Advanced PVT and EOS Fluid Characterisation (RES08)
- Course focuses on phase behavior for Enhanced Oil Recovery.
- Designed for reservoir and chemical engineers.
- Builds confidence through practical examples and discussions.
- Attendees learn to make decisions on sampling and PVT procedures.
- Topics include black-oil properties, EOS, and slim tube simulations.
Overview
This advanced course focuses on understanding phase behavior for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and complex fluid systems. It is designed for reservoir and process engineers, covering PVT data, EOS models, and black-oil reservoir simulation. Through laboratory experiments and practical examples, participants will gain confidence in decision-making and report design. Topics include black-oil PVT properties, EOS fluid characterization, and slim tube simulations. The course aims to equip attendees with the skills to conduct PVT experiments, develop EOS models, and generate PVT tables for reservoir simulation.
Who should attend
Reservoir Engineer, Researcher, Process Engineer
This course is concerned with understanding the underlying phase behaviour important to the description and modelling of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) processes, and depletion performance of complex fluid systems.
Course Level:Advanced / Specialised
Instructor:Curtis H. Whitson
Designed for you, if you are…
- A practicing reservoir engineer and/or researcher dealing with phase behaviour, miscible displacement and compositional / complex black-oil reservoir simulation
- A process or chemical engineer
How we build your confidence
- Laboratory experiments and correlations to obtain PVT data will be discussed and illustrated using practical examples
- You are urged to bring your own PVT reports to discuss with the trainer
- Fluid characterisation with an EOS using commercial PC-based programs will be performed
The benefits from attending
By the end of the course you will feel confident to:
- Make decisions about sampling and PVT laboratory procedures required
- Design and use PVT laboratory reports, including those for gas injection studies
- Develop EOS models
- Generate appropriate black-oil PVT tables for reservoir simulation
Topics
- Traditional and modified black-oil PVT properties
- Using correlations and laboratory data to obtain PVT properties
- Laboratory PVT experiments – how they are conducted, for what purpose and how they should be applied
- Fluid characterisation with an equation of state (EOS)
- Heptanes – plus characterisation
- Tuning an EOS by regression
- Pseudoizing to reduce the number of components
- Generating modified black-oil properties
- Slim tube simulations and MMP calculations
Advanced PVT and EOS Fluid Characterisation Training in the Netherlands, Scotland, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, Aberdeen and onsite course available throughout the UK.
