Relief and Flare Systems - PF-44

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

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

Forecasting oil production; Defining: "reserves", operating expenses, capital expenditures, inflation, factors effecting oil and gas prices; Cash flow techniques; Economic criteria: interest, hurdle rate, time value of money, selection, ranking criteria; Risk, uncertainty: types of risk, mathematical techniques, probabilistic models, uncertainty in economic analysis; Financing, ownership in the oil and gas industry: business arrangements between operators, between mineral owners; Accounting versus cash flow: accounting principles and definitions, differences between accounting cash numbers, depreciation, depletion, amortization; Budgeting: types, processes, selecting of projects for the budget; Economic analysis of operations; Computer economics software; Tips on economic factors in computer spreadsheet analysis; Ethics in economic analyses

Reservoir containment evaluation; Caprock integrity assessment; SAGD and CSS in heavy oil reservoirs; Fundamentals of petroleum-related rock mechanics; Processes of data collection; Geomechanical characterization; Mechanical Earth Models (MEMs)

Overview of Data Management: Definition, History of data management, Trends, Data lifecycle, Importance and value of data management, Information orientation, Benefits of good data management, Business case aspects & barriers; Data Types: Definitions, Data types, Data models in E&P; Common Data Management Issues: Typical data issues (possible pitfalls), Causes of data issues, Data management best practices business impact; Data Management Framework: Data governance, Data architecture, Data security, Reference & master data management, Data quality management; Building and Sustaining the Data Management Framework: What to do, What not to do, Building consensus & engaging with the business

Critical elements of effective planning and management of drilling operations; Design and implement a program "checklist" for critical well drilling operations; Investigate various elements of a drilling operation and mitigate visible and hidden risk; Investigate and perform an analysis of trouble time events, non-productive time occurrences and invisible lost time for a drilling operation; Dissect the drilling plan and apply total task analysis to wellsite activities; Enhance your knowledge of organizational learning systems and transfer lessons learned; Perform technical limit analysis to improve wellsite performance; Measure and performance monitoring of the drilling operation; Maximize the inexperienced resources through total task analysis in a case study to reduce drilling costs and improve safety

Strategy development in a competitive environment; Formulating business plans and managing performance to deliver corporate goals over multiple years; New country entry and building a portfolio of assets; Decision making - investment criteria, negotiating transactions and managing risks; Asset trading; Value chain management; Reputation management with governments, shareholders, communities and others; Joint venture - managing complex partner issues; Government relations - understanding the regulatory and fiscal environment in which you operate and lobbying for change

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

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

Forecasting oil production; Defining: "reserves", operating expenses, capital expenditures, inflation, factors effecting oil and gas prices; Cash flow techniques; Economic criteria: interest, hurdle rate, time value of money, selection, ranking criteria; Risk, uncertainty: types of risk, mathematical techniques, probabilistic models, uncertainty in economic analysis; Financing, ownership in the oil and gas industry: business arrangements between operators, between mineral owners; Accounting versus cash flow: accounting principles and definitions, differences between accounting cash numbers, depreciation, depletion, amortization; Budgeting: types, processes, selecting of projects for the budget; Economic analysis of operations; Computer economics software; Tips on economic factors in computer spreadsheet analysis; Ethics in economic analyses

Reservoir containment evaluation; Caprock integrity assessment; SAGD and CSS in heavy oil reservoirs; Fundamentals of petroleum-related rock mechanics; Processes of data collection; Geomechanical characterization; Mechanical Earth Models (MEMs)

Overview of Data Management: Definition, History of data management, Trends, Data lifecycle, Importance and value of data management, Information orientation, Benefits of good data management, Business case aspects & barriers; Data Types: Definitions, Data types, Data models in E&P; Common Data Management Issues: Typical data issues (possible pitfalls), Causes of data issues, Data management best practices business impact; Data Management Framework: Data governance, Data architecture, Data security, Reference & master data management, Data quality management; Building and Sustaining the Data Management Framework: What to do, What not to do, Building consensus & engaging with the business

Critical elements of effective planning and management of drilling operations; Design and implement a program "checklist" for critical well drilling operations; Investigate various elements of a drilling operation and mitigate visible and hidden risk; Investigate and perform an analysis of trouble time events, non-productive time occurrences and invisible lost time for a drilling operation; Dissect the drilling plan and apply total task analysis to wellsite activities; Enhance your knowledge of organizational learning systems and transfer lessons learned; Perform technical limit analysis to improve wellsite performance; Measure and performance monitoring of the drilling operation; Maximize the inexperienced resources through total task analysis in a case study to reduce drilling costs and improve safety

Strategy development in a competitive environment; Formulating business plans and managing performance to deliver corporate goals over multiple years; New country entry and building a portfolio of assets; Decision making - investment criteria, negotiating transactions and managing risks; Asset trading; Value chain management; Reputation management with governments, shareholders, communities and others; Joint venture - managing complex partner issues; Government relations - understanding the regulatory and fiscal environment in which you operate and lobbying for change

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

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

Forecasting oil production; Defining: "reserves", operating expenses, capital expenditures, inflation, factors effecting oil and gas prices; Cash flow techniques; Economic criteria: interest, hurdle rate, time value of money, selection, ranking criteria; Risk, uncertainty: types of risk, mathematical techniques, probabilistic models, uncertainty in economic analysis; Financing, ownership in the oil and gas industry: business arrangements between operators, between mineral owners; Accounting versus cash flow: accounting principles and definitions, differences between accounting cash numbers, depreciation, depletion, amortization; Budgeting: types, processes, selecting of projects for the budget; Economic analysis of operations; Computer economics software; Tips on economic factors in computer spreadsheet analysis; Ethics in economic analyses

Reservoir containment evaluation; Caprock integrity assessment; SAGD and CSS in heavy oil reservoirs; Fundamentals of petroleum-related rock mechanics; Processes of data collection; Geomechanical characterization; Mechanical Earth Models (MEMs)

Overview of Data Management: Definition, History of data management, Trends, Data lifecycle, Importance and value of data management, Information orientation, Benefits of good data management, Business case aspects & barriers; Data Types: Definitions, Data types, Data models in E&P; Common Data Management Issues: Typical data issues (possible pitfalls), Causes of data issues, Data management best practices business impact; Data Management Framework: Data governance, Data architecture, Data security, Reference & master data management, Data quality management; Building and Sustaining the Data Management Framework: What to do, What not to do, Building consensus & engaging with the business

Critical elements of effective planning and management of drilling operations; Design and implement a program "checklist" for critical well drilling operations; Investigate various elements of a drilling operation and mitigate visible and hidden risk; Investigate and perform an analysis of trouble time events, non-productive time occurrences and invisible lost time for a drilling operation; Dissect the drilling plan and apply total task analysis to wellsite activities; Enhance your knowledge of organizational learning systems and transfer lessons learned; Perform technical limit analysis to improve wellsite performance; Measure and performance monitoring of the drilling operation; Maximize the inexperienced resources through total task analysis in a case study to reduce drilling costs and improve safety

Strategy development in a competitive environment; Formulating business plans and managing performance to deliver corporate goals over multiple years; New country entry and building a portfolio of assets; Decision making - investment criteria, negotiating transactions and managing risks; Asset trading; Value chain management; Reputation management with governments, shareholders, communities and others; Joint venture - managing complex partner issues; Government relations - understanding the regulatory and fiscal environment in which you operate and lobbying for change

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

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;...