Oil & Gas Processing Facilities for Operations & Maintenance - OT-1

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

Capillary pressure applications in reservoir characterization; Rock properties from mercury/air capillary pressures; Capillary pressure data representativeness; Capillary forces in reservoir rocks; their measurement; Capillary pressure data fitting methods; Representing a large number of capillary curves (averaging); Permeability from capillary pressure curves and petrography; Saturation-height functions; Surface phenomena, capillarity, wettability, and interphase tension; The competition between capillary and gravity forces; Relationships between initial and residual saturations; Interpretation of single and multiple pore system rocks; Clay-bound water; Capillary pressure vs. NMR; Seal capacity

Contouring techniques; Triangulation; Using dip in mapping; Different measures of thickness; Thickness in deviated wells; Isopach and isocore maps; Dip-domain cross sections; Data projection; Trend and plunge of folds on tangent diagrams; Composite-surface maps; Fault shapes and displacement distributions; Heave and throw from stratigraphic separation; Stratigraphic separation from structure contour map; Constructing fault-plane maps; Faults on isopach maps; Combining fault and horizon maps; Contouring across faults; Structural quality-control techniques; Multiple-surface map compatibility; Map validation using implied fault contours; Finding faults and fault orientations with SCAT analysis of dipmeters; Juxtaposition diagrams for trap and seal analysis; Fault-cutoff lines in computer mapping; Soft linked and hard linked faults; Relay and branching fault patterns; Mapping sequential cross-cutting faults