An Interactive 5-Day Training Course
Reservoir Engineering for Non-Reservoir Engineers
Understand how reservoirs behave — without being a reservoir engineer.
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Duration
5 Days
Price
$ 3,000
Starting From
22 Feb 2027
Reservoir Engineering for Non-Reservoir Engineers
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Reservoir Engineering for Non-Reservoir Engineers - RE-NONRE-PEA27
| Code | Date | Time | Duration | Location | Currency | Early Bird Fee Per Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RE-NONRE-PEA27 | 22 - 26 Feb 2027 | 10 AM CST | 4 Hours Per Day |
Online |
USD |
3000 |
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Reservoir Engineering for Non-Reservoir Engineers
This course explains the core concepts of reservoir engineering in plain technical terms for professionals from other disciplines. Participants learn how hydrocarbon volumes are estimated, how reservoirs produce under different drive mechanisms, what controls well performance and decline, and how recovery methods extend field life — enough to work confidently with reservoir engineering colleagues, reports, and decisions.
Description
Nearly every decision in an oil and gas company rests on reservoir engineering: how much oil and gas is in place, how fast it can be produced, how long a field will last, and what it will take to recover more. Yet the discipline is often opaque to the geologists, drillers, production staff, facilities engineers, commercial analysts, and managers who depend on its outputs every day. Terms such as recovery factor, material balance, water cut, PI, and decline rate appear constantly in meetings and reports, and misunderstanding them leads to poor decisions and weak cross-discipline dialogue.
This course removes that barrier. It walks through the full reservoir engineering workflow — rock and fluid properties, volumetric and material balance reserves estimation, reservoir drive mechanisms, well inflow and performance, decline analysis, and improved and enhanced recovery — at a level of depth that is technically sound but does not require a reservoir engineering background. Every concept is developed from first principles with worked examples and field cases, so participants finish able to read reservoir reports critically, ask the right questions, and understand why reservoir engineers recommend what they do.
Reservoir engineering is critical in maximizing hydrocarbon extraction and ensuring economic efficiency in oil and gas operations. However, non-reservoir engineers often find the specialized software and technical jargon challenging. This course bridges that gap, offering accessible, Excel-based tools and knowledge for understanding reservoir behavior, estimating reserves, and evaluating production performance—equipping you to contribute effectively to asset development and management.
- Provide a solid foundation in reservoir engineering principles suitable for non-specialists
- Enable reservoir data analysis and calculations using Excel
- Develop skills for estimating reserves, analyzing well performance, and predicting production
- Understand reservoir drive mechanisms and enhanced oil recovery basics
- Improve communication between disciplines through shared understanding of core concepts
- Support informed decision-making in integrated petroleum projects
- Provide a solid foundation in reservoir engineering principles suitable for non-specialists
- Enable reservoir data analysis and calculations using Excel
- Develop skills for estimating reserves, analyzing well performance, and predicting production
- Understand reservoir drive mechanisms and enhanced oil recovery basics
- Improve communication between disciplines through shared understanding of core concepts
- Support informed decision-making in integrated petroleum projects
- Increased capability among multi-disciplinary teams to understand reservoir data and analyses
- Improved collaboration and communication between reservoir engineers and other professionals
- Enhanced asset management decisions through practical reserve and production evaluation skills
- Reduced dependency on specialized software, lowering training and operational costs
- Strengthened reservoir surveillance and optimization practices
- Empowerment with practical Excel skills applicable in day-to-day reservoir data analysis
- Enhanced confidence to interpret and communicate reservoir engineering concepts
- Broadened professional versatility and marketability in petroleum engineering projects
- Improved problem-solving ability related to reservoir behavior and production forecasting
- Production engineers, facilities engineers, geoscientists, asset team members, technical managers, and other professionals collaborating with reservoir engineers
- Engineers transitioning into reservoir-related roles needing a practical foundation
- Technical staff seeking to enhance understanding of reservoir principles without software complexity
Module 1: The Reservoir and Its Place in the Upstream Business
- What a petroleum reservoir is: trap, seal, source, and reservoir rock
- The life cycle of a field: exploration, appraisal, development, production, abandonment
- What reservoir engineers do and what questions they answer
