Gas Production Engineering - GPO

Discipline: Production and Completions Engineering
Level: Intermediate
Instructors who teach this course:
  • Dr. Mohan G. Kelkar
    Dr. Mohan G. Kelkar
    DR. MOHAN G. KELKAR is a professor of petroleum engineering at the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His main research interests include reservoir characterization, production optimization, and risk analysis. He is involved in several research projects, which are partially funded by various national and international oil companies, the US Department of Energy, and Oklahoma Center for Advancement of Science and Technology. He has taught various short courses for many oil companies in Canada, Indonesia, Singapore, Nigeria, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Scotland, India, Denmark and across the United States. He has been a consultant to many oil companies, as well as to the United Nations. He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bombay, an M.S. in Petroleum Engineering and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, and a J.D. from the University of Tulsa.

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  • Mr. John Robert (Bob) Nichol
    Mr. John Robert (Bob) Nichol
    MR. JOHN ROBERT (BOB) NICHOL is President of the recently founded Petrobob Consulting Limited, located in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada. He provides Petroleum Engineering consulting services to the Government of Alberta, Department of Energy and is a sessional lecturer in Petroleum Engineering at the University of Alberta at Edmonton. He has over 30 years' experience in a broad spectrum of Petroleum Engineering roles including field operations, reservoir engineering and engineering research. Bob received a BSc degree in Electrical Engineering and an MEng degree in Mineral Engineering both from the University of Alberta.

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About the course Designed For You will learn Course Content
About the course
Learn the latest methods for calculating gas well performance from reservoir to sales. Reservoir performance covers the fundamentals of reservoir gas flow and details the best methods for testing wells, according to the time and money available. Reserve calculations and diagnostic testing from production data are covered. The importance of flow regime and non-Darcy flow on test design and interpretation is emphasized for new wells and for the possibility of improving the performance of older wells. Also discussed are performances of tight formations, horizontal wells, fractured wells, and methods for estimating gas reserves. Participants will learn to calculate and determine the effect of each system component on total well performance, which permits optimum sizing of tubing, flowlines, separators, and compressors. Problem-solving sessions allow participants to evaluate field problems. Participants receive complimentary software at the end of the course.


"The practicality of the course was great. Great examples and step by step procedures." - Production Engineer, United States


"Best PetroSkills course I've taken. Accessible theoretical concepts behind some every day production engineering aspects." - Production Engineer, United States


Designed For
Production, reservoir and facilities engineers, and others involved in gas production, transportation, and storage including field supervisors.
You will learn
How To:
  • Apply proven techniques to field problems which increase profitability
  • Calculate gas well performance from the reservoir to the sales line
  • Optimize gas well production
  • Relate reservoir and well performance to time
  • Predict when a well will die due to liquid loading
Course Content
  • Gas properties: real gas behavior equations of state, impurities, mixtures, phase behavior dew point, retrograde behavior, flash calculations; classifying gas reservoirs
  • Reservoir performance: gas well testing flow after flow, isochronal, stabilized inflow performance; turbulence and skin effects; perforation effects; tight well analysis; horizontal wells; hydraulically fractured wells
  • Reserve calculations: P/Z plots, energy plots, water influx, abnormal pressure effects; diagnostic testing based on production data
  • Flow in pipes and restrictions: pressure loss tubing, flowlines, chokes, safety valves; effects of liquids-liquid loading, liquid removal methods, multiphase flow correlations; erosional velocity
  • Compression: types of compressors; compressor selection reciprocating and centrifugal; effects of variables; capacity and horsepower
  • Total system analysis: tubing and flowline size effects; perforating effects; relating deliverability to time; evaluating compressor installations; analyzing injection wells
  • Flow measuring: orifice metering design, accuracy, troubleshooting; other metering methods
  • Condensate reservoirs: reservoir types - wet gas, retrograde; reserve estimates, laboratory simulation; gas cycling
  • Field operations problems: interpreting P/Z plots; hydrate formation
Gas Production Engineering - GPO
Discipline: Production and Completions Engineering
Level: Intermediate
Duration: 5 days
Instructor(s): Mohan Kelkar, John Nichol
Learn the latest methods for calculating gas well performance from reservoir to sales. Reservoir performance covers the fundamentals of reservoir gas flow and details the best methods for testing wells, according to the time and money available. Reserve calculations and diagnostic testing from production data are covered. The importance of flow regime and non-Darcy flow on test design and interpretation is emphasized for new wells and for the possibility of improving the performance of older wells. Also discussed are performances of tight formations, horizontal wells, fractured wells, and methods for estimating gas reserves. Participants will learn to calculate and determine the effect of each system component on total well performance, which permits optimum sizing of tubing, flowlines, separators, and compressors. Problem-solving sessions allow participants to evaluate field problems. Participants receive complimentary software at the end of the course.


"The practicality of the course was great. Great examples and step by step procedures." - Production Engineer, United States


"Best PetroSkills course I've taken. Accessible theoretical concepts behind some every day production engineering aspects." - Production Engineer, United States
Designed For:
Production, reservoir and facilities engineers, and others involved in gas production, transportation, and storage including field supervisors.
You Will Learn:
How To:
  • Apply proven techniques to field problems which increase profitability
  • Calculate gas well performance from the reservoir to the sales line
  • Optimize gas well production
  • Relate reservoir and well performance to time
  • Predict when a well will die due to liquid loading
Course Content:
  • Gas properties: real gas behavior equations of state, impurities, mixtures, phase behavior dew point, retrograde behavior, flash calculations; classifying gas reservoirs
  • Reservoir performance: gas well testing flow after flow, isochronal, stabilized inflow performance; turbulence and skin effects; perforation effects; tight well analysis; horizontal wells; hydraulically fractured wells
  • Reserve calculations: P/Z plots, energy plots, water influx, abnormal pressure effects; diagnostic testing based on production data
  • Flow in pipes and restrictions: pressure loss tubing, flowlines, chokes, safety valves; effects of liquids-liquid loading, liquid removal methods, multiphase flow correlations; erosional velocity
  • Compression: types of compressors; compressor selection reciprocating and centrifugal; effects of variables; capacity and horsepower
  • Total system analysis: tubing and flowline size effects; perforating effects; relating deliverability to time; evaluating compressor installations; analyzing injection wells
  • Flow measuring: orifice metering design, accuracy, troubleshooting; other metering methods
  • Condensate reservoirs: reservoir types - wet gas, retrograde; reserve estimates, laboratory simulation; gas cycling
  • Field operations problems: interpreting P/Z plots; hydrate formation
Instructors:

DR. MOHAN G. KELKAR is a professor of petroleum engineering at the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His main research interests include reservoir characterization, production optimization, and risk analysis. He is involved in several research projects, which are partially funded by various national and international oil companies, the US Department of Energy, and Oklahoma Center for Advancement of Science and Technology. He has taught various short courses for many oil companies in Canada, Indonesia, Singapore, Nigeria, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Scotland, India, Denmark and across the United States. He has been a consultant to many oil companies, as well as to the United Nations. He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bombay, an M.S. in Petroleum Engineering and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, and a J.D. from the University of Tulsa.

MR. JOHN ROBERT (BOB) NICHOL is President of the recently founded Petrobob Consulting Limited, located in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada. He provides Petroleum Engineering consulting services to the Government of Alberta, Department of Energy and is a sessional lecturer in Petroleum Engineering at the University of Alberta at Edmonton. He has over 30 years' experience in a broad spectrum of Petroleum Engineering roles including field operations, reservoir engineering and engineering research. Bob received a BSc degree in Electrical Engineering and an MEng degree in Mineral Engineering both from the University of Alberta.


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