COURSE OVERVIEW

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators.
Accurate information on fluid properties and phase behavior is an essential element in proper management of petroleum reservoirs. Reservoirs were often produced by depletion in which the reservoir pressure was the main variable that controlled the fluid properties. Thus, understanding phase behavior is an important step for modeling EOR and be prepared for the coming phase of development of the oil fields. Hence, experimental methods and predictive correlations with pressure as the variable were developed and successfully used for many years in industry.
The development of enhanced oil recovery techniques and growing interest in gas condensate and volatile oil reservoirs, involving wide compositional variations and complex fluid behavior during production, necessitated the use of more advanced compositional methods and new experimental procedures. The availability of high computational capabilities greatly assisted the rapid technology development in this area and its wide use in industry.
This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Fluid Properties and Phase Behavior (PVT). It covers the methods for obtaining values of reservoir fluid properties from laboratory data and correlations. Chemical properties of hydrocarbons, conventional laboratory PVT (Pressure-Volume-Temperature) tests and quality control will also be covered. Learn about phase diagrams, mixing rules, EOS, EOS tuning, and fluid properties. Examples and problems to solve will be included.
Further, the course will also discuss the fluid properties and their importance in reservoir engineering; the basic concepts of phase behavior and PVT (Pressure-Volume-Temperature) analysis; the chemical properties of hydrocarbons; the types of conventional laboratory PVT tests; the phase diagrams and their components and mixing rules and their application in phase behavior studies; the basic concepts of equations of state (EOS) and their role in phase behavior prediction; the laboratory equipment used in PVT analysis; the standard procedures for conducting PVT tests; the importance of quality control in PVT analysis; and the methods for validating PVT reports.
During this interactive course, participants will learn the application of black oil properties and phase behavior calculations; the PVT analysis techniques, interpreting laboratory PVT results; the application of AOP/SARA analysis; the miscibility and reservoir fluids and PVT fluid properties reporting; the development of EOS models and EOS tuning techniques; the data requirements for EOS development and advanced phase behavior calculations; the integration of PVT data with reservoir simulation; the application of PVT analysis in reservoir management; evaluating development of EOS Models; and the software tools used in PVT data analysis.