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SPE 20752
Reservoir Management Training: An Integrated Approach
A,Satter,exaco Inc.
SPE Member
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Co py ri gh t 19S0, So ci et y o f Pet ro leu m En gi neer s In c.
Th is pap er w as pr ep ar ed f or p res en tat io n at l he 651h A nnu al Tec hn ic ai Co nf er en ce an d Ex hi bi ti on of t he So ci el y of Pet rol eu m En gi naar a h ei d m No w Or lean s, LA , Sapl em ber 23- 26, 1SS0.
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as pr es ent ed, hav e not been r ev iewed by the Soc iat y of Pet roleum Engi neer s and ar e s ubj ec t to c or rect ion by Ihe autho s . The mat er ial , aa pr eeent ad, does not nec es sar il y r afl ec t
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of wher e and by whom t he papar i s pr es enl ed, Wri la Publ ic at ions Manager , SPE, P.0, Sok 833S36, Richardam, TX 760S34S36. Telex , 7S0SS9 SPEDAL.
management
practices are
of paramount
U. S. petroleum reservesare dwindling,and
importance to our domestic energy future.
fewer significantdiscoverieshave been made
Better management will go a long way to
in recent ~;ars.
However, technological
reverse the decliningreservestrend.
advances
all areas
of
petroleum
exploration and exploitation,
along with
Innovative managers and trained personnel
rapidly increasing computing power,
are
are neededto carry out the functionsof the
providing
the tools to better
manage
reservoir management
process.
These
reservoirsto maximize economicrecov=ryof
functions are goal
setting~
planning,
hydrocarbons.
Sound reservoir management
implementing, monitoring, and evaluating.
praoticesare of paramountimportancein the
This paper discusses
training
and
petroleum industry. Innovativemanagersand
professional development using state-of-
trained personnel are needed to carry out
the-art concepts, techniques, and computer
the functions
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RESERVOIRMANAGEMENTTRAINING: AN INTEGRATEDAPPROACH
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management training program.
The value of
boundaries of their disciplines, commun
the team concept, and interaction between
cate, cooperate,and work as a team.
engineers,
development
geologists, and
100% commitmentto the tean and the proje
geophysicists
for
successful reservoir
are vital.
managementneeds to be also recognized.
Reservoir
management
has been defined
OFF-
i
ecent y by
Robertson,
Vigginsz, and
Thakur .
Basically,
sound
reservoir
The program should offer:
management practice relies on the utiliza-
tion of available resources (human, tech- 1, Integrated, multi-disciplinary,hig
nological,
and financial)
to maximize
profits from a reservoir by optimizing
technologytraining.
recovery while minimizing capital invest-
2.
Identical
training
for enginee
ments and operatingexpenses (Figure2). We
are managing reservoirs every day, and it
geologists,and geophysicists,lead
to a common overall knowledge of t
can be as easy as pie.
However, what we
reservoir management f ctions, a
really need to do is to examine the quality
working
together reserv
of the pie. In managingreservoirs,we have
to make certain choices.
managementprojects.
Either we let it
happen, or we can make it happen.
We can 3.
Multi-disciplinary
courses,
just pray ~it~~trate some profit from a
prob
session~,
and workshops, relevant
reservoir
careful planning and
the reservoirmanagementprocess.
exploitation, or alternately,we can still
pray, even harder, but also do our part to
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look into recovery beyond primary, and
The opportunityto learn state-of-t
art concepts, and techniques and
maximize profits from the same reservoir
through sound
reservoir
management.
gain hands-on
experience with hi
technologycomputer software.
Reservoirmanagement is not synonymouswith 5*
The environment for the trainees
reservoir
engineering and/or reservoir
learn their companystechnologica
geology.
Success requires
lnulti-
well as human resources, foster
disciplinary,int~gratedteam efforts. The
valuable
communication between t
playersare everybodywhcihas anythingto do
technology source and
operating
u
with reservoiroperation: managers,geolo-
staff members.
gists,geophysicists,and engineers,as well
as
research
and development,
service,
YllKL~
environmental, land, and legal personnel.
