Basic Petroleum Technology - BPT

Gas processing systems; Physical properties of hydrocarbons; Qualitative phase behavior; Vapor-liquid equilibrium; Water-hydrocarbon equilibrium; Basic thermodynamic concepts; Separation equipment; Heat transfer; Pumps; Compressors; Refrigeration; Fractionation/distillation; Glycol dehydration; Adsorption systems

Asset life cycles, professional roles, hydrocarbon reservoir descriptions. Porosity, permeability, compressibility, capillary pressure, wettability and relative permeability, averaging reservoir property data; Phase behavior of reservoir fluids, gas properties, oil properties, water properties, PVT sampling and understanding PVT laboratory reports; Calculate original hydrocarbons in-place with volumetric methods, build hydrocarbon volume vs depth relationships, and review reserve booking guidelines; Oil recovery material balance, Havlena-Odeh method, gas material balance, volumetric, compaction, water drive and compartmentalized reservoirs; Oil well testing: Radial flow theory, wellbore storage and skin, drawdowns, buildups, curve shapes, type curve solutions, pseudo steady state, steady state, average pressure estimates, PI and IPR relationships; Gas well testing: Pressure, pressure squared, real gas pseudo pressure solutions, rate sensitive skins, multi-rate testing, gas well deliverability; Hurst van Everdingen, Carter Tracy, and Fetkovitch methods of aquifer analysis and description; Immiscible displacement: Fluid displacement process, fractional flow, Buckley Leverett, Welge; Description of coning, cusping, and over/under running, critical rates calculations, breakthrough times, horizontal well applications; Gas reservoirs: volumetric, water drive and compaction drive-oil reservoirs: water drive, water flood, gravity drainage, gas cap expansion, combination drive, naturally fractured and critical reservoir fluid reservoirs; Gas field developments: characteristics, deliverability issues, contracts, planning tools-oil field developments: development phases, reservoir characterization, sweep and recovery, production policies; Reservoir simulation: Why simulate? Various simulation models, simulator types, setting up a simulator model

Reservoir fluid properties; Coring practices and rock properties; Fundamentals of fluid flow; Reservoir fluid distribution; Reservoir classification; Reservoir drive mechanisms; Oil and gas well performance; Pressure buildup analysis; Oil displacement concepts; Estimation of oil-in-place and gas-in-place; Recovery techniques

Pulsed Neutron Capture Logs; Basics of neutron generation and gamma detections and how that leads to sigma; Basics of calculation of water saturation from sigma; Methods to correct the saturation calculation for shaliness; Log-Inject-Log measurements to maximize accuracy; Why logs from different service companies report different sigma values; Distinguishing gas from oil; Estimating porosity; Use of all the auxiliary traces on the logs; Use of oxygen activation to determine brine entry; Use of special modifications of the logs; Planning to maximize success of log runs; Carbon/Oxygen logs and How the logs work; Deciding when Carbon/Oxygen logs have a better chance for success; Planning log runs to maximize chances for success; New developments that promise improved Carbon/Oxygen logs

Geologic characteristics that impact field development; Appraisal: Determining recoverable hydrocarbons; Reservoir fluid properties and saturation; Influence of capillarity on hydrocarbon distribution and fluid contacts; Reserve and resource evaluation; Volumetric reserve estimation and calculation; Stratigraphic influence on field production; Depositional and digenetic controls on reservoir rock, barriers, and hydrocarbon distribution; Describing reservoir rock to understand reservoir behavior in carbonate and clastic rocks; Determining if hydrocarbons can be recovered from in a given field, what is pay; The impact of drive mechanism: aquifer characterization, distribution, and mapping; Seismic applications in appraisal and development; Development drilling: How to optimize hydrocarbon recovery; Economic impact on field development; Subdividing the reservoir into working units; Reservoir pore space configurations and mapping; Building a static reservoir model using deterministic and stochastic techniques; Key factors affecting the development of Fractured Reservoirs; Steps in building a geologic reservoir model; Impact on barriers on field development; Secondary and tertiary field development; Rejuvenating mature and marginal fields

