Courses Offered

by PetroStudies Consultants Inc.

 

There are currently no dates scheduled for our courses. This may change on timeframe shorter than when this website gets updated. 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 technicians who only assist in the data gathering and construction of 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.

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 8:00 am to 12:00 noon and 1:30 to 4:30 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

Dr. Tan is the Reservoir Simulation Specialist, Partner and Director of PetroStudies. He is the driving force behind EXODUS and EXOTHERM.

·         Mr. Richard Pike, B.Sc., P.Eng.

Mr. Pike is the Chief Reservoir Engineer, Partner and Director of PetroStudies Consultants Inc. He has over 30 years of experience in Reservoir Engineering with 25 years of direct Simulation Study work in a consulting capacity. He has worked with EXODUS since its inception in 1992 and is the author of a number of parts of the EXODUS package.

·         Mr. Robert (Bob) Slevinsky, B.Sc.

Mr. Slevinsky has worked with EXODUS for over 15 years and has used it extensively on many projects. Bob has provides support and training for both EXODUS and EXOTHERM. He has over 38 years of experience with reservoir modeling and computer systems.

 

Introduction To EXODUS – General

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 must 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 8:00 AM and ending at 4:30 PM. Refreshments included.

Instructor: To be assigned
See above for details.

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 (2010 price - subject to change; please contact us to confirm). Individuals unable to supply their own laptop can have us rent one for them at an additional cost (if registration is early). It is highly recommended that the participants bring their own laptops so that in-class examples can be taken home.

Where
The default location is the main board room at our Calgary office.

Introduction To EXODUS – Detailed Modeling of Fluid Flow in and into 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 modified 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 included.

Course Date:  
TBA

Course Location:
TBA

Instructor: To be assigned
See above for details


Registration
Users must bring their own laptop running Windows XP, Vista, or ‘7’ 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 must bring their own laptop (or contact to arrange a rental – at additional cost). The EXODUS reservoir simulator will be supplied.

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

1.      Importing geological Descriptions

o        Digitizing paper maps

o        Drawing/Editing maps

o        Digitizing bitmaps

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

2.      Well Data

o        Vertical well locations (including perforation files)

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

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

3.      Hydraulic Fractures

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

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

4.      Special Connections

o        Basics - Manual definitions

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

o        Pinchouts

o        Natural Fractures - Dual porosity/Dual Permeability

5.      Aquifers

o        Explicit

o        Constant Pressure

o        Carter Tracy numerical aquifers

6.      Radial Models

o        Coning study

 

 

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 gas reservoir example containing multiple compartments will be simulated. A horizontal well with multiple hydraulic fractures will be considered and sensitivities of a number of parameters (number of fractures, length, conductivity etc. will be reviewed).

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.

 

Introduction To EXOTHERM – General

 

This course mirrors the format and timing of the Introduction To EXODUS  course but the thermal simulator, EXOTHERM will be used.

After a brief overview of various thermal processes, all participants will build models with increasing complexity to provide a platform for introduction of various software features. These models will include:-

o         Radial model with cyclic steam stimulation.

o         Multi-well steam flood.

o         SAGD well pair – including a discretized wellbore.

The final session will include the option to briefly discuss some of the more advanced EXOTHERM features including Special Connections (faults, pinchouts, dual porosity-permeability), geomechanical features, diffusion, pressure/temperature dependant properties, viscosity mixing rules, wormholes and combustion etc.

 

Course Format:
The course is fully hands-on with little note taking required. Each participant will have access to a computer (with EXOTHERM) to follow the instructor’s operation of EXOTHERM on a projection screen. Each day will be broken into sessions starting at approximately 8:00 AM and ending at 4:30 PM. Refreshments included.

Course Date:  
TBA

Course Location:
TBA

Instructor: To be assigned
See above for details


Registration
Users must bring their own laptop running Windows XP, Vista, or ‘7’ 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.

Cost
The course fee is $3000 + 5% GST per person (2010 price - subject to change; please contact us to confirm). Individuals unable to supply their own laptop can have us rent one for them at an additional cost (if registration is early). It is highly recommended that the participants bring their own laptops so that in-class examples can be taken home.

Where
The default location is the main board room at our Calgary office.

 

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.

 

 

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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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