Rate Transient Analysis (RTA) Course

Production Data Analysis for Unconventional Reservoirs (with Multiphase Flow & Geomechanics)

Dave Anderson and Hamid Behmanesh

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This Rate Transient Analysis (RTA) course offers a thorough methodology to analyze well performance with a strong emphasis on unconventional oil and gas reservoirs. Attendees will learn to integrate multiple advanced techniques including decline curve analysis, pressure transient analysis, and reservoir simulation for comprehensive production data analysis. The course covers systematic workflows from data diagnostics, interpretation, modeling, to forecasting, providing practical tools and best practices for reservoir engineers. Special focus is given to completion effectiveness and reservoir surveillance, key factors in optimizing field development and maximizing asset value. The training blends fundamentals with intermediate and advanced levels tailored to reservoir engineering disciplines. Participants will gain skills to extract meaningful insights from production data, boosting confidence in reservoir management decisions.Read more...

Who Should Take This Course
• Reservoir engineers
• Production data analysts
• Field development planners
• Unconventional reservoir specialists

What You Will Learn
• Perform forecasting and reserves evaluation
• Use reservoir simulation for model validation
• Interpret production rates and flowing pressures
• Apply decline curve and pressure transient analysis

Why This Course Works
• Maximize value from production data
• Support reliable reserves assessment
• Optimize completion and development strategies
• Enhance reservoir surveillance and productivity

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Course contents

    Chapter 1 - Introduction to Modern Production Data Analysis

    1.01 Introduction to Modern Production Data Analysis (21 min.)

    Chapter 2 - Fundamentals of Rate Transient Analysis

    2.01 Pressure Transient Analysis Fundamentals (27 min.) Quiz

    2.02 Flow Regimes (13 min.) Quiz

    2.03 Region of Investigation (10 min.) Quiz

    2.04 RTA 101 - The Conceptual Production Decline Curve (19 min.) Quiz

    2.05 Flowing Material Balance 1 - Single Phase Oil (22 min.) Quiz

    2.05.a Multiphase Flowing Material Balance (38 min.)

    2.05.b Conservation of Mass and Pseudo Pressure Derivation (31 min.)

    2.05.c Pseudo Pressure Calculations & Saturation Pressure Relationship Part I (21 min.)

    2.05.d Pseudo Pressure Calculations & Saturation Pressure Relationship Part II (29 min.)

    2.05.e Multiphase Material Balance Equation (33 min.)

    2.06 Fluid Flow Solutions as Decline Equations (11 min.) Quiz

    2.07 Type Curves (10 min.) Quiz

    2.08 Principle of Superposition (30 min.) Quiz

    2.09.a Managing Pressure Dependent Rock and Fluid Properties - Gas Properties (13 min.)

    2.09.b Managing Pressure Dependent Rock and Fluid Properties – Pseudo Pressure (10 min.)

    2.09.c Managing Pressure Dependent Rock and Fluid Properties - Pseudo-Time (15 min.)

    2.09.d Managing Pressure Dependent Rock and Fluid Properties - Advanced Formulations (7 min.) Quiz

    2.10 The Flowing Material Balance II – Single Phase Gas (8 min.) Quiz

    2.11 Modeling and Forecasting (25 min.) Quiz

    Chapter 3 - Analyzing Low Permeability, Fractured Reservoirs

    3.01 Introduction to Unconventional Resources (32 min.) Quiz

    3.02 Permeability, Surface Area and Stimulated Reservoir Volume (20 min.)  Sample Lesson Quiz

    3.03 Simple RTA Methods for Unconventional Reservoirs (17 min.) Quiz

    3.04 Type Curve Analysis for Unconventional Reservoirs (11 min.)

    3.05 Stress Dependent Permeability (12 min.)

    3.06 Flowing Material Balance III - Multiphase Flow (18 min.)

    3.07 Common RTA Models for Unconventional Reservoirs (25 min.)

    Chapter 4 - Probabilistic Rate Transient Analysis

    4.01 Introduction (25 min.)

    4.02 Probabilistic Type Curves I- Empirical Type Curves (31 min.)

    4.03 Probabilistic Type Curves II- Model-based Type Curves (18 min.)

    4.04 Probabilistic Modeling I- Monte Carlo Simulation (15 min.)

    4.05 Sampling the Parameter Space (40 min.)

    4.06 Probabilistic Modeling II - Probabilistic History Matching (24 min.)

    Chapter 5 - RTA Case Studies

    5.01 Dry Gas - Marcellus Example (26 min.) Quiz

    5.02 Gas Condensate - Montney Example (13 min.) Quiz

    5.03 Black Oil - Bakken Example (19 min.) Quiz

    5.04a Volatile Oil - Eagle Ford Example Part I (18 min.)

    5.04b Volatile Oil - Eagle Ford Example Part II (25 min.)

    5.05a Stress Sensitive Reservoirs - Haynesville Example Part I (11 min.)

    5.05b Stress Sensitive Reservoirs - Haynesville Example Part II (17 min.)