Reservoir Characterization and Evaluation: geological setting; rock properties; petrophysical considerations; Drilling: vertical vs. horizontal wells; pilot holes; fluids; MWD and LWD; wellbore sizes and lateral; drilling challenges; mechanical considerations; Completions: cased vs. open hole; perforation schemes; stimulation design and considerations; case histories; Field trials and pilots: strategies for implementing a pilot program to optimize well drilling, completion, stimulation and producing alternatives using microseismic, fiber optics, production logs and other resources; Production Forecasting and Reserve Calculations: volumetrics; performance analysis; simulation; resource development; decline curve analysis; handling uncertainty in estimates

Gas Processing Systems; Physical Properties of Hydrocarbons; Qualitative Phase Behavior; Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium; Water-Hydrocarbon Behavior; Basic Thermodynamic Concepts and System Energy Changes; Relief and Flare Systems; Fluid Hydraulics; Separators; Heat Transfer; Pumps; Compressors; Refrigeration / NGL Extraction; Fractionation / Distillation; Glycol Dehydration; Adsorption Dehydration; Sour Gas Treating and Sulfur Recovery

Fundamentals; Field measurement devices; Final elements and actuators; Pressure relief and pressure regulation; Instrumentation documentation; Control system basics; Programmable logic controllers; Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems; Distributed control systems (DCS); Safety instrumented system (SIS); Hazardous areas and equipment selection

The role and function of the leader, supervisor and manager; Understanding and applying essential behavioral management concepts; Understanding and increasing employee motivation; Understanding and applying leadership concepts; Effectively supervising a diverse workforce; Basic skills in interpersonal communications; Performance management; Coaching; Working with difficult employees; Goal Setting; Empowering subordinates; Creating positive and functional thinking about work; Making ongoing change for growth and improvement; Taking personal responsibility; Developing personal plans to improve team effectiveness

General Overview of Nodal Analysis: Supply/Demand analogies, natural balance and stable/unstable equilibrium concepts, diminishing returns, independent/dependent subsystems, converging/diverging flows; Inflow Performance: Reservoir performance basics, Darcy, Jones and Ramey turbulence parameters, empirical models of Vogel and Fetkovich, the benefits and drawbacks of well-test and C&N values, appropriate models for differing well descriptions, rigorous multi-layer IPR curves including crossflow effects; Completion Performance: Completion modeling basics, perforation and gravel pack pressure drop, linear and radial flow patterns through gravel packs, the pressure drop in a gravel-filled wellbore, optimal perforation density, the rate reduction caused by a partial completion; Tubing Performance: Wellbore related pressure drops and dynamics, videotapes of vertical and horizontal flow patterns, diverging and converging flow dynamics, route preference, production logging physics in deviated/horizontal wellbores, wellbore slugging and pressure behavior in vertical, deviated, and horizontal wellbores, friction drop through restrictions and undulating horizontal sections, sonic flow and minimum lifting rates concepts, unloading techniques and examples; Flowline Performance: Panhandle, C&S, Dukler pressure drop models, identifying bottlenecks in a gathering network, line loops and jumpers, circular/parallel/layered gathering systems; Future performance: Integrating reservoir performance, development planning, and market constraints into field forecasts, optimizing capital investments when juggling new well, re-completion, compressor, artificial lift, and flowline options; Artificial Lift: Advanced Gas lift design and troubleshooting, electric submersible pump fundamentals, jet pumps, and sucker rod pumping basics; Other: Designing dynamic kills (video tapes of kill operations), liquid content in gas streams, why there is no such thing as a "dry" gas well, identifying loaded wells, predicting wellbore temperatures and why publicly available bottomhole pressure data is almost always lower than reality

Gas processing systems; Physical properties of hydrocarbons; Qualitative phase behavior; Vapor-liquid equilibrium; Water-hydrocarbon equilibrium; Basic thermodynamic concepts; Separation equipment; Heat transfer; Pumps; Compressors; Refrigeration; Fractionation/distillation; Glycol dehydration; Adsorption systems

