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Reservoir Engineering
Decline Curve Analysis and Diagnostic Methods for Performance Forecasting
Decline curves are widely relied on for production and reserves forecasts, yet they are easy to misapply. This course shows how reservoir properties and drive mechanisms shape the decline profile, how to avoid typical forecasting errors and how modern type curves can be used to infer reservoir properties. Both conventional and unconventional reservoirs are covered.
- Discipline
- Reservoir Engineering
- Level
- Specialist
- Duration
- Flexible length
- Formats
- Classroom, In-house
Every course can be delivered in-house and tailored to your organisation.
Who should attend
Engineers and technical assistants who build production forecasts, plus economists, managers and geoscientists who want a stronger working grasp of decline methods.
What participants will be able to do
- Apply exponential, hyperbolic and harmonic decline equations
- Relate recovery mechanisms to characteristic decline shapes
- Recognise how transient flow can inflate reserves estimates
- Account for heterogeneity and changing operating conditions
- Carry out decline analysis across multiple wells
Topics covered
- Decline curve equations
- Type curve analysis
- Transient flow effects
- Reservoir heterogeneity
- Reserves forecasting
- Multi-well analysis