Instructor Led Vienna Training - Training Resources

A Comprehensive and Applied Course in Enhanced Oil Recovery This is an intensive, applied course in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). The three main EOR processes covered are miscible flood (CO2 and miscible gas injection), chemical flood (micellar/ polymer), and thermal recovery (steam injection and in-situ combustion). The physics of each EOR process will be covered in detail, including the fundamentals of reservoir fluid flow and recovery mechanisms. Each  more...

The Significance of Petroleum Reserve and Resource Estimates Petroleum reserves data are used by a variety of stakeholders for multiple purposes. The way reserves are estimated and communicated is an integrated activity, cutting across several technical and commercial disciplines. Therefore, a basic understanding of the reserve estimation process is a fundamental requirement for all disciplines involved in the exploration and exploitation aspects of the  more...

Introduction to Enhanced Oil Recovery Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) projects are usually handled by multidisciplinary teams. This course targets technical staff not involved in detailed engineering design and non-technical staff involved in the legal, financial and decision-making aspects of EOR projects.  more...

Integrated Petrophysics for Reservoir Characterisation This course will teach you how to evaluate reservoirs and quickly identify flawed results. Robust, minimum error reserves are achieved by a logical, systematic integration of all relevant data. Interpretation is cost-effective compared with data acquisition or development mistakes and essential for the complex reservoirs and marginal fields being re-evaluated today. Systematic Integration can  more...

Advanced Reservoir Simulation Technologies Dynamic reservoir models are the basic tools for investigating reservoir behaviour, optimising reservoir performance, designing complex wells, estimating uncertainties and providing the basis for risk management. New techniques, such as unstructured and time-dependent gridding, combined with local time stepping eliminate most of the drawbacks of conventional simulation methods and make  more...

Reservoir Geology - Integrating Data for Reservoir Modelling Reservoir (development) geology is a fundamental part of reservoir management studies: It integrates various disciplines and data at different scales. In today s world of 3D modelling and visualization, professionals have to acquire the skills to be able to understand, judge and validate complex computer-generated output. Participants will perform many hands-on exercises.  more...

Sequence Stratigraphy This 5 day course covers the theory and principles of sequence stratigraphy, the controls on sediment supply, sequences and systems tracts, high resolution sequence stratigraphy and parasequences, seismic stratigraphic interpretation and seismic reflection termination patterns, the recognition of systems tracts on seismic data and pitfalls in interpretation.  more...

Naturally Fractured Reservoir Engineering The presence of extensive networks of natural fractures creates a number of challenges for evaluating and optimizing recovery from naturally fractured reservoirs. The use of dual porosity or dual permeability approaches is often necessary, providing the basis for both analytical models (such as used for pressure transient analysis) as well as for reservoir simulation. Appropriate application of  more...

Production Logging and Reservoir Monitoring Based on the highly successful Reservoir Monitoring and Production Log Interpretation course which Roger Nutt taught for many years, this course has been modified to reduce the time spent on Cement Bond and Casing Corrosion Logs and their interpretation, to give additional time for interpreting production and reservoir monitoring logs, designing the logging program, engineering the surveys, and  more...

Use of Neural Networks in Reservoir Characterisation Neural networks find their archetype in nature and are a simplified imitation of the human brain. They are widely used for analysis and prediction purposes, particularly for financial services, the security industry and automotive industry. Within the oil and gas industry their utilization is not common practice yet. Wherever statistics, best practice formulas and the meanwhile vast amount of data  more...

Streamline Simulation in Reservoir Engineering & Management Streamline simulation has become a powerful complementary tool to more traditional finite difference approaches for dynamic reservoir simulation. In some cases, streamline simulation can be considered an alternative, allowing to rapidly evaluating multiple geological and engineering scenarios for quick decision making. The objective of this course is to introduce practicing geoscientists to this  more...

Petroleum Geostatistics - Integrating Data for Reservoir Modelling and Simulation The objective of Petroleum Geostatistics is to learn the basic geological and statistical concepts used to characterize hydrocarbon reservoirs.  more...

Petroleum Geomechanics This multi-disciplinary course combines technical skills in all subsurface and well engineering disciplines to provide Geomechanics solutions to field scale and individual well problems. A fundamental knowledge of Petroleum Geomechanics is a key part of good field development planning because Geomechanics often underpins optimised engineering and has been proven to realise significant project cost  more...

Special Core Analysis The extensive use of reservoir simulation in the evaluation, development and management of oil fields is placing increased importance on the correct use of results from special core analysis, particularly those from relative permeability tests.  more...

