Reservoir Characterization

Level: Intermediate

Upcoming Sessions:

To Be Determined
Please Contact Us at tahmed@mtech.edu for more information
Instructors: Dr. Tarek Ahmed

Designed for:

Geologists, geophysicists, reservoir engineers, production engineers, petrophysicists and other technical professionals

Course Overview:

The course is designed to review the fundamental principles that deal with rock properties and reservoir characterization. The course also introduces advanced theories of immiscible and miscible displacements, determination of lost oil due to gas-cap/water influx expansions, and detail discussion of several pseudo functions. Hands-on exercises will cover adjusting and generating fluid petrophysical properties that go into the input of a numerical simulator.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptop computer to class.

Course Content:
The course deals with all types of data that are essential to performing simulation studies, including:
  • Fluid Chacaterization
    • Hydrocarbon System Characterization
    • Understanding Fluid Laboratory Data
    • QC/QA of Laboratory Data
    • Modeling of Laboratory Data
    • Oil Lost to Gas Cap Expansion and Water Influx
  • Rock Characterization
    • Rock Properties
    • Wettability
    • Overburden Permeability and Porosity
    • Rock Compressibility
    • Capillary Pressure
    • Two and Three Phase Relative Permeability
    • Treatment of Hysteresis Effects
    • Concept of Permeability Jail
    • Normalizing Relative Permeability Data
    • Capillary Pressure, Fluid Distribution, and Understanding the Transition Zone
  • Reservoir Characterization & Zonation
    • Upscaling
    • Zonation and Layering System
    • Identifying Flow Unites
    • Characterizing Vertical and Areal Heterogeneities
    • Permeability Sequencing Methods
    • Positional Approach
    • Relative Permeability Hysteresis Models
      • Land’s Trapping Coefficient
      • Carlson’s Model
      • Killoough’s Model
      • Impact on WAG Flood Recovery
    • Winland R35
    • Pore Throat Index Approach
    • Characterizing Formations with Well Testing
  • Impact of Reservoir Characterization on IOR Performance
    • Rock and Fluid Properties Consideration When Planning a Waterflood
      • Identifying Flow Unites
      • Characterizing Vertical and Areal Heterogeneities
      • Permeability Sequencing Methods
      • Positional Approach
    • Fractional Flow Equation
    • Displacement Efficiency
    • Areal Sweep Efficiency
    • Vertical Sweep Efficiency
    • Immiscible and Miscible Displacements
  • Practical Applications Of Reservoir Simulation
    • Gridding Techniques
    • Sector Modeling
    • History Matching
    • Modeling of Tight Gas Reservoir
    • Team Project: Development of the Nameless Field