GEOPET BACHELOR PROGRAM IN PETROLEUM ENGINEERING PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING 04/07/2023 Mai Cao Lân – Faculty of Geology & Petroleum Engineering - HCMUT Learning Objectives At the end of this lecture, you should be able to understand the fundamentals of reservoir engineering and some basic analyses/calculations as follows:  PVT Analysis  Special Core Analysis  Well Test Analysis  Production Forecast 04/07/2023 Mai Cao Lân – Faculty of Geology & Petroleum Engineering - HCMUT References L.P.Dake (1978) Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam L.P.Dake (1994) The Practice of Reservoir Engineering, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam B.C.Craft & M.Hawkins (1991) Applied Petroleum Reservoir Engineering,Prentice Hall, New Jersey T Ahmed (2006) Reservoir Engineering Handbook , Gulf Professional Publishing, Oxford 04/07/2023 Mai Cao Lân – Faculty of Geology & Petroleum Engineering - HCMUT Outline  Key Concepts in Reservoir Engineering  Fundamentals of Oil & Gas Reservoirs  Quantitative Methods in Reservoir Characterization and Evaluation 04/07/2023 Mai Cao Lân – Faculty of Geology & Petroleum Engineering - HCMUT Part I Key Concepts in Reservoir Engineering 04/07/2023 Mai Cao Lân – Faculty of Geology & Petroleum Engineering - HCMUT Definition of Reservoir In petroleum industry, reservoir fluids is a mixture of hydrocarbons (oil and/or gas), water and other non-hydrocarbon compounds (such as H2S, CO2, N2, ) 04/07/2023 Mai Cao Lân – Faculty of Geology & Petroleum Engineering - HCMUT Definition of Engineering Engineering is the discipline or profession of applying necessary knowledge and utilizing physical resources in order to design and implement systems and processes that realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria 04/07/2023 Mai Cao Lân – Faculty of Geology & Petroleum Engineering - HCMUT Definition of Engineering Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying necessary knowledge and utilizing physical resources in order to design and implement systems and processes that realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria 04/07/2023 Mai Cao Lân – Faculty of Geology & Petroleum Engineering - HCMUT Necessary Knowledge  Knowledge about oil & gas reservoirs  Reservoir Rock Properties & Behavior during the Production Process  Reservoir Fluid Properties & Behavior during the Production Process  Fluid Flows in Reservoirs 04/07/2023 Mai Cao Lân – Faculty of Geology & Petroleum Engineering - HCMUT Necessary Knowledge (cont’d)  Technical & Scientific Knowledge  Quantitative Methods for Reservoir Characterization  Quantitative Methods for Reservoir Evaluation 04/07/2023 Mai Cao Lân – Faculty of Geology & Petroleum Engineering - HCMUT 10