·         Understand the principles of reservoir management concept and process

·         Understand reservoir management integration concept

·         Understand the role of reservoir modeling in the reservoir management process

·         Gain sufficient knowledge on the project economics evaluation

·         Understand Reservoir Surveillance and Monitoring

·         Gain better knowledge on importance of production optimization

·         Aware by different aspects of reservoir management applications

Petroleum, Reservoir and production engineers, Geoscientists, managers, technicians, and other related disciplines.

Day 1

•    Course Objectives

•    Reservoir Management Definition

•    Reservoir Management Concept

•    Integrated Reservoir Management Concept

•    Getting to Understand Your Reservoir

•    Reservoir Drive Mechanisms

•    Reservoir Rock Properties

•    Reservoir Fluid Properties

•    Reservoir Performance

•    Reservoir Management Process

•    Reservoir Data Management and Interpretation

Day 2

• Role of Simulation in Reservoir Management

– Reservoir Characterization

– Developing Reservoir Static Model

– Developing Reservoir Dynamic

– Fluid Characterization/PVT Modeling

– Dynamic Model Calibration

– Setting Reservoir Future Predictions

Day 3

• Oil Recovery Methods

– Primary Recovery

– Secondary Recovery

– Water Flooding

– Flooding Patterns

– Factors Affecting Water Flooding

– Fractional Flow Curve

– Enhanced Oil Recovery

-EOR Concept

-EOR Screening Criteria

-EOR Types

• Production Optimization Using Nodal Analysis Approach

– Objective of Nodal Analysis

– Production System Pressure Losses

– Nodal Analysis Approach

– Inflow/Outflow Curves

– Applications of Nodal Analysis

Day 4

• Reservoir Economic Evaluation

– Economic Fundamentals

– Economic Parameters

– Economic Optimization

• Reservoir Surveillance, Monitoring & Testing

– Importance of Reservoir Surveillance for Reservoir Management

– Reservoir Measurements Parameters

– Reservoir Monitoring Program

– Well Test Objectives

– Types of Well Tests

– Define Test Input/output Data

Day 5

• Reservoir Management Case Applications

– New Reservoirs

– Matured Reservoirs

– Reservoirs with small Gas Caps

– Reservoirs with Huge Gas Caps

– Thin Oil Rims

– Reservoirs with new infill opportunities

– Fractured Reservoirs

• End Session/Discussion