Drilling and Reservoir EngineeringReservoir Engineering Principles and Practice
Every number on a production forecast, from initial rate to ultimate recovery, starts with reservoir engineering fundamentals that are easy to state and easy to misapply. This programme builds those fundamentals for engineers and geoscientists taking on reservoir responsibilities. Delegates begin with rock properties, fluid properties and the phase behaviour of oil, gas and water, then move to volumetric estimates of oil and gas initially in place. Darcy's law, radial flow and productivity index lead into the drive mechanisms: solution gas, gas cap, water drive and compaction. Material balance is developed for oil and gas reservoirs, with aquifer influx models. Immiscible displacement, fractional flow and the Buckley Leverett method close the work. Delegates leave able to identify a reservoir's drive, estimate recovery factors and carry out first pass material balance calculations.
Course objectives
- Describe the rock and fluid properties that control reservoir performance
- Calculate oil and gas initially in place volumetrically
- Apply Darcy's law to linear and radial flow
- Identify reservoir drive mechanisms from pressure and production behaviour
- Perform material balance calculations for oil and gas reservoirs
- Estimate aquifer influx using standard models
- Apply fractional flow and Buckley Leverett theory to displacement
- Estimate recovery factors for different drive mechanisms
Who should attend
- Junior reservoir engineers
- Production and petroleum engineers
- Geologists and geophysicists moving into reservoir roles
- Facilities engineers needing reservoir understanding
- Technical staff at petroleum regulators
Course outline
- 01Reservoir rock properties
- 02Reservoir fluids and phase behaviour
- 03Volumetric in place estimates
- 04Fluid flow in porous media
- 05Drive mechanisms
- 06Material balance for oil reservoirs
- 07Material balance for gas reservoirs
- 08Aquifer influx
- 09Immiscible displacement and recovery
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 to 13 November 2026 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate | |
| 14 to 18 December 2026 | Online | Online | R8,500 per delegate | |
| 15 to 19 March 2027 | Pretoria, South Africa | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate |
Reservoir Engineering Principles and Practice
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