Asset life cycles, professional roles, hydrocarbon reservoir descriptions. Porosity, permeability, compressibility, capillary pressure, wettability and relative permeability, averaging reservoir property data; Phase behavior of reservoir fluids, gas properties, oil properties, water properties, PVT sampling and understanding PVT laboratory reports; Calculate original hydrocarbons in-place with volumetric methods, build hydrocarbon volume vs depth relationships, and review reserve booking guidelines; Oil recovery material balance, Havlena-Odeh method, gas material balance, volumetric, compaction, water drive and compartmentalized reservoirs; Oil well testing: Radial flow theory, wellbore storage and skin, drawdowns, buildups, curve shapes, type curve solutions, pseudo steady state, steady state, average pressure estimates, PI and IPR relationships; Gas well testing: Pressure, pressure squared, real gas pseudo pressure solutions, rate sensitive skins, multi-rate testing, gas well deliverability; Hurst van Everdingen, Carter Tracy, and Fetkovitch methods of aquifer analysis and description; Immiscible displacement: Fluid displacement process, fractional flow, Buckley Leverett, Welge; Description of coning, cusping, and over/under running, critical rates calculations, breakthrough times, horizontal well applications; Gas reservoirs: volumetric, water drive and compaction drive-oil reservoirs: water drive, water flood, gravity drainage, gas cap expansion, combination drive, naturally fractured and critical reservoir fluid reservoirs; Gas field developments: characteristics, deliverability issues, contracts, planning tools-oil field developments: development phases, reservoir characterization, sweep and recovery, production policies; Reservoir simulation: Why simulate? Various simulation models, simulator types, setting up a simulator model

Reservoir fluid properties; Coring practices and rock properties; Fundamentals of fluid flow; Reservoir fluid distribution; Reservoir classification; Reservoir drive mechanisms; Oil and gas well performance; Pressure buildup analysis; Oil displacement concepts; Estimation of oil-in-place and gas-in-place; Recovery techniques

Pulsed Neutron Capture Logs; Basics of neutron generation and gamma detections and how that leads to sigma; Basics of calculation of water saturation from sigma; Methods to correct the saturation calculation for shaliness; Log-Inject-Log measurements to maximize accuracy; Why logs from different service companies report different sigma values; Distinguishing gas from oil; Estimating porosity; Use of all the auxiliary traces on the logs; Use of oxygen activation to determine brine entry; Use of special modifications of the logs; Planning to maximize success of log runs; Carbon/Oxygen logs and How the logs work; Deciding when Carbon/Oxygen logs have a better chance for success; Planning log runs to maximize chances for success; New developments that promise improved Carbon/Oxygen logs

Geologic characteristics that impact field development; Appraisal: Determining recoverable hydrocarbons; Reservoir fluid properties and saturation; Influence of capillarity on hydrocarbon distribution and fluid contacts; Reserve and resource evaluation; Volumetric reserve estimation and calculation; Stratigraphic influence on field production; Depositional and digenetic controls on reservoir rock, barriers, and hydrocarbon distribution; Describing reservoir rock to understand reservoir behavior in carbonate and clastic rocks; Determining if hydrocarbons can be recovered from in a given field, what is pay; The impact of drive mechanism: aquifer characterization, distribution, and mapping; Seismic applications in appraisal and development; Development drilling: How to optimize hydrocarbon recovery; Economic impact on field development; Subdividing the reservoir into working units; Reservoir pore space configurations and mapping; Building a static reservoir model using deterministic and stochastic techniques; Key factors affecting the development of Fractured Reservoirs; Steps in building a geologic reservoir model; Impact on barriers on field development; Secondary and tertiary field development; Rejuvenating mature and marginal fields

Reservoir Characterization and Evaluation: geological setting; rock properties; petrophysical considerations; Drilling: vertical vs. horizontal wells; pilot holes; fluids; MWD and LWD; wellbore sizes and lateral; drilling challenges; mechanical considerations; Completions: cased vs. open hole; perforation schemes; stimulation design and considerations; case histories; Field trials and pilots: strategies for implementing a pilot program to optimize well drilling, completion, stimulation and producing alternatives using microseismic, fiber optics, production logs and other resources; Production Forecasting and Reserve Calculations: volumetrics; performance analysis; simulation; resource development; decline curve analysis; handling uncertainty in estimates

Gas Processing Systems; Physical Properties of Hydrocarbons; Qualitative Phase Behavior; Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium; Water-Hydrocarbon Behavior; Basic Thermodynamic Concepts and System Energy Changes; Relief and Flare Systems; Fluid Hydraulics; Separators; Heat Transfer; Pumps; Compressors; Refrigeration / NGL Extraction; Fractionation / Distillation; Glycol Dehydration; Adsorption Dehydration; Sour Gas Treating and Sulfur Recovery

