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COURSE INFORMATION
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Fractured Reservoir Engineering
Type:
Training Course

Length:
5 Days
CEU:
4
PDH:
40

Fee:
$2995 CAD

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Upcoming Sessions
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Course Description
This course provides concepts, skills and understanding required for analyzing fractured reservoirs. Geological concepts, fracture development process, behavior of fractured reservoirs, engineering concepts and methods for evaluation and management of heterogeneous naturally-fractured reservoirs are presented. Issues impacting fractured reservoir performance, including drive mechanisms, capillary forces, gravity, viscous effects and flow characteristics in matrix and fracture, well test analysis, integrated fractured reservoir study and reservoir simulation are discussed.

Case studies and class exercises will be discussed.

Participants are expected to bring their calculator or laptop for course exercises.

A complete set of course materials and lunch is included in this course.
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Who Should Attend
This course is designed for:

Reservoir Engineers, Geologists, Petrophysicists, and Geophysicists involved in multi-disciplinary subsurface projects related to evaluation, characterization and analysis of fractured reservoirs.
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Course Outline arrow
  • Introduction to fractured reservoirs

  • Fractured reservoir geology
    • Geological conditions of fracturing
    • Quantitative evaluation of fracturing

  • Characterization of natural fractures and fracture systems
    • Basic parameters of fractures
    • Statistical representations

  • Physical properties of fractured rocks
    • Porosity
    • Permeability
    • Compressibility
    • Relative permeability
    • Capillary pressure

  • Logging in fractured reservoirs

  • Fluid flow in fractured reservoir with double porosity
    • Basic equations of flow
    • Warren and Root model
    • Other models

  • Well flow and productivity
    • Liquid flow
    • Gas flow

  • Analysis and interpretation of pressure transient tests in naturally-fractured reservoirs
    • Darawdown test
    • Buildup test
    • Interference effects
    • Type-curve analysis

  • Fluid displacement in fractured reservoirs
    • Displacement of oil by water
    • Displacement of oil by gas
    • Imbibition and drainage

  • Production mechanisms

  • Effects of natural fractures on reservoir permeability, drainage area and waterflood

  • Simulation of fractured reservoirs
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Instructor arrow
Davood Khairkhah, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Graduated with M.S and Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Southern California, Dr. Khairkhah has over 30 years of experience working and teaching in Canada and internationally, in the oil & gas industry and universities, including the University of Calgary and the University of Southern California. He has presented courses in the areas of sensors and smart wells/reservoirs, production engineering, reservoir engineering, reservoir modeling, underground gas storage, fractured reservoirs, well testing, EOR methods, water flooding, and natural gas transmission and processing. His courses have been attended by technical and non-technical participants, ranging from young professionals to senior management.

Industrial projects include field development planning, reservoir characterization, integrated reservoir study, reservoir simulation, water and gas injection in oil reservoirs, horizontal well, multi-stage hydraulic fracturing, reserve analysis, well test design and analysis for conventional and unconventional reservoirs, gas storage development and performance analysis, PVT and core analysis, and gas production from gas hydrate reservoirs.
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