Drilling and Reservoir EngineeringPVT and Reservoir Fluid Properties
A wrong formation volume factor or bubble point quietly corrupts every downstream calculation: in place volumes, material balance, simulation and facility design. Delegates begin with hydrocarbon chemistry and phase diagrams for black oil, volatile oil, gas condensate, wet gas and dry gas. Sampling follows, both bottomhole and surface recombination, with the checks that show whether a sample is representative. Laboratory procedures are explained: constant composition expansion, differential liberation, separator tests and constant volume depletion. Correlations for bubble point, viscosity and compressibility are compared with measured data, and equation of state characterisation and tuning are introduced for compositional work. Delegates leave able to plan a sampling programme, quality check a PVT report and produce black oil tables for engineering use.
Course objectives
- Classify reservoir fluids from phase diagrams and production data
- Plan bottomhole and surface sampling for representative fluids
- Interpret constant composition expansion, differential liberation and separator tests
- Validate PVT reports with consistency and material balance checks
- Apply empirical correlations and judge their limits
- Characterise fluids with a tuned cubic equation of state
- Generate black oil property tables for material balance and simulation
Who should attend
- Reservoir engineers
- Production and process engineers
- Laboratory PVT analysts
- Simulation engineers
- Well testing and sampling engineers
Course outline
- 01Hydrocarbon chemistry and phase behaviour
- 02Classification of reservoir fluids
- 03Fluid sampling methods
- 04Sample validation
- 05PVT laboratory experiments
- 06Black oil properties and correlations
- 07Gas properties and compressibility
- 08Equation of state modelling
- 09Using PVT data in engineering
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 to 30 October 2026 | Mbabane, Eswatini | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate | |
| 16 to 20 November 2026 | Windhoek, Namibia | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate | |
| 23 to 27 November 2026 | Online | Online | R8,500 per delegate | |
| 18 to 22 January 2027 | Casablanca, Morocco | Classroom | USD 1,325 per delegate |
PVT and Reservoir Fluid Properties
From R8,500