- How reservoir engineering connects to drilling, production, facilities, and economics
Module 2: Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties
- Porosity, permeability, and net pay
- Fluid saturations and how they are determined
- Wettability and capillary pressure in simple terms
- Reservoir fluid types: black oil, volatile oil, gas condensate, wet gas, dry gas
- Key PVT properties: formation volume factor, solution GOR, viscosity, compressibility
Module 3: Volumes in Place, Resources, and Reserves
- Volumetric estimation of oil and gas in place
- Sources of uncertainty and ranges of estimates
- Resources vs reserves: classification frameworks and the 1P/2P/3P concept
- Recovery factor: what it means and what controls it
Module 4: Reservoir Drive Mechanisms and Material Balance
- Solution gas drive, gas cap drive, water drive, compaction drive, and combination drives
- Typical pressure and production behaviour of each drive mechanism
- The material balance concept: what pressure history tells us about the reservoir
- Aquifer support and its influence on recovery
Module 5: Well Performance Basics
- Inflow performance: drawdown, productivity index, and IPR concepts
- Skin and near-wellbore damage in plain terms
- What well tests measure and why they matter
- Vertical, horizontal, and multilateral wells — how well type affects recovery
Module 6: Production Behaviour and Forecasting
- Typical production profiles: build-up, plateau, and decline
- Decline curve analysis fundamentals
- Water cut and GOR development and what they signal
- How production forecasts are built and how to read them critically
Module 7: Improved and Enhanced Recovery
- Primary, secondary, and tertiary recovery
- Waterflooding: purpose, patterns, and typical performance
- Overview of EOR methods: thermal, gas injection, and chemical
- Why recovery methods succeed or fail — the screening mindset
Module 8: Reservoir Surveillance, Management, and the Asset Team
- Surveillance data: pressures, rates, water cut, GOR, and what they reveal
- Reservoir management principles over field life
- Reservoir simulation in plain terms: what models can and cannot tell us
- Working effectively with reservoir engineers: reading reports, asking the right questions.
Upon successful completion of this training course, delegates will be awarded an official Certificate of Completion issued by the Petroleum Engineers Association (PEA), an ISO 9001:2015 certified training organization. The certificate carries 10 Credits and formally records the total learning hours completed.
Each certificate is signed by the Course Facilitator and the CEO of the Petroleum Engineers Association, and serves as verifiable proof of professional training that delegates can present to employers and professional bodies worldwide.
A veteran Reservoir Engineer with over 40 years of international experience across leading operators including Shell International E&P, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), BG Group, and Oil India Limited. He is a recognized authority in reservoir engineering with deep expertise in field development planning, waterflood and chemical EOR, resource volume estimation and audits, production forecasting, and technical assurance.
At PDO, he served as Reservoir Engineering Coach and Technical Authority, mentoring over 250 engineers and designing a 3-year Graduate Development Program. As Subsurface Instructor, he built internal reservoir engineering courses that replaced 12 commercial courses and saved the company USD 0.5 million annually. Earlier, as Discipline Lead at Shell, he led standards and training for 75+ engineers and oversaw production forecasting for fields producing over 300,000 BOPD.
His hands-on field experience includes leading the implementation of one of the world's largest polymer floods in a 3-billion-barrel heavy oil field, simulation of complex coning-prone reservoirs, SEC reserves management, and FDP approvals with JV partners and regulators.
He holds B.Tech and M.Tech degrees in Petroleum Engineering from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, serves as a reviewer for the SPE Reservoir Engineering Journal, and has authored numerous papers presented at SPE, IPTC, and SPWLA conferences worldwide. He has delivered 50+ international technical training programs and continues to consult and lecture globally, including guest lectures at IIT Dhanbad and IIT Madras.
Frequently Asked Questions
All course bookings made through PEA are strictly non-refundable. By registering for a course, you acknowledge and accept that all fees are payable in full and are not subject to refund under any circumstances, including changes in personal or professional commitments or partial attendance.
PEA reserves the right to make reasonable adjustments to course content, trainers, or schedules where necessary, without entitling delegates to a refund. Comprehensive details of each course — including objectives, target audience, and content — are clearly outlined before enrolment, and it is the responsibility of the delegate to ensure the course's suitability prior to booking.
For any inquiries related to cancellations or bookings, please contact our support team, who will be happy to assist you.
