Courses Offered

by PetroStudies Consultants Inc.

We encourage anyone who is interested in attending any course offered by PetroStudies to contact us and have your name added to the 'Interested' list.  When we have a minimum number of potential attendees in a particular course, we will confirm a schedule and contact all of those people to offer them the first opportunity to register.

Custom courses can also be offered to suit Companies needs.  For example, a subset of the 'Introduction to Exodus' course can be presented to only include the static reservoir description components.

Individual training is also an option where your data is used so that learning is concurrent with setting up your model.

Course Name
Introduction To EXODUS                            
Introduction To EXODUS – Modeling Fluid Flow in Hydraulic Fractures
Intermediate Reservoir Simulation with Exodus #1 - Model Building
Gas Reservoir Analysis & Numerical Simulation of Non-Ideal Gas Reservoirs

Ideal Candidates include Reservoir and Production Engineers and Technologists/Technicians.

General Course Conditions:

  • Specific comments under individual course descriptions may override these general comments.

  • Unless specified otherwise, all courses are 5 days (Mon. to Fri.) from 8:30 am to 12:00 noon and 1:30 to 4:15 pm

  • All courses are offered subject to sufficient participation.

  • Course fee will include all manuals and course materials.

  • Participant substitutions are permitted upon notification prior to the start of the course.

  • Refunds, less a 20% administrative fee, will be offered for cancellations up to 3-weeks prior to the start of the course. NO REFUND will be provided for cancellations after that time.

  • Should PetroStudies cancel the course for any reason, there will be a 100% refund.

A number of hotels are available a short drive from PetroStudies offices. Reservations are the responsibility of the participants, however, please call for our suggestions.

Instructors: One or more of the following individuals, or equivalents, will present the various courses:

  • Dr. Thomas Tan, Ph.D.,P.Eng

  • Mr. Richard Pike, B.Sc., P.Eng.

  • Mr. Robert Slevinsky, B.Sc.

Introduction To EXODUS

Course Description:
This is a 4-day course on how to use the EXODUS Reservoir Simulator. No prior knowledge of EXODUS is required. All the basic features will be covered and this ‘hands-on’ course will have attendees work through a number of examples. It is expected that at the end of this course, attendees will be able to independently construct, run and evaluate models of simple to intermediately complex reservoir with EXODUS. Brief discussions as to how EXODUS can be used for even more complex reservoirs will be offered. The logistics of history matching will be illustrated and a typical forecast case run. The focus will be on the EXODUS feature set and will provide a solid foundation for immediate, useful application of the simulator to each attendee’s subsequent analyses. Attendees will have an opportunity to suggest some day-4 content (e.g. CBM, tight gas, aquifers etc.).

Course Format:
The course is fully hands-on with little note taking required. A demo copy of EXODUS will be supplied to each participant who should bring a suitable laptop computer to follow the instructor’s operation of EXODUS on a projection screen and to build example models. Each day will be broken into four sessions starting at 8:30 AM and ending at 4:00 PM. Refreshments will be provided and one lunch (on the last day) is included.

Instructor: Mr. Richard Pike
Mr. Pike is the Chief Reservoir Engineer, Partner and Director of PetroStudies Consultants Inc. He has over 24 years of experience in Reservoir Engineering with 19 years of direct Simulation Study work in a consulting capacity. He has worked with EXODUS for about 15 years and is the author of a number of parts of the EXODUS package.

Registration
Enrollment is limited and will be on a first-come first-serve basis based on date payment is received. Cancellations less than three weeks before the course begins cannot be accepted, however substitution is permitted up to the start of the course. PetroStudies reserves the right to cancel this course if a minimum registration is not achieved. Participants must make their own travel plans and hotel reservations if required. Please confirm with us prior to making travel plans.

Cost
The course fee is $2500 + 5% GST per person. Individuals unable to supply their own laptop can have us rent one for them at an additional cost of $250 (if registration is early).

Where
Currently scheduled for the main board room at our Calgary office.

Introduction To EXODUS – Modeling Fluid Flow in Hydraulic Fractures

Course Description:
This is a 3-day course, which is open to the general public, on how to use the EXODUS Reservoir Simulator with a focus on modeling Hydraulic Fractures. No prior knowledge of EXODUS is required. While this is a sub-set of our 4-day introduction course, all the basic features needed for modeling fractured wells – from the reservoir perspective - will be covered. This ‘hands-on’ course will have attendees work through a number of examples showing the impact of various fracture characteristics (length, width, conductivity etc) and proppant properties (non-Darcy flow, embedment, damage factor etc.). It is expected that at the end of this course, attendees will be able to independently construct, run and evaluate models of simple to intermediately complex reservoir with EXODUS. Brief discussions as to how EXODUS can be used for even more complex scenarios will offered. The logistics of history matching will be illustrated and typical forecast cases run.

