Module 1 — Compositional Fluid Behaviour and Advanced PVT

• Phase envelopes, critical behaviour and near-critical fluids
• Cubic equations of state, formulation and parameter meaning
• Tuning an equation of state to laboratory measurements
• Constant volume depletion, differential liberation and swelling test data
• Modified black oil formulation and volatilised oil-gas ratio
• Pseudoisation and lumping of components for working models
• Compositional gradients with depth and gravity-chemical equilibrium
• Multi-stage separator optimisation and surface yield calculation

Module 2 — Advanced Material Balance and Assisted History Matching

• Full material balance expansion with all drive and compaction terms
• Abnormally pressured and compacting reservoirs and apparent volume inflation
• Multi-tank formulations with intertank transmissibility
• Communicating layers and partial pressure equilibration
• Objective function formulation, weighting and data conditioning
• Regression-based and constrained parameter estimation
• Non-uniqueness diagnosis, parameter correlation and confidence limits
• Ensemble and multi-realisation matching approaches

Module 3 — Naturally Fractured Reservoir Engineering

• Fracture system description for engineering use
• Dual porosity and dual permeability formulations
• Matrix-fracture transfer functions and shape factor derivation
• Capillary imbibition and its rate dependence
• Gravity drainage, capillary continuity and block-to-block reinfiltration
• Material balance and depletion behaviour of fractured systems
• Recovery mechanisms, expected recovery and surveillance diagnostics

Module 4 — Gas Condensate and Volatile Oil Systems

• Retrograde behaviour and near-wellbore condensate saturation build-up
• Three-region model and effective near-well relative permeability
• Two-phase pseudo-pressure formulation for deliverability
• Condensate material balance using depletion study data
• Gas cycling, revaporisation and enhanced liquid recovery
• Volatile oil systems and the black oil formulation breakdown point
• Reconciling reported liquid yields with fluid and reservoir data

Module 5 — Numerical Solution of Reservoir Equations in a Spreadsheet

• Finite difference approximation of the diffusivity equation
• Explicit, implicit and Crank-Nicolson formulations
• Grid design, time stepping and truncation error
• Stability criteria and convergence control
• One dimensional single-phase and two-phase solution schemes
• Multi-cell tank models with intercell flow
• IMPES concept and its spreadsheet implementation
• Validation of numerical results against analytical solutions

Module 6 — Advanced Displacement Theory

• Multiphase fractional flow with gravity and capillary terms
• Extended Buckley-Leverett for dipping and layered systems
• Displacement stability, viscous fingering and instability number
• Gravity segregation, gravity number and segregated flow
• Stratified reservoir performance with and without crossflow
• Streamtube and streamline approximations for areal sweep
• Scaling groups and their use in performance prediction

Module 7 — Miscible and Gas Injection Displacement

• First contact, vaporising gas and condensing gas drive mechanisms
• Ternary diagrams and multiple contact miscibility development
• Minimum miscibility pressure by correlation, slim tube and EOS methods
• Miscible displacement efficiency and mixing zone growth
• Water alternating gas design, ratio and cycle optimisation
• Injectant selection and carbon dioxide flooding considerations
• Conformance control and breakthrough management

Module 8 — Enhanced Recovery Process Modelling

• Screening framework against rock, fluid and reservoir criteria
• Polymer flooding: rheology, mobility control and analytical recovery prediction
• Surfactant and alkaline processes, interfacial tension and capillary desaturation
• Thermal recovery: steam flooding, cyclic steam and heat balance calculation
• In-situ combustion and its applicability limits
• Analytical incremental recovery estimation and pilot scale-up
• Sequencing technical screening with economic evaluation

Module 9 — Unconventional and Tight Reservoir Performance

• Flow physics in nanodarcy systems and non-Darcy contributions
• Adsorption, desorption and gas storage in organic-rich rock
• Stimulated reservoir volume and effective fracture network representation
• Linear flow analysis and contacted pore volume estimation
• Transient dominated production and modified decline formulations
• Parent-child interference, depletion and refracturing response
• Forecast reliability and realistic recovery factor expectation

Module 10 — Coupled Geomechanical and Thermal Effects

• Stress path during depletion and effective stress change
• Compaction drive contribution and reservoir strain calculation
• Stress-dependent permeability and porosity loss
• Compaction, subsidence and well integrity consequences
• Thermal stress effects around injectors and fracture growth
• Coupling strategies and when a coupled treatment is required
• Practical implementation of coupled effects in analytical models

Module 11 — Integrated Production System Modelling

• Inflow performance for complex wells, completions and multilaterals
• Multiphase vertical lift performance and correlation selection
• Nodal analysis, operating point and system deliverability
• Network constraints, backpressure and compression effects
• Artificial lift screening and its influence on recovery
• Coupling reservoir depletion with well and facility limits over field life
• Optimising field production under multiple constraints

Module 12 — Probabilistic Forecasting, Decision Analysis and Assurance

• Uncertainty framing and parameter distribution selection
• Monte Carlo forecasting of profiles, recovery and reserves
• Parameter dependence, correlation and correct aggregation across assets
• Experimental design and response surface methods
• Value of information and value of flexibility assessment
• Decision trees and expected value under uncertainty
• Presenting probabilistic results to decision makers and boards
• Model documentation, technical assurance and audit readiness