RP002 Production Systems Analysis

Petroleum Engineers, Completion Engineers, Production Engineers, Well Planners

At the end of the course attendees should be able to:

understand phase behaviours, reservoir inflow performance, tubing performance, gradient curves and natural flow
understand steady state radial flow for ideal liquids, skin effect, rate-pressure relations for gas wells
understand rate pressure relation for saturated oil wells, pseudo-steady state production and transient production
be familiar with skin factors and related concepts, near wellbore altered permeability, partial penetration, limited entry and high velocity flow
be familiar with perforation penetration, geometry and density, sand control considerations, condensate blockage skin factor and composite skin factor
be able to perform simple calculations on pressure losses across the reservoir due to skin
understand the various artificial lift design methods
be able to relate the artificial lift design concepts to IPR models
be familiar with production systems analysis
be acquainted with the industry standard production optimisation software (Prosper)

Intermediate

5 Days