased-hole completions
- Completion components: Tubing, packers, and artificial lift systems
- Perforating and stimulation techniques: Hydraulic fracturing, acidizing
- Well intervention and workover operations
- Exercises: Designing well completion systems
DAY 4
Surface Facilities and Production Engineering
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- Introduction to surface facilities and their role in production
- Gathering systems: Flowlines, pipelines, and manifolds
- Production separators: Gas, oil, and water separation processes
- Storage and transportation of oil and gas
- Produced water treatment and disposal
- Artificial lift systems: Rod pumps, ESPs, and gas lift
- Exercises: Designing surface facilities for an oilfield
DAY 5
Integration of Reservoir, Drilling, Completion, and Surface Facilities
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- Integration of disciplines in petroleum engineering: How reservoir, drilling, completion, and surface facilities work together
- Lifecycle of a well: From reservoir evaluation to production
- Optimizing operations and improving efficiency in oil and gas fields
- Challenges in managing complex field developments
- Case study: Integrated approach to a petroleum field development
- Exercises: Developing an integrated field development plan