Too many people are involved to name them
Ideally, everybody who is involvedor w
all.
be involvedin the varioustechnicalaspe
The Crisman Institute for Petroleum Reser-
of reservoir management need this spec
training.
Practically, to be
c
voir Management at Texas A&M University
recently published a manual for petroleum
effective,highly motivatedindividualsw
3-5 years of professional experience
reservoir manag~ment proposing an inte-
grated approach.
The panel talks given by
with leadershippotential are the desira
Wiggins on
llAn
candidates for this training.
Approach
to Reservoir
Experien
Management ,Journel on Geostatisticsfor
professionals
can also benefit from
Reservoir Characterizationto,azaeon Data
advanced
sessionsof
thisprogram,assist
Acquisition
them to update and enhance their capabi
and
Analysisttt Thakur7 on
ties.
The class should include a mix
l~~mplemenkatiO l Of
Reservoir Management
Programl~,
exploitation geologists/geophysicists
and Stileson ~lReservoirManage-
production/reservoirengineers.
ment in Means San Andres Unit provide in-
depth discussions of many aspects of che ~ULD ~
reservoirmanagementprocess.
Professionals with diverse, unique ba
grounds and
expertise
are the
id
instructors to conduct the training.
While technologicaladvanoesand increasing
should be ensured that the instruc
computer
power
are providing
possess good teachingskills. In aase
the
in-housetrainingprogram,aonpanyperson
opportunities for better reservoir should be chosen to teach the traine
management,they also create the problem of
having to train personnel
This way, the traineeewould have aacess
in advanoed
technologyand computer skills so that the
their own company experts
r
consulta
various
functions of
even after the completion their traini
sound
reservoir
However some outside industry expexts
management can be effectivelycarried out.
university
professors
should be a
All personnel involved in one or more
utilized to teach
for
cross-pollination
aspects of reservoir managementshould have
a clear understanding of the rese~oir
management prooess.
Apart from technioal
training, they need to learn how to
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2.
Better
utilization of
company
resources,
human and
technological
Sngineers,
geologists,
and geophysicists,
tools
mought to a common location from the
tarious organizations
of their company,
3. Ensuring
sound reservoir management
flould
learn
together
state-of-the-art
through trained personnel
Zoncepts,techniques,and computer software
.vsedin modern efficientmanagementof oil 4
Improvingcompanyreserves,profitsand
and gas reservoirs.
They should be taught
developmentgeology and geophysics, forma-
net assets through sound reservoir
management
Lion evaluation, production and reservoir
mgineering, enhanced oil recovery, reser-
5.
Enhancing employee motivation and job
/oir simulation, economic evaluation, and
satisfaction.
associatedcomputer techniques.
The method
af training would be
formal classroom
LE
OF
AN
ON GOING
lectures, problem sessions, and workshops
Leadingto a working knowledgeof the latest
~
computer hardware
and proven
software
Texaco
has
been
conducting
packages.
reservoir
management training programs
for their
employees
for almost two decades.
The
En the final phase of the trainingprogram,
teams of engineers geologists, and geo-
company initiatedthis trainingin the early
1970 s for engineers and geologistswith 3
physicistswould work on reservoir manage-
to 5 years of experience.
Training was
rnentprojectsutilizingthe skills acquired
in the previous training sessions.
offered once a year~ starting in September;
Upon
9 months for engineers and 4 months for
returningto their organizations,theywould
geologists.
Much of the training involved
be better prepared
to tackle reservoir
in-houseand outsideclassesand seminarson
management projects and would continue to computer applications, reservoir
enhance their capabilitiesthrough on-the-
job assignments.
engineering,
formation
evaluation,
and
reservoir simulation.
When there were
no
scheduled activities, the traineeshad the
ww SHOULD ~G BE COND~
f
opportunityto work on real life problems,
applying
what they learned in the
Ideally, the training should be conducted classrooms.
in house so that the trainees would learn
the company resources,
both human and
technological,
This training program was made more formal
and be familiar with the
and structured in 1981.
