History Matching and Reservoir Optimization

Bitumen and Heavy Oil Introduction and Definitions; Comparison of Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs; Worldwide Heavy Oil Resources and Occurrences; Geology and Overview of Venezuela and Trinidad Heavy Oil Resources; Introduction of United States Heavy Oil Occurrences (Utah, California and Texas); Geology, History and Development of Canada Oil Sands; Oil Sand Characteristics and Development Strategies; Oil Sand Mining Details and Reclamation; Environmental challenges for Heavy Oil Resources; Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery Process Review; Introduction to Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD); Other Commercial Thermal In-situ Methodologies; Commercial Application of Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) in Canada and other non-thermal heavy oil recovery methods; Field Examples and Development Strategies of Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery Projects; Overview of Thermal Well Completions and Production Facilities; Reserves and Economics

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

Bitumen and Heavy Oil Introduction and Definitions; Comparison of Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs; Worldwide Heavy Oil Resources and Occurrences; Geology and Overview of Venezuela and Trinidad Heavy Oil Resources; Introduction of United States Heavy Oil Occurrences (Utah, California and Texas); Geology, History and Development of Canada Oil Sands; Oil Sand Characteristics and Development Strategies; Oil Sand Mining Details and Reclamation; Environmental challenges for Heavy Oil Resources; Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery Process Review; Introduction to Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD); Other Commercial Thermal In-situ Methodologies; Commercial Application of Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) in Canada and other non-thermal heavy oil recovery methods; Field Examples and Development Strategies of Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery Projects; Overview of Thermal Well Completions and Production Facilities; Reserves and Economics

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