Advanced Reservoir Engineering
Strategies, Analysis & Optimization
Duration: 5 Days
Target Audience: Experienced Reservoir Engineers, Senior Production Engineers, Field Development Planners, Asset Managers
Delivery Mode: Classroom / Virtual with Advanced Exercises and Case Studies
Level: Advanced
Course Overview
This intensive program covers advanced topics in reservoir engineering, focusing on analysis, modeling, and optimization techniques to maximize recovery. Participants will deepen their expertise in material balance, reservoir simulation, well performance analysis, EOR screening, uncertainty quantification, and reservoir management best practices.
Day-by-Day Outline
Day 1 – Advanced Material Balance & Drive Mechanism Analysis
- Limitations of classical material balance
- Analyzing complex reservoirs: multi-tank and layered systems
- Incorporating aquifer and gas cap behavior
- Using type curves for material balance solutions
- Exercise: Build material balance models for multi-drive reservoirs
Day 2 – Advanced Fluid Flow and Well Performance
- Non-Darcy flow and turbulence effects
- Transient flow regimes: spherical, linear, and bilinear flows
- Horizontal and multilateral well performance
- Modeling complex well completions in reservoir analysis
- Workshop: Analyze horizontal well inflow and productivity data
Day 3 – Reservoir Simulation Best Practices
- Building advanced reservoir simulation models
- History matching strategies for complex reservoirs
- Streamline simulation applications
- Coupling geomechanics with reservoir models
- Exercise: Perform history matching with multiple data sources
Day 4 – Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Screening and Design
- Advanced EOR screening criteria and candidate selection
- Detailed design considerations for thermal, gas, and chemical EOR
- Compositional modeling for miscible gas floods
- Integrating EOR with reservoir simulation workflows
- Workshop: Screen EOR options for a mature field and model incremental recovery
Day 5 – Risk Management and Integrated Reservoir Management
- Quantifying and managing uncertainty in reservoir forecasts
- Reservoir surveillance planning and optimization
- Integrated asset modeling (IAM) combining reservoir, wells, and surface facilities
- Case studies of advanced reservoir management successes and challenges
- Capstone Project: Develop an advanced reservoir management plan incorporating EOR, simulation, and risk assessment
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Apply advanced material balance methods to complex reservoir systems
- Analyze and forecast well performance in complex well types
- Build and calibrate sophisticated reservoir simulation models
- Evaluate, design, and implement advanced EOR strategies
- Integrate technical, economic, and risk factors into reservoir management decisions
Customizable Add-ons
Tailored content for local geology (e.g. Nile Delta, Western Desert)
Lab visit or simulation hands-on demo
Integration with economics or production courses
Special Customization for Regional NOCs
- Includes legal and fiscal case examples from MENA & Africa
- Arabic-English bilingual delivery available
- Tailored licensing round simulation exercises
- Optional site visits to local oilfields or regulatory agencies
Trainer Profile
- Senior reservoir and exploration engineers from IOCs and NOCs
- Former advisors to government ministries
- Experts in petroleum contracts and economic modeling
Certification
Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion and a performance report including assessment outcomes and instructor feedback
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