Risk Analysis for the Petroleum Industry
Instructor: Cheryl Collarini, Collarini Associates
This course provides a thorough understanding of the analytical methods that help determine the expected profitability of a project. Participants have the opportunity to solve a variety of example problems on geologic, engineering, and mechanical risks. Register now.
Modern Production Decline Analysis
(Laptop recommended)
Instructor: David Anderson, Fekete Associates
The course covers the traditional and modern methods of analyzing production data. The traditional methods of decline analysis were largely empirical and analyzed production rates only. The modern methods integrate both the rates and the pressures and maximize the value of information that can be extracted from all of the available data. Participants will learn how to determine expected ultimate recovery (EUR), original-gas-in-place (OGIP), and permeability and skin, without shutting the well in. Participants are encouraged to bring their own production and pressure data (ASCII columnar format), since there will be time to work through several of these examples as a class. Please bring a laptop to the class so that you can work on your examples. Register now.
Reservoir Simulation for Practical Decision Making
Instructors: Dean Rietz, Ryder Scott Company, Miles Palke, BHP Billiton Petroleum
The instructors will discuss all of the important facets of the reservoir modeling process. The course emphasizes the important factors that can dramatically impact the model results. Specific topics include data acquisition, fluid properties, rock-fluid interaction, grid construction, history matching, and prediction cases. These and other topics will help the attendees better understand how to plan and conduct a reservoir study and how to review a study conducted by someone else. The last half of the second day is reserved for case study discussion. Previous models conducted by the instructors will be presented for discussion, and attendees are encouraged to bring non-confidential materials and data relating to a potential project that they may be involved with in the future. The class as a group (or breakout groups, guided by the instructors) will brainstorm and discuss the approach to be taken to achieve the desired study objectives. Register now.
Review for the Principles and Practice Exam
(Calculator recommended)
Instructors: Richard Hughes, Louisiana State University, William McCain, Jr., Texas A&M University
This course offers a review of the typical petroleum engineering problems found on the professional registration examination. Topics include drilling and completion, production logging, economics, improved recovery, and formation evaluation. Course materials and sample problems are updated each year to remain abreast of changes in the examination. Register now.
Hydraulic Fracturing/Pressure Analysis
(Laptop recommended)
Instructor: Michael Smith, NSI Technologies
This course presents the fundamentals of fracturing pressure analysis. This topic includes design parameters that can be determined, as well as field examples and uses and limitations of such analysis for on-site design. It offers real-world examples from a variety of environments, including tight gas to high permeability, offshore, and frac-pack treatments. Register now.
Petroleum Reserves
Instructors: Bob Wagner, Ryder Scott, Brad Gouge, Ryder Scott
This course is designed to instruct in the estimation of petroleum reserves under SEC and SPE/WPC reserves definitions guidelines. The course discusses all definitions including the latest developments and interpretations presented by the SEC and SPE/WPC. The course covers in detail the requirements that must be met to classify reserves as proved reserves but also discusses probable and possible reserves classifications. Following a review of reserves definitions, it presents and discusses the main reservoir engineering and geoscience methods that are used to estimate reserves and how reserves definitions affect such estimates. It presents case examples to illustrate estimation methods along with suggestions on how to avoid typical errors associated with reserves estimates. The course also covers supplemental estimation techniques such as reservoir simulation and probabilistic methods to estimate reserves and the proper application of those techniques. Register now.
Production Optimization Using Artificial Intelligence and Data Mining -- CANCELLED
Asset Management—Tools, Process, and Practice -- CANCELLED
