Reservoir Management: Uncertainties and Risks (RES 437)
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Code | Date | Location | price (€)* | RES 437 | 7 – 10 Dec 2026 | Online | 2640 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RES 437 | 14– 17Oct 2026 | Online | 2640 |
| RES 437 | 5 – 8 Oct 2026 | London | 3520 |
| RES 437 | 17 – 20 Nov 2026 | Muscat | 3520 |
COURSE OVERVIEW
The course emphasizes the importance of sound reservoir management principles, highlighting the value of multidisciplinary collaboration and team synergy in making effective technical and operational decisions.
It covers key surveillance and performance monitoring techniques used to optimize waterflood projects, including Hall plot analysis, Voidage Replacement Ratio (VRR) calculations, pattern balancing and realignment, volumetric sweep efficiency assessment, production logging, injectivity challenges and solutions, and conformance improvement methods. Numerous case studies from different regions of the world are reviewed to demonstrate practical approaches to monitoring and optimizing waterflood performance.
In addition, add-on recovery schemes such as polymer flooding and gas injection are discussed as strategies to further enhance oil recovery. Class problems and group exercises are incorporated to reinforce the technical concepts presented. Participants will receive a detailed, full-color course manual that serves as a comprehensive and practical reference.
COURSE OUTLINE
4 days
Day 1
- Introduction to waterflooding and EOR
- Potential incremental reserves
- Statistics of waterflood and EOR schemes
- How various EOR schemes affect oil recovery
- Reservoir characterization
- A review of factors that can affect waterflood performance
- EOR screening
- Case study (West Eagle Unit)
- Case study (Ekofisk field)
Day 2
- Reservoir drive mechanisms & reserves determination
- Case study (primary, secondary, & tertiary recovery schemes)
- Reserves determination
- Volumetric, material balance & probabilistic methods
- Design and planning of waterflood schemes
- Review & screening of EOR schemes
- Timing for start of waterflood projects
- Pattern vs peripheral injection
- Case study (South Pierson Unit)
Day 3
- Estimate of recovery factors (Stiles & Dykstra/Parson methods)
- Methods of performance monitoring
- Review of sweep efficiencies
- Use of conformance plots
- Use of the Hall Plot (class problem)
- Group exercise; evaluate performance (Cardium Unit)
- Discuss operational problems and remedies
Day 4
o Application of reservoir management tool
o Performance evaluation of waterflood projects
o Application of Hz wells, fracing, and EOR applications
o Economic analysis and risk management
o Time value of money & discount rate
o Including risks in economic evaluation
INSTRUCTOR
Mr. Saad Ibrahim
Mr. Saad Ibrahim, P. Eng, is President of Petro Management Group Ltd. and has over 35 years of diversified experience in the oil and gas industry. He is widely recognized worldwide as a leading engineering consultant and distinguished instructor.
He completed a postgraduate program in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Calgary. His expertise focuses on reservoir management and well test planning and analysis, having analyzed more than 20,000 well tests globally.
He is a member of APEGA and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
FAQ
DESIGNED FOR
This course is aimed at the reservoir, petroleum, and exploitation engineers & technologists, geophysicists, and geologists who are involved in field development and exploitation.
COURSE LEVEL
- Intermediate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After completing this course, participants will:
o How to recognize geological and engineering, regulatory rules risks and uncertainties, further how to mitigate these risks.
ol earn how to effectively apply the process of reservoir management.
oHave how to integrate the technical and financial knowledge to ensure the highest project NPV is achieved.
o Get familiar with available technology and techniques such as waterflooding, EOR , and Hz well applications and how to implement them in your projects
REGISTER
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Ph.D. students, group and early bird registrants are eligible to DISCOUNT!
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