Reservoir Management

Reservoir, production, and operations engineers, geologists, geophysicists, managers, experienced technicians, and service company personnel responsible for improving the performance of petroleum reservoirs.

•    Definition of reservoir management: an integrated, interdisciplinary team effort
•    Goal setting, planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating reservoir performance
•    Field development and field operating plans to optimize profitability
•    Efficient monitoring of reservoir performance
•    Minimizing drilling of unnecessary wells
•    Wellbore and surface systems
•    Well testing and automated production systems
•    Economic impact of operating plans
•    Identifying and acquiring critical data, data acquisition, and analysis
•    Maximizing economic recovery and minimizing capital investment, risk, and operating expenses
•    Timing of field implementation of reservoir management plan
•    Case histories and analysis
•    Importance of reservoir characterization and drilling and operating plans
•    Primary recovery, pressure maintenance, and secondary and tertiary recovery
•    Responsibilities for team members