Course Format:
The course is fully hands-on with little note taking required. Each participant will have access to a computer (with EXODUS) to follow the instructor’s operation of EXODUS on a projection screen. Each day will be broken into sessions starting at approximately 8:15 AM and ending at 4:15 PM. Refreshments and lunch is included.

Course Date:  
TBA

Course Location:
TBA

Instructor: Mr. Richard Pike
Mr. Pike is the Chief Reservoir Engineer, Partner and Director of PetroStudies Consultants Inc. He has over 28 years of experience in Reservoir Engineering with 23 years of direct Simulation Study work in a consulting capacity. He has worked with EXODUS for about 18 years and is the author of a number of parts of the EXODUS package.

Registration
Users must bring their own laptop running Windows XP or Vista with at least 2 GB of free disk space and a CD drive. Enrollment is limited and will be on a first come-first serve basis based on date payment is received. There will be NO REFUND for cancellations less than three weeks before the course begins, however substitution is permitted up to the start of the course. PetroStudies reserves the right to cancel this course if a minimum registration is not achieved. Participants must make their own travel plans and hotel reservations if required.

For more information, please call PetroStudies Consultants Inc. at 1-403-265-9722, by fax at 1-403-265-8842 or email info01@petrostudies.com.


Intermediate Reservoir Simulation with Exodus #1 - Model Building

Prerequisite: "Introduction to Exodus"

This course is intended to be a hands-on, practical, exposure to advanced reservoir simulation. After a very brief review of general reservoir simulator features, this course will provide instruction on the process of building more complicated reservoir models. This process will start by explaining the background of the various types of scenarios mentioned below. These will be examined from a data perspective and the considerations necessary to adequately model these situations will be discussed. 

The intermediate courses can be customized to suit your needs.  For more information please contact Mr. Richard Pike or Dr. Thomas Tan at 1-403-265-9722, by fax at 1-403-265-8842 or email info01@petrostudies.com.

Each participant will have access to a computer. The EXODUS reservoir simulator will be used.

After a brief review of some basics, the following types of models will be addressed:

  1. Importing geological Descriptions

    • Digitizing paper maps

    • Drawing/Editing maps

    • Digitizing bitmaps

    • Importing from 3rd party software (maps and/or grid values; including Corner Point data)

  1. Well Data

    • Vertical well locations (including perforation files)

    • Deviated/Horizontal well locations (including multi-laterals)

    • Well Values (e.g. Well Point files) and infilling

  1. Hydraulic Fractures

    • Full field - Various techniques (including local grid refinement); Time dependent properties

    • Single well - detail fracture conductivity; Manual 2D and 3D templates

  1. Special Connections

    • Basics - Manual definitions

    • Faults: - Defining - Contours; Fault Block Number, Infilling

    • Pinchouts

    • Natural Fractures - Dual porosity/Dual Permeability

  1. Aquifers

    • Explicit

    • Constant Pressure

    • Carter Tracy numerical aquifers

  1. Radial Models

 

 

Gas Reservoir Analysis & Numerical Simulation of Non-Ideal Gas Reservoirs

Prerequisite: "Introduction to Exodus"

This is a 3-day course. Analytical approaches to understanding natural gas reservoirs will be reviewed prior to the development of a numerical simulation model. This seminar will minimize the amount of theoretical derivation in favor of providing a full suite of techniques that the attendee can apply after the course. Various examples will be presented for the attendees to practice using the equations and to test the sensitivity of the results obtained. A dry-gas reservoir example containing multiple compartments will be simulated.

All simulation will be performed using the EXODUS reservoir simulator. Each participant will have access to a computer as necessary. Topics covered will include:

  • Volumetrics

  • Material Balance Pressure Decline Curves (p/z)

  • Wet Gas & Condensate PVT

  • Production Rate Decline Curves

  • Deliverability Test Analysis

  • Gas Field Development Considerations

  • Review of the use of reservoir simulators

  • Data requirements for simulation

  • Model construction

  • History Matching

  • Forecasting (including techniques to monitor max-day capability).

  • Pre-tax Economics

  • Discussion of how the techniques shown can be applied to more complex reservoirs with multiple mobile phases, fractures or a host of added complexity.

 

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PetroStudies Consultants Inc.
#204, 4603 Varsity Drive N.W.
Calgary, Alberta,
CANADA T3A 2V7
Phone : (403) 265-9722; Fax: (403) 265-8842 

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