This Oil & Gas training course is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of reservoir fluid properties and the tools necessary for estimating hydrocarbon reserves and in-place hydrocarbons. It covers the process of designing reservoir depletion strategies, surface processing requirements, selection of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods, identification and quantification of marketable products, and reservoir simulation studies. Upon completing this course, participants will be better equipped to make well-informed decisions regarding field development planning.
The PVT (Pressure-Volume-Temperature) Properties of Reservoir Fluids course will include:
- A review of the components of naturally occurring petroleum fluids
- The importance of phase diagrams and the relationships between the five main reservoir fluids
- An overview of the most accurate methods for deriving reservoir fluid property values from laboratory data and correlations
- Discussions on sampling procedures and quality control measures
- An understanding of the development and application of Cubic Equations of State (EOS)
- Techniques for characterizing reservoir fluids to fine-tune EOS models
By the end of this PVT (Pressure-Volume-Temperature) Properties of Reservoir Fluids training course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the phase behavior of reservoir fluids and production mechanisms using phase diagrams
- Define and describe concepts such as saturated and undersaturated reservoirs, bubble point pressure, gas and oil formation volume factors, and gas-oil ratios for solution and production
- Identify the necessary properties of natural gas, oil, and water for reservoir engineering calculations
- Utilize PVT reports to estimate oil and gas reserves
- Optimize separator operations and perform related calculations
- Understand reservoir fluid characterization and the procedures for tuning EOS models
- Make informed decisions regarding field development planning
- Explain the phase behavior of gas hydrates
This Energy training course will utilise a variety of learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. The daily workshops will be highly interactive and participative. This involves regular discussion of applications as well as review questions on each topic.
This Energy training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Petroleum and Reservoir Engineers who need to determine accurate values of the properties of reservoir gas, oil and water for use in engineering calculations and Simulation studies
- Production and Operations Engineers who want to have an understanding of the way reservoir fluids behave, the reservoir depletion process and for designing surface processing requirements
- Petro-physicists, Geo-physicists, Geologists and Non – Engineers who work in teams with Petroleum and Reservoir Engineers to estimate hydrocarbon in place and reserves
- Analysts who are required to identify markets and product prices
- Managers who seek to derive greater decision making on field development
Day One: The Components of Reservoir Fluids, the Five Reservoir Fluids and their Phase Behaviour and Compositional Gradients in Rese
- Introduction
- Components of Naturally Occurring Petroleum Fluids,
- Identifying Components - Single Components and SCN Fractions
- Phase Behavior – Pure Substances
- Two Component Mixtures, Three and Multi-component Mixtures
- The Five Reservoir Fluids
- Compositional Gradients
Day Two: Properties of Reservoir Fluids and including Recombination Calculation Ideal and Real Gases
- Real Gases - SPE 26668
- Properties of Dry Gases
- Properties of Wet Gases
- Properties of Black Oils – Definitions
- Properties of Black Oils – Field Data
Day Three: Reservoir Fluids Sampling and Analysis, PVT Reports and Application
- Well Sampling
- Properties of Black Oils – Reservoir Fluid Studies
- Swelling Test and MMP
- Retrograde Gases
- Application of Laboratory PVT Studies to Predict Reserves
- Volatile Oils
Day Four: Reservoir Fluids Properties from Correlations, Equilibrium Ratio and Separator Calculations
- Properties of Black Oils – Correlations (including JCPT Paper)
- Retrograde Gases – Correlations
- Retrograde Gases and Volatile Oils – Correlations (SPE 102240)
- Gas Liquid - Equilibrium
- Surface Separation
- Equilibrium - Ratio Correlations, k-values
Day Five: Development and Application of Equation of State (EOS), Reservoir Fluids Characterisation Procedures and EOS Tuning, Properties of Oilfield Waters and Gas Hydrates
- Cubic Equations of State (EOS) and Applications
- Hydrocarbon Characterization Procedures: GC, TBP and Physical Properties of SCN Groups
- Hydrocarbon Characterization Procedures: Splitting, Lumping and Physical
- Properties of MCN Groups
- Properties of Oilfield Waters
- Gas Hydrates