Applied Reservoir Engineering
هندسة المكامن التطبيقية
- Next date
- 8–12 February 2027Barcelona
- Fees from
- £2,950per delegate
- Formats
- Classroom · Online6 sessions
- Duration
- 5 daysCertificate
Overview
This five-day course covers the core concepts and calculations of reservoir engineering, from rock and fluid properties to volumetrics, material balance, well performance and production forecasting. Through practical exercises and field examples, participants learn how reservoir engineering supports reserves estimation and field development decisions.
Objectives
- Explain porosity, permeability, saturation, wettability and capillary pressure
- Interpret relative permeability curves and their impact on recovery
- Use PVT properties of oil and gas in engineering calculations
- Estimate STOIIP and GIIP volumetrically and understand reserves classification
- Identify reservoir drive mechanisms
- Apply the material balance equation to oil and gas reservoirs
- Analyse well inflow performance and apply decline curve analysis
- Understand the role of simulation and surveillance in reservoir management
Who should attend
Reservoir, petroleum and production engineers, geologists and geophysicists working with reservoir teams, and technical staff who need a practical grounding in reservoir engineering.
Training methodology
Instructor-led sessions, worked examples, spreadsheet-based exercises, field case studies, group work and a final assessment.
Programme outline
Day1Rock Properties
- Porosity: types, measurement and cut-offs
- Permeability and Darcy's law
- Fluid saturations and their distribution
- Wettability and capillary pressure
- Relative permeability
- Routine and special core analysis
- Practical exercise: Interpreting core data
Day2Reservoir Fluids and PVT
- Hydrocarbon phase behaviour
- Classification of reservoir fluids
- Oil PVT properties: Bo, Rs and viscosity
- Gas properties, Bg and the z-factor
- Fluid sampling and laboratory PVT tests
- PVT correlations and their limits
- Practical exercise: PVT calculations
Day3Volumetrics and Material Balance
- STOIIP and GIIP calculations
- Uncertainty and reserves classification (SPE-PRMS)
- Reservoir drive mechanisms
- The general material balance equation
- Havlena-Odeh straight-line method
- Aquifer influx
- Practical exercise: Material balance for an oil reservoir
Day4Well Performance and Forecasting
- Inflow performance and productivity index
- IPR curves and the Vogel method
- Skin factor and formation damage
- Introduction to well test analysis
- Decline curve analysis (Arps)
- Production forecasting
- Practical exercise: Building a production forecast
Day5Reservoir Management
- Waterflooding fundamentals
- Introduction to reservoir simulation
- History matching
- Reservoir surveillance and data acquisition
- Field development planning
- Integrated field case study
- Final assessment
Dates and fees
Fees are in GBP. per delegate.
Certificate
Every delegate who attends the full programme receives a Harfard Technology certificate of completion stating the course title, duration, dates and venue.
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