Organizations face reservoir management challenges when:
- Data is scattered across teams – Disconnected data provides an incomplete picture of reservoirs.
- Models lack critical variables – Not incorporating key parameters undermines accuracy.
- Forecasts miss production targets – Inaccurate projections disrupt planning and budgets.
- Reserves knowledge isn’t retained – Departing experts take reservoir insights with them.
- Juniors lack mentoring – Rising talent needs structured development.
- Silos prevent collaboration – Cross-disciplinary integration is required to optimize reservoirs.
- Best practices aren’t institutionalized – Retiring experts’ tricks aren’t passed on.
Course Overview
The Reservoir Engineering Training course provides a rigorous foundation in reservoir modeling, simulation, and management to drive performance.
Participants will learn to:
- Integrate scattered geological, geophysical, petrophysical and engineering data into unified models
- Build predictive models incorporating key parameters influencing flow and storage
- Validate models with historical matching to minimize forecasting errors
- Apply analytical techniques to right-size models for planning needs
- Review models over asset life cycles to incorporate new data
- Mentor junior staff on industry best practices and company-specific insights
- Promote cross-disciplinary collaboration for integrated reservoir optimization
Equipped with strong reservoir management capabilities, participants will boost production efficiency, recovery rates, and asset ROI.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for:
- Reservoir engineers seeking to expand capabilities
- Upstream professionals transitioning into reservoir roles
- Technical assistants and associates supporting reservoir teams
- Managers seeking to deepen insight into reservoirs
- Senior engineers aiming to institutionalize knowledge
Course Content
Introduction to Reservoir Engineering
- Key concepts and terminology
- Understanding multifluid flow in porous media
- Reservoir data types and sources
- Overall role in asset development and planning
Reservoir Modeling
- Geological modeling – surfaces, volumes, heterogeneities
- Petrophysical property modeling – porosity, permeability, saturations, relative permeabilities
- Grid types for simulation
- Sources of uncertainty
Data Analysis and Quality Control
- Integrating data from geological, geophysical, petrophysical and engineering sources
- Identifying inconsistencies, inaccuracies, and gaps
- Improving data quality through normalization
- Analyzing acquisition and interpretation uncertainty
Reservoir Simulation
- Fundamentals of mathematical modeling of fluid flow
- Static and dynamic modeling concepts
- Key reservoir, fluid, and aquifer parameters
- History matching and model validation
- Forecasting production, injectivity and reserves
Reservoir Management
- Tracking voidage replacement ratios
- Integrated asset team collaboration
- Cyclical model updating with new data
- Optimizing development planning decisions
- Managing uncertainties through asset life cycle
Knowledge Transfer
- Industry best practices, lessons, and tricks
- Company-specific reservoir nuances
- Mentoring junior engineers
- Change management when experts depart
- Digitizing reservoir knowledge
Benefits for Organizations
- Boosted recovery rates and production efficiency
- More accurate forecasts and budgets
- Retained institutional reservoir knowledge
- Accelerated engineer development
- Enhanced cross-team collaboration
Benefits for Individuals
- Strong end-to-end reservoir capabilities
- Deeper specialized technical expertise
- Understanding of company reservoirs
- Industry best practices and mentoring
- Change management techniques
FAQs
What is the learning format? A blend of lectures, software workshops, assessments, and discussions.
Who are the instructors?
Experienced reservoir engineering principals lead the sessions.
What software is included? The latest industry-standard modeling and simulation software.
Are custom models reviewed? Yes, company reservoir models can be reviewed and refined.
What results can I expect? You will gain the skills to improve reservoir performance, planning, knowledge retention and team collaboration.
Ready to transform reservoir management? Reach out today.