Modern Production Data Analysis
Who Should Attend: Engineers and technologists involved in any of the following areas: exploitation, reserves, production / operations and welltesting. In general, this course will benefit any oil and gas professional interested in getting more “mileage” out of his/her production and flowing pressure data.
General Notes: 2 Day Course. Laptop recommended for day #2 (minimum requirements: Pentium 4, 1+ GHz with 512 GB RAM). Software will be provided. Basic Windows navigation skills are recommended prior to attending.
Course Description
This course provides a comprehensive methodology for production data analysis that combines the use of several powerful analysis techniques, ranging from the traditional – empirical (rates only) to the modern - analytical (rates and flowing pressures). This approach ensures that maximum value is extracted from the available data.
Participants will learn how to do the following:
- Identify reservoir and well flow regimes
- Determine reserves, OGIP / OOIP and drainage area
- Determine permeability and skin
- Validate well performance data
- Assess well performance and identify optimization candidates
Participants are encouraged to bring their own production and pressure data (ASCII columnar format) as there will be time to work through several of these examples as a class.
Course Topics
- An Introduction to Well Performance Analysis
- Traditional (Empirical) Decline Curves
- Production Analysis Using Type Curves (Fetkovich)
- Modern Production Analysis Concepts
- Modern Production Analysis Methods
- A Systematic and Comprehensive Approach
- Practical Diagnostics
- Selected Topics and Examples
