Course Description

Principal Instructor Production Technology and Reservoir Engineering

Thierry Wee and Zaim Awang

Thierry Wee (MBA, MSc, BEng(Hons)) is a Chartered Petroleum Engineer (ECUK) and a Subject Matter Expert in IPM and advanced well modelling with 16+ years of comprehensive international oil and gas experience. He has led multidisciplinary team to deliver field development plan, field surveillance, specialised study, technology development and competency building. He has worked in a number of key roles such as Prod. Technology Practice Lead, Project Leader, Prod. Tech. Team Leader, Smartfield Production Optimisation Engineer for IOC (SHELL), NOC (PETRONAS) and integrated subsurface consultancy. He has strong technical background in both sub-surface and surface disciplines which enables a good overview of upstream E&P operation and business activities.Specialties: Advanced well modelling, Integrated Production System Modelling (GAP/PROSPER/MBAL – SuperUser & SME), Well Design, Sand Control, Well Performance Analysis, Artificial Lift (Gas-Lift, ESP and PCP), Well Integrity Management, Well stress analysis, Smartfield/intelligent field operation, Transient simulation modelling, Multiphase system, Flow assurance, Production forecasting, Real-time system monitoring & Optimisation, Intelligent field (Integrated Operation) Process Engineering Design, Conceptual design and Project Engineering.Zaim Awang is a well-rounded Reservoir Engineer with 20 years solid technical experience working in integrated teams in exploration, production, studies and new venture. Excellent theoretical grounding with a BSc in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Just after 5 years joining Shell, he was selected to be in the Top 100 Shell Malaysia employees to receive international exposure in the “Olympic 100” programme. Since then, he has acquired hands on experience with oil and gas, clastics and carbonate, green and brown, marginal and giant fields, offshore and onshore production and field development planning around the world, not just with Shell but other operators including Maersk Oil, Petroleum Development Oman. Back in Malaysia for the last 4 years, he has working as a consultant for international companies operating in Malaysia.Specialties: Reservoir simulation, analytical analysis, improved oil recovery (polymer, water injection, gas injection), experimental design, uncertainty management, pressure transient analysis, Big Data, artificial intelligence, coaching.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Day 1

    • Introduction

    • Timetable

    • Gas-Lift Design Using PROSPER and WINGLUE

    • Fundamentals of Gas-Lift Design

    • Gas-Lift Modelling & Diagnostics

    • Well Unloading with IPO Gas Lift Valves

    • Exercise: ESP Well Modelling

    • Artificial Lift Selection

    • Gas Lift Valve Redesign in PROSPER and WINGLUE

  • 2

    Day 2

    • Timetable

    • Exercise: Well Lifecycle

    • Concept of Integrated Network Modelling

    • Exercise: Building Integrated Network Model in GAP

    • Importing Well Model into GAP

    • Exercise: Scenario Run

  • 3

    Day 3

    • Timetable

    • Setting Up GAP Model with Pump and Compressor Model

    • Methods and tips for history match GAP model

    • Exercise GAP history match

    • Setting gas-lift pipeline distribution network in GAP

    • Exercise Setting gas-lift pipeline distribution network in GAP

  • 4

    Day 4

    • Timetable

    • GAP enhancement and optimization exercises

  • 5

    Day 5

    • Timetable