Development and exploration petroleum engineers, reservoir engineers and geoscientists. 

Prerequisites

General knowledge of reservoir engineering, and/or petroleum geology and geophysics.

Introduction to Petrel

o          Seismic to simulation workflow with one application

o          Simulators launched within Petrel

• ECLIPSE Blackoil and Compositional
• FrontSim.
• INTERSECT high-resolution reservoir simulator

o          Petrel user interface.

• Petrel Explorer panes.
• Typical pre and post processing Reservoir Engineering workflow.
• Ribbon and other interface elements
• Searches in Petrel
• Generic Windows and specific Petrel shortcut keys.
• Coordinate systems in Petrel

o          Project settings

o          Object settings

• Visualization: Windows
• Visualization: Display tools
• Visualization: Check boxes
• File Management
• Export simulation keywords
• Team collaboration: Annotate
• Help Center

o          Use the Petrel user interface

• Start Petrel.
• Visualize data
• Access and use the Input and Models panes
• Quick access to tools tips
• Object settings: Use the Statistics tab
• Object Settings: Use the Info and Style tabs
• Object settings Use the Histogram tab
• Edit and quality check with the spreadsheet

Simple Simulation Models

o          How to make a simple grid with a simulation fault

• Make simple grid process
• Use a constant and surface in the Make simple grid process
• Skeleton grid
• Insert horizons
• Vertical subdivision
• Make horizons
• Make horizons: Output
• Layering
• Grid properties
• Define grid properties

o          Rock physics functions

• Purpose of saturation functions
• Make a rock physics function
• Oil-water relative permeability
• Capillary pressure
• Capillary pressure data: Gas-oil.
• Leverett J-function correlation
• Scale for a capillary pressure function

• J-function parameters
• Rock compaction tables
• Make rock physics functions
• Make a saturation function
• Make a rock compaction function
• Review rock physics functions data
• Import a keyword rock physics function

o          Fluid models

• Make a fluid model
• Correlation library
• Black oil and compositional models
• Phase diagrams
• Make a fluid model
• Preset black oil models
• Create tables from correlations option
• Plot a fluid model
• Initial conditions
• Make contacts

Model initialization and volume calculation

o          Define simulation case

• Three ways of initializing the model
• Initialize the model Grid properties
• Add more grid properties
• Use initial conditions option
• Implications of block-centered versus corner point
• Equilibration
• Define simulation case: Strategies tab
• Grid export formats
• Transmissibility tab

o          Volume calculation

• Volume Calculation using 3D grid
• Geologic and simulation grids
• Volume calculation vs. simulation case initialization
• Volume calculation: Hydrocarbon intervals
• Use constants or existing grid properties
• Volumetric calculation
• Define a new volumetric case and calculate bulk volume

Simulation run and results viewing

o          Setting up simulation run using an existing development strategy

o          Results charting and analysis

• Main components of Results charting and analysis.
• Picking modes
• Make a plot using the Results charting and analysis dialog
• Result charting and analysis: Settings
• Interactive searching and filtering
• Interactive searching and filtering
• Split views
• Extract individual line plots from a group of thumbnails
• Use the Customize splitting command
• Well player
• Chart theme
• Charting window export options
• Plot window
• Bubble maps: Time varying data
• Display time varying data

o          Production bubble mapping tool

• Fi le types to export dynamic result data
• Export dynamic result data
• Use the Results charting and analysis process
• Plot data versus time for field/well performance analysis
• Create a chart theme template
• Create a split view
• Create an individual chart from a split view
• Export chart data to Excel
• Share the chart template using the Reference project tool
• Plot window: Create multiple viewport plots

o          3D simulation results

• 3D viewing
• Display 3D results
• Use the Time player for time step animation
• Filters in Petrel
• 3D viewing: 1 D filters
• Filter by combing 1 D filter range on X axis and 1 D filter range on Y
• Apply the I, J, K layer filter

• Perform grid clipping
• Apply a well filter
• Visual filter
• General intersection
• Intersection window
• Display summary data
• Streamline generation
• Generate stream lines
• Streamlines output results
• Water saturation progression with time
• Multi-value probe
• Using a multi-value probe

o          Summary calculator and Geometrical modeling

• Summary calculator
• Summary calculator: Summary vectors workflow
• 3D results calculator: Grid properties
• Geometrical modeling
• Well index
• Grid geometry
• Create new vectors
• Create new vectors using the Summary Calculator
• Dynamic saved searches

History matching and prediction

o          History development strategy

• History and prediction
• Input data required for history strategy
• Main elements of the development strategy dialog box
• Create a History development strategy
• Preset strategies
• VFP tables
• Import a VFP table in ECLIPSE VFP format
• Default history strategy
• Average of historical production data
• Compare observed data and a created history strategy

• Grid property modifications during history matching

• Grid property modification
• Modify grid properties
• Define property modifier set
• Manage operations within a property modifier
• Manage the filters within a property modifier

o          Fault transmissibility multipliers

• Transmissibility Multipliers (TM)
• How the TM is computed
• Structural and Fault analysis dialog box
• Tuning the TM during history matching
• Manage the filters within a property modifier

o          Prediction strategy

• Create a new empty prediction strategy
• Management of Well folders in the Development strategy dialog
• Add a new well group
• Groups: Membership changing with time
• Add rules
• Targets and limits
• Tabular rules
• Rules: Validation
• Include the prediction strategy in the simulation case
• Restart runs
• Create restart runs

Simulation study

o          Model description

• Prepare all the input data required to build your base case
• Run the base case
• Convert Producer to Injector
• Create a New Injector

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.