Water Management in Heavy Oil Resource Operations - HOWM

Gas reservoir fluid properties: gas condensate sampling and Understanding laboratory reports; Gas reservoir fluid flow and well testing: deliverability testing and non-darcy flow, testing for hydraulically Fractured wells, horizontal wells, and gas condensate reservoirs; Determination of original gas-in-place: material balance techniques for various drive mechanisms and reservoir types, alternate plotting techniques, production decline type curves; Gas flow in wellbores and pipelines: the gas production system, pressure drop in wellbores and flowlines, restrictions to gas production; Prediction of future performance and ultimate recovery: decline curves, coupled material balance and deliverability techniques, reservoir simulation, gas well spacing and infill drilling; Special topics; Reservoir management of water-drive gas reservoirs, predicting gas condensate reservoir performance, coalbed methane reservoirs

Basic gas technology principles; Water-hydrocarbon system behavior; Hydrates; Thermodynamics of LNG processes; Separation equipment; Gas treatment, CO2 and H2S removal; Dehydration of natural gas; Heat transfer and exchangers; Pumps and compressors; Refrigeration systems; LNG liquefaction technologies; Fractionation and adsorption; Course summary and overview