Reservoir Engineering Fundamentals Course

Dave Anderson

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Reservoir Engineering Fundamentals is an introductory technical course designed to provide a comprehensive overview of essential oil and gas reservoir properties and how they are measured. The course focuses on building a strong conceptual understanding of common reservoir engineering equations, methods, and workflows with a practical and derivation-intensive approach. Participants will learn foundational principles like the equation of state, material balance, and Darcy's law, essential for solving reservoir engineering problems. The course emphasizes developing efficient estimation skills, QC/QA capability, and the ability to analyze and optimize reservoir performance. It is tailored for those with a technical background but little to no reservoir engineering experience, including new graduates and professionals from adjacent disciplines. Interactive components and competency assessments help reinforce key concepts and skill development.Read more...

Who Should Take This Course
• Geoscientists and technologists
• New engineering graduates entering oil and gas
• Experienced technical professionals in adjacent fields
• Personnel with technical background but no reservoir experience

What You Will Learn
• Practical estimation and QA/QC skills
• Economic evaluation of reservoir performance
• Fundamental reservoir properties and fluid behavior
• Basic reservoir engineering equations and workflows

Why This Course Works
• Build a solid foundation in reservoir engineering
• Apply concepts to measure and optimize reservoirs
• Develop intuitive problem-solving and estimation skills
• Enhance ability to work with complex models effectively

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Course contents

    Chapter 2 - Basic Fluid And Reservoir Properties

    2.01 - Composition, Density and Viscosity (16 min.)

    2.02 - Pressure, and Pressure Gradients (24 min.)

    2.03 - Real Gas Equation of State (17 min.)

    2.04 - Porosity (14 min.)

    2.05 - Permeability and Darcy's Law (20 min.)

    2.06 - Relative Permeability (23 min.)

    2.07 - Wettability and Capillary Pressure (30 min.)

    2.08 - Compressibility (20 min.)

    Chapter 3 - Hydrocarbon Recovery and Material Balance

    3.01 - Formation Volume Factor (19 min.)

    3.02 - Hydrocarbon Recovery (24 min.)

    3.03 - Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbons (30 min.)

    3.04 - Undersaturated Oil MBE (15 min.)

    3.05 - Gas MBE (17 min.)

    3.06 - General MBE (14 min.)

    Chapter 4 - Inflow Performance

    4.01 - Inflow Performance Relationship Concept (24 min.)

    4.02 - Depletion and Skin (26 min.)

    4.03 - IPR for Saturated Oil - Vogel (13 min.)

    4.04 - Gas Absolute Open Flow (AOF) (32 min.)

    4.05 - Tubing Performance and Lift Curves (16 min.)

    4.06 - Water Drive Reservoirs (30 min.)

    4.07 - Water and Gas Coning (13 min.)

    Chapter 5 - Pressure Transient Analysis

    5.01 - Referral To Well Testing Course (0 min.)

    Chapter 6 - Production Data Analysis and Forecasting

    6.01 - Production Data Analysis Overview (31 min.)

    6.02 - Pseudo-Steady-State (16 min.)

    6.03 - Constant Pressure Decline Curve - Part 1 (12 min.)

    6.03a - Constant Pressure Decline Curve - Part 2 (29 min.)

    6.04 - Constant Pressure Decline Curve for Gas - Part 1 (7 min.)

    6.04a - Constant Pressure Decline Curve for Gas - Part 2 (7 min.)

    6.05 - Rate Transient Analysis (26 min.)

    6.06 - Production Forecasting and Reserves (25 min.)

    Chapter 7 - Reservoir Modeling and Simulation

    7.01 - Diffusivity Equation (28 min.)

    7.02 - Dimensionless Variables and Type Curves (11 min.)

    7.03 - Analytical Solutions for Radial Flow (24 min.)

    7.03a - Build Analytical Model for Radial Flow in MS Excel (7 min.)

    7.04 - Analytical Solutions for Linear Flow (12 min.)

    7.04a - Build Analytical Model for Linear Flow in MS Excel (6 min.)

    7.05 - Practical Reservoir Modeling (24 min.)

    7.06 - Introduction To Numerical Models (31 min.)

    7.06a - Building a Simple Reservoir Simulator (28 min.)