Course Description

1 Day Training Course on Production Well Test Validation for Oil Field Surveillance. This training is meant for a physical classroom session.

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

    Introduction

    • Slide 1 - Cover Page

    • Slide 2 - Course Trainer

    • Slide 3 - Session Objectives

    • Slide 4 - Course Timetable

    • Slide 5 - House Rules

  • 2

    Production Well Test Fundamentals

    • Slide 1 - Cover Page

    • Slide 2 - Objectives

    • Slide 3 - Reasons for Production Test

    • Slide 4 - What is Field Surveillance

    • Slide 5 - Who Contribute to Field Surveillance

    • Slide 6 - How is Production Test important for Field Surveillance

    • Slide 7 - Production Tests and Field Deliverability

    • Slide 8 - How is Production Test measured

    • Slide 9 - Test Separator

    • Slide 10 - Test Separator (continue)

    • Slide 11 - Wellhead Diagram and Instrumentation

    • Slide 12 - Flow Meter - Orifice

    • Slide 13 - Flow Meter - Venturi

    • Slide 14 - Flow Meter - Coriolis

    • Slide 15 - Flow Meter - Ultrasonic

    • Slide 16 - Multiphase Flow Meter

    • Slide 17 - Fundamental Principles

    • Slide 18 - Factors Affecting Production Test

    • Slide 19 - Good Test Result

    • Slide 20 - Well Test Results Example

    • Slide 21 - Well Test Validation Workflow

    • Slide 22 - Historical Trend - Level 1

    • Slide 23 - Historical Trend - Level 1 (continue)

    • Slide 24 - Historical Trend - Level 1 (continue)

    • Slide 25 - Nodal Analysis - Level 2

    • Slide 26 - PQ Curve - Level 2

    • Slide 27 - PQ Curve - Level 2 (continue)

  • 3

    Exercise: Well Test Data QC

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  • 4

    Exercise: Well Test Validation using Data Trend

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    Well Performance Analysis

    • Slide 1 - Cover Page

    • Slide 2 - Objectives

    • Slide 3 - Pressure Losses in the Production System

    • VLP and IPR - Video

    • Slide 4 - Well Performance

    • Slide 5 - IPR and VLP

    • Slide 6 - IPR

    • Slide 7 - VLP

    • Slide 8 - Inflow Equations

    • Slide 9 - D'arcy Equation

    • Slide 10 - Productivity Index

    • Slide 11 - Drawdown

    • Slide 12 - How to Calculate PI

    • Slide 13 - How to Calculate PI - Example

    • Slide 14 - How to Calculate PI - Example (Continue)

    • Slide 15 - Skin and Formation Damage

    • Slide 16 - Causes of Skin and Formation Damage

    • Slide 17 - Skin and Damage by Pore Plugging

    • Slide 18 - Effect of Skin on Inflow

    • Slide 19 - Effect of Gas on Inflow

    • Slide 20 - Flowrate, pressure and Temperature in Well

    • Slide 21 - Purpose of Outflow

    • Slide 22 - Multiphase Flow Regimes

    • Slide 23 - Vertical Flow Regimes

    • Slide 24 - Horizontal Flow Regimes

    • Slide 25 - Flow Regime Map

    • Slide 26 - Flowrate, GLR and WC on Pressure Drop

    • Slide 27 - Flowrate, GLR and WC on Pressure Drop (Continue)

    • Slide 28 - Effect of GLR on VLP

    • Slide 29 - Effect of Watercut on VLP

    • Slide 30 - Effect of Tubing Size on VLP

    • Slide 31 - Critical Rate for Stable Vertical Lifting

    • Slide 32 - Effect of Gas-Lift on Well Stability

    • Impact of Backpressure Reduction

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    Exercise: Well Test Validation using PQ Curve

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    Exercise: Well Test Validation using Well Model

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    Exercise: Well Test Reconciliation for Field Production

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  • 9

    Learning Summary

    • Training Course Feedback

  • 10

    Invigour Survey

    • Invigour ResWELL Software User Survey

    • Invigour ResWELL Software for Classroom Training

Reviews

5 star rating

Excellent Instructor

M Izzat B M Nizam

Thierry was able to answer all questions with good explanation based on his vast background in the industry. Recommended :)

Thierry was able to answer all questions with good explanation based on his vast background in the industry. Recommended :)

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5 star rating

Well Testing and allocation on the FLY!!!

susheel sharma

Great work team!!

Great work team!!

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5 star rating

MURNI SHAHAROM

Great introductory course and trainers were very well versed in software as well as subject matter

Great introductory course and trainers were very well versed in software as well as subject matter

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4 star rating

excellent, related to the discussed topic

wahyudeen zakaria

a good approach to deal with welltest validation using PQ curve (as first layer of screening) for a field that have abundant of welltest that need to be veri...

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a good approach to deal with welltest validation using PQ curve (as first layer of screening) for a field that have abundant of welltest that need to be verified. perhaps also can include: 1. level of screening (1st - using PQ, 2nd - using well model if there is variation of gas lift rate and so on).

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4 star rating

Muhammad Izzuddin Mhd Subli

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