Production Chemistry in Oil and Gas Production During the remaining lifetime of an oil or gas field, the application of economic methods in the treatment process is a prerequisite for ensuring compliance with specifications for the gas, oil, and water phase. Treatment plant efficiency is, among other factors, depending on the proper application of chemicals. Complexity and potential problems increase exponentially with the number of  more...

Petroleum Geology of North Africa North Africa holds huge reserves and resources of oil and gas and contains some of the most important regions for future hydrocarbon production. The recent drilling successes onshore Algeria and offshore Egypt, and renewed industry interest in Libya have re-invigorated exploration activity. This course introduces the petroleum geology of North Africa, reviews the main depositional elements across  more...

Fundamentals of Petroleum Geology This introductory course reviews the fundamental elements of the petroleum geology. It starts by placing hydrocarbons in a global context; the philosophy and structure of the oil industry; energy trends, future resources. The petroleum environment is then reviewed: source rocks, reservoirs, traps, seals and the timing of generation relative to trap formation. The course then examines the  more...

Foundations of Petrophysics Petrophysics is a key discipline in petroleum exploration and production. The main objectives of this course are to understand: - The petrophysical properties and corresponding logging methods, - The fundamentals of log interpretation and formation evaluation, - The link between petrophysics and seismic reservoir characterisation tools  more...

Waterflood - Fundamentals Design and Management This is an intensive, applied course in waterflood design and management. Certain theoretical aspects of waterflooding (e. g. Buckley-Leverett fractional flow) will be briefly covered. Topics covered will include: reservoir performance analysis, well injectivity estimates, waterflood candidate selection, waterflood forecasting (includes hands-on analytical and simulation modeling), impact of  more...

Multiphase Flow Metering Over the last two decades the development, evaluation and use of Multiphase Flow Meters (MFM) systems has been a major focus for the Oil & Gas industry worldwide. Since the early 1990's, when the first commercial meters started to appear, there have been around 2, 000 field applications of MFM for field allocation, production optimisation and well testing. So far, many alternative metering systems  more...

Underground Gas Storage Underground gas storage (UGS) plays a vital role in securing the gas supply needed to meet consumer demands. Tremendous UGS capacity will have to be developed in the coming years in order to keep up with the booming gas demand.  more...

Applied Reservoir Management The reservoir life cycle and how requirements for successful operation of a reservoir throughout its entire life change will be discussed. Development of a field goes beyond technical expertise; it requires consideration of economics, the environment, the government (regulations) and the public. Reservoir management therefore requires sophisticated tools to make decisions and determine a course of  more...

Advanced PVT and EOS Fluid Characterization Phase behaviour plays an important role in most oil recovery processes and is an essential part of all enhanced oil recovery processes. Thus, understanding of the underlying phase behaviour is an important first step towards description and modelling of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) processes. The use of both laboratory experiments and correlation to obtain PVT data will be discussed and  more...

Wellsite and Operations Geology This course teaches the fundamental elements of wellsite and operations geology. First, a review will be made of the background to and some of the basics of these related disciplines. The course will then detail each of the main duties and responsibilities of operations and wellsite geology. These will include choosing and the quality control of the geological contractors, the ever increasing task  more...

Petroleum Systems Modelling for Exploration Risk Assessments Geologic risks in petroleum exploration are related to the traps (geometry, reservoir, seal), as well to the petroleum Charge Risk. While traps are always subjected to the most detailed possible assessments as a part of the exploration risk analysis, this is not always the case for Charge Risking, even though it can easily be shown that the geologic risking is often dangerously incomplete without  more...

Basin Analysis and Petroleum Systems This 5 day course covers the theory of basin formation, the controls on, and mechanisms of subsidence and sedimentation, and then looks at examples from around the world of typical basin types. Emphasis is on impact basin style and sedimentation has on the hydrocarbon habitat and prospectivity, offering analogues for use in exploration. Within each basin, depositional systems are reviewed, and  more...

Carbonate Geology for Oil and Gas Exploration & Development This five-day seminar introduces participants to establish principles of carbonate geology applied to hydrocarbon exploration and development geology. Using a highly acclaimed, hands-on approach, each participant learns to describe typical carbonate rocks, delineate facies and sequences, evaluate reservoir quality, relate carbonates to log and seismic expression, better predict play relationships  more...

Introduction to Petroleum Engineering The objective of this course is to develop an understanding of the technologies and applications of modern petroleum engineering. The course addresses engineering issues ranging from initial involvement in exploration to production optimisation challenges. It is considered a primary course prior to specialised training programs.  more...