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| Code | Date | Location | price (€)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RES 440 | 2 - 6 Feb 2026 | Online | 3300 |
| RES 440 | 21- 25 Sep 2026 | Aberdeen | 4400 |
In the E&P business, Reservoir Engineers play a key role in handling, analysing and interpreting subsurface and production data at all stages of field development. Reservoir Engineering data and models are used in field development plans to optimise economic production of hydrocarbons. In this course fundamental concepts and a broad spectrum of modern practical reservoir engineering methods are addressed. Extensive use is made of practical and actual field problems to illustrate relevant subjects.
The following topics will be covered:
o Reservoir rock properties / Capillary pressures, surface tension, wettability.
o Distribution of hydrocarbon fluids, pressure regimes, fluid gradients and contacts
o Hydrocarbons-in-place estimation
The SPE PRMS system for reserves and resource classification and estimation
o Fluid properties, phase behaviour, PVT, fluid sampling and laboratory procedures
o Recovery drive-energy, material balance, recovery factors and production forecasts
o Gas reservoir engineering concepts.
o Radial flow equations and well behaviour / Skin: source and how to minimize it.
o Design and interpretation of pressure transient well tests: drawdown and build-up
o Production forecasting and Decline Curve Analysis
o Relative permeability, movable oil, Corey model, immiscible vs miscible flow
o Reservoir heterogeneity and sweep / Reservoir simulation modelling principles
o EOR principles and Field Development Planning, fractured reservoirs
o Pc and saturation height relations, Leveret-J function
o Distribution of hydrocarbon fluids
o Exercise
o PVT Laboratory experiments
o PVT & fluid sampling
o Exercise PVT correlations
o Reserves Classification systems- the SPE Petroleum Resource Management System
o The probabilistic method
o Decline Curve Analysis and Production forecasting
o Exercise: oil production forecasting
o Oil and Gas Material Balance, aquifers, straight line methods
o Wells, inflow performance, skin, horizontal wells
o Exercise: well inflow calculations o Exercise: gas production forecasting
o Modern well test analysis, Pressure Draw Down and Build Up analysis
o Kr/Pc, wettingness, drainage vs. imbibition,
o Displacement and Recovery, sweep, Buckley-Leverett, movable oil
o Pseudo relative permeability
o Exercise mobility ratio
o Reservoir Simulation - modelling construction and history matching, QA/QC
o Reading and discussion of simulation field cases
o Fractured reservoirs
o Secondary Recovery, Enhanced Oil Recovery
o Oil Field Development Planning
o Gas field development planning
o Exercise: development planning regulations
o Handling uncertainty
o Course Recap, Quiz and Evaluation
The course has two instructor:
The first instructor is an independent Reservoir Engineering Consultant providing consultancy, QA, and training worldwide. He previously held senior roles at Shell, including Senior Reserves Consultant and Discipline Lead. He has extensive global experience in reserves management, reservoir simulation, and carbonate reservoirs. He is also a respected trainer and co-author of the PRMS guidelines, with an MSc in Applied Mathematics.
The second instructor has over 27 years of experience at Shell across Europe, the US, and the Middle East. He is an expert in Reservoir Engineering, WRFM, and business development, leading global multidisciplinary teams. He served as Principal Technical Expert at Shell, advancing integrated production optimization approaches.Now an independent consultant, he advises organizations with a focus on practical, value-driven solutions.
o Advance
At the end of the Advanced Course participants will have a deeper knowledge of modern reservoir engineering principles and practices for reservoir development and production, including the estimation of oil and gas reserves. They will also have an awareness of the construction and use of reservoir models.
A broad spectrum of modern practical reservoir engineering methods are addressed. Extensive use is made of practical and actual field problems to illustrate relevant subjects.
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