Shale PVT and Sampling
Disciplines: Reservoir
Course Description
This 1-day course is specially developed to complement the SPE Liquid-Rich Basins Conference. The main objective of the course is to convey practical aspects of PVT and phase behavior relevant for tight unconventionals. The course content is a cumulative result of working on engineering problems related to PVT and phase behavior in most of the major unconventional basins in North America; Eagle Ford, Permian, SCOOP/STACK, Montney and Bakken.
Topics include
- Petroleum fluids
- Reservoir Fluid Classification
- Fluid Sampling
- PVT laboratory experiments
- Introduction to EOS models
- Fluid Initialization and In-place Volumes
- Black-oil PVT model and application to Liquid-rich fluids
- Separator Shrinkage & Why It Matters
- Introduction to Gas EOR / Huff-n-Puff
Learning Level
Intermediate
Course Length
1 Day
Why Attend
Attendees will learn what PVT samples should be collected and how those samples are used specifically in shale. Some discussions include advanced black-oil, EOS compositional PVT modeling and gas-based EOR.
Who Attends
Petroleum, reservoir, production, facilities and process engineers. Also relevant for geologists, managers, government representatives and business unit team members exposed to PVT.
Special Requirements
Participants should have some means of note taking. Course materials will be complied in session based on classroom discussion and sent via electronic files after the course. Basic PVT understanding is required.
CEUs
0.8 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) will be awarded for this 1-day course.
Cancellation Policy
All cancellations must be received no later than 14 days prior to the course start date. Cancellations made after the 14-day window will not be refunded. Refunds will not be given due to no show situations.
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We reserve the right to substitute course instructors as necessary.
Instructor
Mathias Carlsen is General Manager for Americas at Whitson, a company that develops all-in-one, web-based, petroleum engineering platform named Whitson+. After earning his MSc Carlsen joined Whitson and has been a key developer, conceptual driver and product manager of Whitson+ for unconventional reservoir model management.
Through Whitson, Carlsen has also supervised and consulted on projects for more than 50 E&P companies. In addition he researches and teaches industry courses on well performance, advanced pressure, volume and temperature (PVT) studies, phase behavior and gas-based enhanced oil recovery.
Carlsen holds an MSc degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and was a Fullbright Scholar at Stanford University.
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