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Reservoir Engineering
Reservoir Modeling of Heavy Oil Resources
Heavy oil and bitumen are increasingly important as conventional reserves decline, but high viscosity and the need for thermal recovery make them harder to model. This course treats modelling as part of reservoir engineering, spanning analogues, analytical approaches and numerical simulation. It guides participants through designing, building, testing and judging studies for heavy oil developments.
- Discipline
- Reservoir Engineering
- Level
- Intermediate
- Duration
- Flexible length
- Formats
- Classroom, In-house
Every course can be delivered in-house and tailored to your organisation.
Who should attend
Petroleum and reservoir engineers who carry out modelling studies or assess the results of such studies.
What participants will be able to do
- Select the type of modelling suited to a study's aims
- Design feasibility, strategy and development studies
- Incorporate field observations into heavy oil models
- Set up, run and test models and assess history matches
- Evaluate development options and third-party studies
Topics covered
- Heavy oil and bitumen
- Thermal recovery modelling
- Analogue and analytical methods
- Numerical simulation
- History match assessment
- Development option evaluation