It consisted of
company ways of managing reservoirs and
doing business.
classroominstruction,problemsessions,and
Alternately, a training
hands-ontrainingin computersoftwarepack-
~~d~ could be designed to include formal
ages. All trainees took common courses in
short
courses,
and
on-the-job
computer,
development
geology
and
assignments within the company.
Formal
geophysics,
reservoir
engineering
and
instruction
in
short courses could be
resones determination.
The engineerswere
obtained from universities, professional
offered additional
courses in advanced
societies,and consultants. reservoir engineering, enhanced oil
The in-housetrainingcould be given all at
recovery,reeervoirsimulation,and economic
evaluation. They spent the last fourmonths
one time over a period of months.
Alter-
nately, it could be offered in several
of their 9-month trainingperiod on simula-
tion projects
assigned by their home
sessions,each a month or more in duration?
offices. The geologists and geophysicists
with several month intervals between the
receivedadditionaltrainingin computerized
sessions.
During these intervals, the
trainees
would be assigned to on-going
mapping and had the last two monthsof their
4-month trainingperiod to work on assigned
projects
under the supervision of
projects.
This format of the program was
experiencedreservoirmanagers.
well received by both domestic and foreign
Additionally,
divisions, although the students were not
universities may
consider
developing a
availableto their home organizationsfor an
graduate
level reservoir
extendedperiod
of
time.
xnanagementtraining program utilizingtheir
resources
from geology, petroleum
The 19801s
rWiWW2ir
managementtraining is
engineering, applied mathematics, and now restructuredand shortened to meet the
oomputer saienaesdepartments.
trainingneeds
of
the 1990~s (TableI). The
integrated,multi-disciplinary,high tech-
BE ~
mumu a9-
nology training is being offered in four
sessions, each varying from 4 to 7 weeks,
with several months intervals between the
Many tangib;;o;ndtih.tangibleenefitsaan be
sessions. The sahool is designedto include
obtainad
suggested resemoir
mix of
development geologists and
management training program: ~eophysiaists
along with production and
reservoir engineers.
Prerequisites for
1.
Furtheringprofessionaldevelopmentof
attendanceinaludebasiageologycourseefor
employees the engineers, basia reservoirngineering
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for the geologists and geophysicists,and
for all attendees, basic log analysis and
computer literacy
on PCs and mainframe
computers. An identicalcourse schedulefor
all the students has been developed to
provide a
common
knowledge of reservoir
management functions.
In addition to
attending the courses, students will work
together in teams on reservoir management
projects in the final session.
The author acknowledgesalmost two decades
of contributionsof the students,teachers,
and managersto the developmentof Texacos
reservoir managexnenttraining program.
The
company permissionto publish this paper is
highly appreciated.
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TABLE 1.
EXAMPLE RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM
SESSION NO. 1 -
25 Days
Introduction -
1/2 day
Geophysical Methods in Explorat.ion/Exploi.fcation/Production
- 1/2 day
Geological Models Of Depositi~ nal Environments - 4 days
Geostatistics -
4 days
Advanced Well Log Analysis - 5 days
Cornputer-Assi.sted Log Analysis - 5 days
Computer-Assisted Cross-Sections - 5 days
Geostatistics - 5 days
SESSION NO. 2 - 25 Days
Computer-Assisted Mapping - 7 days
Advanced Reservoir Engi.neeri.ng - 5 days
Production Testing and Historical Data - 2 days
Special Core Analysis - 2 days
Production Systems Optini.zati.on - 5 days
Pressure Transient Analysis - 4 days
SESSION No. 3 - 20 I)ays
EOR Recovery Methods - 5 days
Econoni.c Evaluation -
5 days
Geological Reservoir Modeling - 3 days
Field Workshop h Reservoir Modeling - 7 days (2 weekends)
SESSION No. 4 - 35 Days
Reservoir Sirnuliation w 10 days
Reservoir Developxnent Planning - 2 iiays
Reservoir Management Projects - 23 days
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