Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. Accurate information on phase behaviour and properties of fluids is an essential element in proper management of petroleum reservoirs. Reservoirs were often produced by depletion in which the reservoir pressure was the main variable that controlled the fluid properties. Thus understanding phase behaviour is an important step for modeling EOR and be prepared for the coming phase of development of the oil fields. Hence, experimental methods and predictive correlations with pressure as the variable were developed and successfully used for many years in industry. The development of enhanced oil recovery techniques and growing interest in gas condensate and volatile oil reservoirs, involving wide compositional variations and complex fluid behaviour during production, necessitated the use of more advanced compositional methods and new experimental procedures. The availability of high computational capabilities greatly assisted the rapid technology development in this area and its wide use in industry.This course is designed to present practical methods of determining required reservoir fluid properties for engineering applications by judicious review of conventional practices and introducing recent advances. Although the emphasis is on the application of PVT and phase behaviour data to engineering problems, experimental methods will also be reviewed and their limitations will be identified. The course covers data gathering and fluid sampling that enable engineers to deliver a proper fluid characterization (from sampling to EOS characterization). This course will enable the participants to ensure optimum sampling strategy, strong laboratories follow-up capabilities and high quality EOS characterization.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology before or during the course for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued to participants through Haward’s Portal. This includes Wallet Card Certificates if applicable
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy Training Materials (PDF format) will be issued to participant through the Virtual Training Platform
Training Methodology	:	80% of the program will be theory and 20% will be practical sessions, exercises, case studies, simulators or videos
Training Program	:	The training will be for 4 hours per day starting at 09:30 and ending at 13:30
H-STK Smart Training Kit	:	Not Applicable
Hands-on Practical Workshops	:	Not Applicable
Site Visit	:	Not Applicable
Simulators	:	Only software simulators will be used in the virtual courses. Hardware simulators are not applicable and will not be used in Virtual Training