Fundamentals of Process Safety (PS-2)

Coring and core analysis objectives; Coring hardware and maximizing core recovery; Core-handling, wellsite procedures, and preservation methods; Sidewall coring and analysis; Organizing effective laboratory programs; Porosity, permeability and fluid saturation; Quality control in core analysis; Petrography and mineralogy; Special core analysis sample selection and statistical data analysis; Core-log correlation (includes nmr log calibration, acoustic, nuclear, and electrical properties) an introduction to rock mechanics; Wettability, relative permeability, capillary pressure, and reservoir fluid distribution; Data integration in reservoir simulation; Final problem: design of coring and core analysis program

Reservoir life cycle and recovery process; Life under primary recovery phase: Recovery targets and ways to improve; Life under secondary recovery phases: Immiscible gas injection, waterflooding, recovery targets, ways to improve; Life under enhanced oil recovery phase: Increasing complexity, cost/benefit consideration; Miscible methods: Selection criteria, recovery targets and why they are seldom met; design considerations, case studies; Chemical methods: Selection criteria, recovery targets and why they are seldom met, design considerations, case studies; Thermal methods: Selection criteria, recovery targets and why they are seldom met, design considerations, case studies; Technical challenges: Current and future R & D directions Facilities modifications and personnel training

Comparison of Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs; Worldwide Heavy Oil Resources and Occurrences; Bitumen and Heavy Oil Definitions and Introduction; Geology, History and Development of Canada Oil Sands; Oil Sand Characteristics and Development Strategies; Oil Sand Mining Details and Reclamation; Oil Sands In-situ Project Review; Introduction of Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD); Other Commercial Thermal In-situ Methodologies; Environmental Challenges for Heavy Oil Resources; Geology and Overview of Venezuela and Trinidad Heavy Oil Resources; Commercial Application of Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) in Venezuela; Introduction of United States Heavy Oil Occurrences (Utah, California and Texas)

Coring and core analysis objectives; Coring hardware and maximizing core recovery; Core-handling, wellsite procedures, and preservation methods; Sidewall coring and analysis; Organizing effective laboratory programs; Porosity, permeability and fluid saturation; Quality control in core analysis; Petrography and mineralogy; Special core analysis sample selection and statistical data analysis; Core-log correlation (includes nmr log calibration, acoustic, nuclear, and electrical properties) an introduction to rock mechanics; Wettability, relative permeability, capillary pressure, and reservoir fluid distribution; Data integration in reservoir simulation; Final problem: design of coring and core analysis program

Reservoir life cycle and recovery process; Life under primary recovery phase: Recovery targets and ways to improve; Life under secondary recovery phases: Immiscible gas injection, waterflooding, recovery targets, ways to improve; Life under enhanced oil recovery phase: Increasing complexity, cost/benefit consideration; Miscible methods: Selection criteria, recovery targets and why they are seldom met; design considerations, case studies; Chemical methods: Selection criteria, recovery targets and why they are seldom met, design considerations, case studies; Thermal methods: Selection criteria, recovery targets and why they are seldom met, design considerations, case studies; Technical challenges: Current and future R & D directions Facilities modifications and personnel training

Comparison of Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs; Worldwide Heavy Oil Resources and Occurrences; Bitumen and Heavy Oil Definitions and Introduction; Geology, History and Development of Canada Oil Sands; Oil Sand Characteristics and Development Strategies; Oil Sand Mining Details and Reclamation; Oil Sands In-situ Project Review; Introduction of Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD); Other Commercial Thermal In-situ Methodologies; Environmental Challenges for Heavy Oil Resources; Geology and Overview of Venezuela and Trinidad Heavy Oil Resources; Commercial Application of Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) in Venezuela; Introduction of United States Heavy Oil Occurrences (Utah, California and Texas)

Coring and core analysis objectives; Coring hardware and maximizing core recovery; Core-handling, wellsite procedures, and preservation methods; Sidewall coring and analysis; Organizing effective laboratory programs; Porosity, permeability and fluid saturation; Quality control in core analysis; Petrography and mineralogy; Special core analysis sample selection and statistical data analysis; Core-log correlation (includes nmr log calibration, acoustic, nuclear, and electrical properties) an introduction to rock mechanics; Wettability, relative permeability, capillary pressure, and reservoir fluid distribution; Data integration in reservoir simulation; Final problem: design of coring and core analysis program

Reservoir life cycle and recovery process; Life under primary recovery phase: Recovery targets and ways to improve; Life under secondary recovery phases: Immiscible gas injection, waterflooding, recovery targets, ways to improve; Life under enhanced oil recovery phase: Increasing complexity, cost/benefit consideration; Miscible methods: Selection criteria, recovery targets and why they are seldom met; design considerations, case studies; Chemical methods: Selection criteria, recovery targets and why they are seldom met, design considerations, case studies; Thermal methods: Selection criteria, recovery targets and why they are seldom met, design considerations, case studies; Technical challenges: Current and future R & D directions Facilities modifications and personnel training

Comparison of Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs; Worldwide Heavy Oil Resources and Occurrences; Bitumen and Heavy Oil Definitions and Introduction; Geology, History and Development of Canada Oil Sands; Oil Sand Characteristics and Development Strategies; Oil Sand Mining Details and Reclamation; Oil Sands In-situ Project Review; Introduction of Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD); Other Commercial Thermal In-situ Methodologies; Environmental Challenges for Heavy Oil Resources; Geology and Overview of Venezuela and Trinidad Heavy Oil Resources; Commercial Application of Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) in Venezuela; Introduction of United States Heavy Oil Occurrences (Utah, California and Texas)