Course description
Decline Curve Analysis and Empirical Approaches Fundamentals
This skill module applies basic statistical methods to solve a range of common challenges in reservoir engineering. The emphasis will be on decline curve analysis and curve fitting to measured data such as relative permeability, as an example.
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Who should attend?
Reservoir engineers and other professionals tasked with performing basic reservoir engineering functions.
Training content
- Exponential, Hyperbolic, and Harmonic decline curve application
- Transient vs. Pseudosteady State declines
- Effect of crossflow on the performance of layered reservoirs
- Using water-cuts, oil cuts, and water-oil ratios to calculate oil recovery
- Special consideration for gas reservoirs
- Decline curves for low permeability reservoirs
- Variation on the least-squares methods for curve fitting
- Common pitfalls for decline curve analysis
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