Courses

This course will cover the essential of production engineering aspects of shale reservoir, especially how to use production data in analyzing well performance and improving reservoir understanding.  From a production engineering perspective, most conventional reservoir methodologies are still relevant; however, they are applied in different ways.  Understanding the limitation, advantages and how to adapt each of the methodologies in shale reservoirs is critical to the success of field development.  Various practical methodologies for production data analysis will be covered, such as decline curve analysis, well testing, nodal analysis and production monitoring.  The course will also explain how, through the use of technologies, we can minimize our uncertainties and thus identify appropriate techniques/methods for production optimization.  The course will end with a hands-on integrated production analysis project on several shale wells from North America with short exercises in between topics.

The course will enable students to:

• Understand the limitation and advantages of different methodologies of production analysis in shale reservoir for improving well performance and reservoir understanding.
• Increase awareness how drilling/completion impact the production performance and accuracy of the production analysis.
• Learn how to identify critical data components from multiple disciplines that can enhance production data analysis and how to perform a data rich and data poor environment 
• Understand the PRMS (Petroleum Resources Management System) and apply the principles for reserves estimation in shale reservoir.
• Develop a workflow perform a hands-on integrated production analysis project on several shale wells from North America by applying the knowledge gained from the previous courses.