By the end of this programme, participants will:
- Know how to use appropriate approaches in reservoir engineering and management
- Familiarise with the appropriate data collection, analysis, validation, and integration process
- Illustrate the points of integration between the different disciplines (geoscience, engineering, etc.) during the applications of the reservoir management concepts and applications
- Ensure the appropriate execution of the reservoir management process
- Understand how to use the Interdisciplinary Synergistic approach to efficient reservoir management
- Acquire knowledge of each reservoir management component and the importance of timing and cost/benefit analysis
DAY 1
RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT PROCESS – COMPONENTS AND PLAN
- Definition of Reservoir Management: An Integrated, Interdisciplinary Team Effort
- Reservoir Life Cycle
- Scope and Objective for Integrated Reservoir Management
- Fundamentals and Resources of Reservoir Management
- Reservoir Management Concepts and Processes
DAY 2: RESERVOIR ENGINEERING DATA
- Data Types: Reservoir Rock & Fluids Properties
- Data Acquisition, Validation, Analysis, and Management
- Integration of Production/Injection Data, Log Data, Pressure Data, and Any Subsurface Data for Analysis
- Efficient Monitoring of Reservoir Performance
- Reservoir Performance Analysis and Forecast
- Static Geological Model and Reservoir Simulation
DAY 3
RESERVES ESTIMATION AND CLASSIFICATION/RESERVOIR DRIVE MECHANISMS AND PRODUCING CHARACTERISTICS
- Reservoir Management Plans and Scenarios
- Economic Model – Uncertainties and Risks
- Maximising Economic Recovery and Minimising Capital Investment, Risk, and Operating Expenses
- Oil Reserves Types and Classification & Reservoir Engineering and Evaluation
- Natural Producing Mechanisms
- Estimation of Reserves and Prediction of Reservoir Performance
DAY 4
WATERFLOOD MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT
- Secondary Recovery and Pressure Maintenance Process
- Waterflood Management in Mature Fields: Surface as Well as Subsurface Issues
- Design Aspects of Water Injection System
- Waterflood Monitoring and Management
- Reservoir Performance with Waterflooding Projects
- Effects of Water Injection on the Recovery Factor and Reserves
DAY 5
OIL RECOVERY ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES
- Introduction to Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Techniques
- Chemical, Thermal, and Miscible EOR Methods
- Performance of the EOR Processes and Expected Recovery Factors
- Role of the Reservoir Management for the Application of the EOR Processes
- Reservoir Management Case Investigations of Mature Fields
