Petroleum Experts

IntegratedFieldDevelopmentAnalysis,OptimisationandForecasting

TargetAudience:

Thiscourseisintendedforthosethathave(i)recentlystartedworkingintheproductiondomainandneedto
becomefamiliarwithproductiontools/analysis,(ii)attendedthecoursealreadysometimeago,andrequirea
refresher, or (iii) unrelated disciplines trying to understand the production context (e.g. accountants, project
managers,etc..).

OverallObjectives:

1/ DevelopingdexterityinusingtheIPMsuite
2/ Basicunderstandingofthephysics
3/ Understandingthelimitationofthemethodsandtechniquesused

CourseAgenda
Day1 Introductiontointegratedproductionsystemandwhyanoverallapproachisnecessary
IntroductiontoPROSPERphilosophyandmethodology
Pressurelossinthewellboregravityandfrictionterms,slip,holdup
ImportanceofPVT
VLPflowcorrelationstheory.Importantparameters
Inflowperformancemodelsintroduction
Workshopbuildingawellboremodel,matchingPVTandflowcorrelations,running
sensitivities,generationofliftcurvesforoutputtoGAPorsimulator

Day2 InflowperformancemodelsVogel,Darcy,multilayer,horizontal,fracturedetc.
Specialtopics:skincalculation,gravelpackdesign
GasliftintroductiondesignanddiagnosticsusingQuicklookforgasliftedwells
IntroductiontoESPmodellingdesignandanalysis
Workshopinflowperformance,gravelpackandskinmodelling,runningsensitivities
Practiceinbuildingandanalysingwellproblems. Artificialliftdesign

Day3 IntroductiontoMBAL theoryandcapabilities

Aquifermodels,historymatchingtechniques(numericalandgraphical),simulation
RunningapredictionimportingVLPsandIPRsfromPROSPER,addingconstraints
IntroductiontomultitankandmultiPVTMBAL
WorkshopBuildingatankmodel,historymatching,integrationwithPROSPERfor
predictions. Fielddevelopmentexample

Day4 IntroductiontoGAPtheoryandcapabilities
BuildingasurfacenetworkmodellinkingtoPROSPERwellmodels
Generationofsurfaceperformancecurves
Productionmonitoringwithwelltests. Pipelinemodellingandmatching
Addingconstraintsatwell,manifold,pipelineandseparatorlevel
LinkingPROSPERandMBAL toGAPforfullfieldoptimisationandforecasting
BatchgenerationofliftcurvesandIPRs. ProductionallocationFieldoptimisationgasliftgas
allocation.Fullfieldforecastingwithlinkedreservoirmodel(s)

Day5 Integratedmodelling
WorkshopFullfielddevelopmentexample. Welldevelopmentscheduletopmeettarget
productionprofile. Effectofartificiallift.

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TC-S01 Standard IPM Course Agenda