Online Live Streaming Course
June 9 to 13, 2025
Duration : 20 hours
Objective:
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of Rate-Transient Analysis (RTA) for unconventional reservoirs, including shale, tight gas, and coalbed methane formations. Participants will learn how to apply modern analytical and numerical techniques to interpret production data, diagnose reservoir performance, and optimize hydrocarbon recovery. The course covers flow regimes, pressure behavior, fracture characterization, and production forecasting, equipping professionals with practical tools for improving reservoir management.
Who Should Attend:
- Petroleum engineers
- Reservoir engineers
- Production engineers
- Data analysts in oil & gas
- Geoscientists working with unconventional reservoirs
- Graduate students in petroleum engineering
Course Outline (20 Hours Total)
Module 1: Introduction to Rate-Transient Analysis (2 Hours)
- Fundamentals of Rate-Transient Analysis (RTA)
- Key differences between conventional and unconventional reservoirs
- Importance of RTA in production optimization
Module 2: Flow Regimes in Unconventional Reservoirs (3 Hours)
- Single-phase and multi-phase flow behavior
- Early-time vs. late-time production characteristics
- Identifying linear, bilinear, and boundary-dominated flow
Module 3: Pressure and Rate Normalization (3 Hours)
- Importance of pressure normalization in RTA
- Superposition time and its applications
- Correcting for variable flow rates in shale wells
Module 4: Fracture Characterization Using RTA (3 Hours)
- Hydraulic fracture modeling from production data
- Estimating fracture half-length and conductivity
- Well interference and parent-child well effects
Module 5: Diagnostic Techniques and Type Curves (3 Hours)
- Log-log diagnostics for unconventional reservoirs
- Using type curves to interpret production data
- Application of advanced analytical models
Module 6: Data-Driven Approaches and Machine Learning in RTA (3 Hours)
- Big data applications in production analysis
- Machine learning techniques for RTA interpretation
- Case studies of AI-driven reservoir performance analysis
Module 7: Production Forecasting and Reservoir Management (3 Hours)
- Decline curve analysis vs. rate-transient analysis
- Estimating ultimate recovery (EUR)
- Optimization strategies for unconventional well performance
