Reservoir Production Engineering Fundamentals
To provide participants with fundamental knowledge of reservoir production engineering principles, including inflow performance, well performance analysis, artificial lift basics, surface-production interaction, and production optimization concepts, forming a strong foundation for further development toward skilled and advanced production engineering roles.
C. Petrophysics Course/Petrophysics
3 days
Fondation
Classroom
DAY 1 – Reservoir to Well: Fundamentals of Production Flow
Objective:
Understand how hydrocarbons flow from reservoir to wellbore and basic well performance concepts.
Session 1 – Introduction to Reservoir Production Engineering
- Role of production engineer in asset lifecycle
- Reservoir–well–surface system overview
- Production system components
Session 2 – Inflow Performance Relationship (IPR)
- Darcy’s law refresher
- Productivity Index (PI)
- Vogel equation for oil wells
- Gas well deliverability basics
- Factors affecting well productivity
Session 3 – Wellbore Flow Fundamentals
- Vertical flow performance (VLP) concept
- Pressure gradient components
- Flow regimes in tubing
- Nodal analysis concept (IPR vs VLP intersection)
Workshop 1
- Calculate productivity index
- Construct simple IPR curve
- Perform basic nodal analysis example
DAY 2 – Artificial Lift & Surface Interaction
Objective:
Introduce artificial lift systems and how surface conditions affect well performance.
Session 1 – Artificial Lift Fundamentals
- Why artificial lift is needed
- Overview of lift systems:
- Gas lift
- ESP
- Rod pump
- PCP
- Gas lift
- Selection criteria basics
Session 2 – Surface Production System Overview
- Wellhead & choke function
- Flowline and separator basics
- Pressure drop across surface system
- Production constraints
Session 3 – Production Challenges in Early & Mature Wells
- Water cut increase
- Gas coning
- Sand production
- Scale & wax deposition
- Basic troubleshooting approach
Workshop 2
- Select suitable artificial lift for a given well
- Diagnose production decline case
- Identify surface bottleneck scenario
DAY 3 – Production Optimization & Field Monitoring Basics
Objective:
Provide foundational understanding of production monitoring and simple optimization.
Session 1 – Production Data & Surveillance
- Key production parameters
- Daily production reporting
- Pressure monitoring
- Production testing basics
Session 2 – Basic Production Optimization
- Rate vs drawdown trade-off
- Choke management basics
- Artificial lift tuning fundamentals
- Avoiding formation damage
Session 3 – Introduction to Production Engineering Software
- Overview of nodal analysis software
- Introduction to Prosper-like workflow (conceptual)
- Basic performance curve interpretation
Final Workshop
Participants will:
- Analyze reservoir data
- Construct IPR & VLP
- Identify production constraint
- Recommend optimization strategy
After completing this course, participants will be able to:
This course is suitable for:
- Fresh Graduate Engineers (Petroleum, Mechanical, Chemical)
- Junior Production Engineers (0–3 years experience)
- Reservoir Engineers needing production exposure
- Field Engineers / Wellsite Engineers
- Operations Engineers
- Technical staff transitioning into production roles
Asset team members requiring production fundamentals
Recommended Background
- Basic petroleum engineering knowledge
- Understanding of pressure, fluid flow, and reservoir basics
- No prior production engineering experience required
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