Nodal Analysis Exercises Course

This course teaches practical nodal analysis workflows for optimizing oil and gas well performance using real production data. Through hands-on exercises, learners will calculate bottomhole pressures, build IPR/VLP models, diagnose liquid loading, and evaluate artificial lift performance. The course emphasizes fast, actionable analysis—helping engineers test changes, identify opportunities, and improve production using data-driven decisions in real time. This 3 hour course using whitson+ engineering software will cover everything needed to quickly perform production engineering on both gas and oil wells. No previous experience is needed.Read more...

We'll cover the following exercises:

Automating daily BHPs. Includes free flow, plunger, rod pump, ESP, downhole chokes, and gas lift.
Calibrating BHPs to measured bottom hole gauge pressures.
Which gas lift valve is open, through history?
Is the well liquid loaded?
A report card of liquid loading on all your wells.
What's the current reservoir pressure (without a shut in)?
IPR/VLPs
What happens if I change the tubing size, flow path, choke, or surface pressure?
How much pressure am I losing along the lateral?
What's the ideal gas lift rate for my well? Am I over/under injecting?
With a limited gas lift supply, how do I best distribute it to many wells for the highest combined production rate?
What's coming next for nodal?

Who It’s For
• Production and operations engineers
• Artificial lift and optimization specialists
• Field engineers and surveillance teams
• Early-career engineers learning nodal analysis

What You Will Learn
• Calculate and interpret bottomhole pressure
• Build and use IPR/VLP models
• Diagnose liquid loading and well performance
• Optimize gas lift and production systems

Why It Works
• Hands-on, workflow-based training
• Immediate application to real wells
• Focused on high-impact engineering decisions
• Built using field-proven methods