Back to Basics Outline

The Practice of Reservoir Engineering applied to the Development of Oil and Gas Reservoirs

     Introduction
     Reservoir Engineering Studies
     Application of Basic Reservoir Engineering Principles
     History of the Development of the Basic Reservoir Engineering Principles
     Overview of Oil and Gas Recovery in the UKCS

Static Reservoir Characterisation

     Introduction
     Reservoir Presence
     Reservoir Quality and Continuity
     Pressure and Temperature Regimes
     Hydrostatic and Capillary Forces
          Reservoir Fluid Contacts

Dynamic Reservoir Characterisation

     Introduction
     Pressures and Fluid Properties
          Data acquisition and analysis of;
               Reservoir Fluid types and Properties
     Dynamic Performance Data
          Data acquisition and analysis of;
              Well Test Data
              Relative Permeability Data and Residual Saturations
              Production Data

Evaluating Well/Reservoir Performance

Introduction
Underlying Principles
     Mass Conservation/Material Balance
     Flow through Porous Media
     Flow through Pipes
Application
     Determination of Well Productivity Index (PI)
     Well Test Analysis
     Vertical Lift Performance
     Decline Curve Analysis
     Material Balance
     Reservoir Simulation

Improving Well/Reservoir Performance

Introduction
     Improving Well Productivity
     Inflow Performance
     Vertical Lift Performance
     Enhanced Reservoir Performance
     Incremental Reservoir Performance

Hydrocarbon Initial in Place (HIIP) and Recovery Factor Estimation

     Introduction
     Dynamic vs static estimation of HIIP
     Simplistic estimation of recovery factors
     Use of observed data to reduce uncertainty
     Classification of Reserves