PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING

Objectives:

• This course provides fundamental knowledge of properties and behaviors of petroleum reservoir and hydrocarbons in the reservoir.
• Rock and fluid properties, volumetric calculation, reservoir types and drive mechanisms, material balance, decline curve analysis, fluid flow in porous media, well testing, immisicible displacement

Course contents:

Rock and Fluid Properties

• Definition and calculation of rock properties.
• Definition and calculation of oil, gas, and water properties.

II. Volumetric Calculation

• Calculation of reservoir volume and estimation of reserve.

III. Reservoir Types and Drive Mechanisms

• Different types of reservoir and drive mechanisms.

IV. Material Balance

• Gas reservoir
• Solution gas drive
• Gas cap drive
• Water drive

V. Decline Curve Analysis

• Exponential decline
• Hyperbolic decline
• Harmonic decline

VI. Fluid Flow in Porous Media

•  Steady state flow 
• Pseudo steady state flow
• Transient flow

VII. Well Testing

• Types of tests 
• Well test reservoir model
• Reservoir parameter estimation from well tests

VIII. Immisicible Displacement

• Fractional flow equation
• Buckley-Leverett displacement
• Oil recovery calculations