Fundamentals; Field measurement devices; Final elements and actuators; Pressure relief and pressure regulation; Instrumentation documentation; Control system basics; Programmable logic controllers; Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems; Distributed control systems (DCS); Safety instrumented system (SIS); Hazardous areas and equipment selection

The role and function of the leader, supervisor and manager; Understanding and applying essential behavioral management concepts; Understanding and increasing employee motivation; Understanding and applying leadership concepts; Effectively supervising a diverse workforce; Basic skills in interpersonal communications; Performance management; Coaching; Working with difficult employees; Goal Setting; Empowering subordinates; Creating positive and functional thinking about work; Making ongoing change for growth and improvement; Taking personal responsibility; Developing personal plans to improve team effectiveness

General Overview of Nodal Analysis: Supply/Demand analogies, natural balance and stable/unstable equilibrium concepts, diminishing returns, independent/dependent subsystems, converging/diverging flows; Inflow Performance: Reservoir performance basics, Darcy, Jones and Ramey turbulence parameters, empirical models of Vogel and Fetkovich, the benefits and drawbacks of well-test and C&N values, appropriate models for differing well descriptions, rigorous multi-layer IPR curves including crossflow effects; Completion Performance: Completion modeling basics, perforation and gravel pack pressure drop, linear and radial flow patterns through gravel packs, the pressure drop in a gravel-filled wellbore, optimal perforation density, the rate reduction caused by a partial completion; Tubing Performance: Wellbore related pressure drops and dynamics, videotapes of vertical and horizontal flow patterns, diverging and converging flow dynamics, route preference, production logging physics in deviated/horizontal wellbores, wellbore slugging and pressure behavior in vertical, deviated, and horizontal wellbores, friction drop through restrictions and undulating horizontal sections, sonic flow and minimum lifting rates concepts, unloading techniques and examples; Flowline Performance: Panhandle, C&S, Dukler pressure drop models, identifying bottlenecks in a gathering network, line loops and jumpers, circular/parallel/layered gathering systems; Future performance: Integrating reservoir performance, development planning, and market constraints into field forecasts, optimizing capital investments when juggling new well, re-completion, compressor, artificial lift, and flowline options; Artificial Lift: Advanced Gas lift design and troubleshooting, electric submersible pump fundamentals, jet pumps, and sucker rod pumping basics; Other: Designing dynamic kills (video tapes of kill operations), liquid content in gas streams, why there is no such thing as a "dry" gas well, identifying loaded wells, predicting wellbore temperatures and why publicly available bottomhole pressure data is almost always lower than reality

Gas processing systems; Physical properties of hydrocarbons; Qualitative phase behavior; Vapor-liquid equilibrium; Water-hydrocarbon equilibrium; Basic thermodynamic concepts; Separation equipment; Heat transfer; Pumps; Compressors; Refrigeration; Fractionation/distillation; Glycol dehydration; Adsorption systems

Asset life cycles, professional roles, hydrocarbon reservoir descriptions. Porosity, permeability, compressibility, capillary pressure, wettability and relative permeability, averaging reservoir property data; Phase behavior of reservoir fluids, gas properties, oil properties, water properties, PVT sampling and understanding PVT laboratory reports; Calculate original hydrocarbons in-place with volumetric methods, build hydrocarbon volume vs depth relationships, and review reserve booking guidelines; Oil recovery material balance, Havlena-Odeh method, gas material balance, volumetric, compaction, water drive and compartmentalized reservoirs; Oil well testing: Radial flow theory, wellbore storage and skin, drawdowns, buildups, curve shapes, type curve solutions, pseudo steady state, steady state, average pressure estimates, PI and IPR relationships; Gas well testing: Pressure, pressure squared, real gas pseudo pressure solutions, rate sensitive skins, multi-rate testing, gas well deliverability; Hurst van Everdingen, Carter Tracy, and Fetkovitch methods of aquifer analysis and description; Immiscible displacement: Fluid displacement process, fractional flow, Buckley Leverett, Welge; Description of coning, cusping, and over/under running, critical rates calculations, breakthrough times, horizontal well applications; Gas reservoirs: volumetric, water drive and compaction drive-oil reservoirs: water drive, water flood, gravity drainage, gas cap expansion, combination drive, naturally fractured and critical reservoir fluid reservoirs; Gas field...