Decline Curve Analysis and Diagnostic Methods for Performance Forecasting - DCA

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

Pricing: natural gas, marker crudes, OPEC, spot and futures markets, transportation; Production rate: mathematical models; Cash flow: revenue, capital and operating costs, spreadsheet exercises; Economic evaluation: present value concepts, sensitivity and risk analysis, decision trees, royalty, sources of capital, incremental economics, sunk costs, inflation; Budgeting: examples and exercises, long-range planning; Cash versus write-off decision: depreciation, depletion, and amortization; How to read an annual report: statements, financial ratios, what is and is not included, reading between the lines; Worldwide business operations: concessions, licenses, production sharing contracts, joint ventures, cost of capital, sources of funding, debt and equity; Performance appraisal: buy/sell assessments; Computer economics software; Tips on format and inclusion of economic factors in computer spreadsheet analysis; Ethics in economic analyses

Characterization of natural fractures and fracture systems; Influence of mechanical stratigraphy and structure on fracture development; Detection and prediction of subsurface natural-fracture occurrence and intensity from cores and well logs; Fractured rock properties affecting reservoir performance; Classification of naturally-fractured reservoirs with reservoir examples and potential production problems; Naturally-fractures reservoirs: Fluid-flow, Well performance and well testing, Reservoir performance, Numerical Simulation; Geomechanics/fluid-flow; Behavior and Stimulation of naturally-fractured reservoirs; Effects of natural fractures on reservoir permeability anisotropy, drainage area and waterflood sweep efficiency

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

Pricing: natural gas, marker crudes, OPEC, spot and futures markets, transportation; Production rate: mathematical models; Cash flow: revenue, capital and operating costs, spreadsheet exercises; Economic evaluation: present value concepts, sensitivity and risk analysis, decision trees, royalty, sources of capital, incremental economics, sunk costs, inflation; Budgeting: examples and exercises, long-range planning; Cash versus write-off decision: depreciation, depletion, and amortization; How to read an annual report: statements, financial ratios, what is and is not included, reading between the lines; Worldwide business operations: concessions, licenses, production sharing contracts, joint ventures, cost of capital, sources of funding, debt and equity; Performance appraisal: buy/sell assessments; Computer economics software; Tips on format and inclusion of economic factors in computer spreadsheet analysis; Ethics in economic analyses

Characterization of natural fractures and fracture systems; Influence of mechanical stratigraphy and structure on fracture development; Detection and prediction of subsurface natural-fracture occurrence and intensity from cores and well logs; Fractured rock properties affecting reservoir performance; Classification of naturally-fractured reservoirs with reservoir examples and potential production problems; Naturally-fractures reservoirs: Fluid-flow, Well performance and well testing, Reservoir performance, Numerical Simulation; Geomechanics/fluid-flow; Behavior and Stimulation of naturally-fractured reservoirs; Effects of natural fractures on reservoir permeability anisotropy, drainage area and waterflood sweep efficiency

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

Pricing: natural gas, marker crudes, OPEC, spot and futures markets, transportation; Production rate: mathematical models; Cash flow: revenue, capital and operating costs, spreadsheet exercises; Economic evaluation: present value concepts, sensitivity and risk analysis, decision trees, royalty, sources of capital, incremental economics, sunk costs, inflation; Budgeting: examples and exercises, long-range planning; Cash versus write-off decision: depreciation, depletion, and amortization; How to read an annual report: statements, financial ratios, what is and is not included, reading between the lines; Worldwide business operations: concessions, licenses, production sharing contracts, joint ventures, cost of capital, sources of funding, debt and equity; Performance appraisal: buy/sell assessments; Computer economics software; Tips on format and inclusion of economic factors in computer spreadsheet analysis; Ethics in economic analyses

Characterization of natural fractures and fracture systems; Influence of mechanical stratigraphy and structure on fracture development; Detection and prediction of subsurface natural-fracture occurrence and intensity from cores and well logs; Fractured rock properties affecting reservoir performance; Classification of naturally-fractured reservoirs with reservoir examples and potential production problems; Naturally-fractures reservoirs: Fluid-flow, Well performance and well testing, Reservoir performance, Numerical Simulation; Geomechanics/fluid-flow; Behavior and Stimulation of naturally-fractured reservoirs; Effects of natural fractures on reservoir permeability anisotropy, drainage area and waterflood sweep efficiency