Practical Knowledge of Reservoir Pressures and Temperatures

Course Outline (Table of Content)

• Introduction

  ( 1 pdf)
• Introduction ( 1 pdf)
• Abnormal pressures
• Abnormal pressures
• Fluid pressures in hydrocarbon systems
• Fluid pressures in hydrocarbon systems
• Pressure gradients around water-oil contact
• Pressure gradients around water-oil contact
• Techniques for pressure measurement
• Techniques for pressure measurement
• Reservoir temperature
• Reservoir temperature

Cost of Course (USD)

$10

Who Should Buy This Course?

Reservoir Engineers, Petroleum Engineers, Drilling Engineers, and anyone interested in learning about the reservoir subsurface.

Why Should You Buy This Course?

Learning Objectives

Having worked through this course, the Learner will be able to:

• Define the terms, lithostatic pressure, hydrostatic pressure, and hydrodynamic pressure.
• Draw the normal hydrostatic pressure gradient for water systems.
• Define normal pressured reservoirs, overpressured reservoirs, and underpressured reservoirs.
• Describe briefly and sketch the pressure gradients associated with overpressured and underpressured reservoirs.
• Describe briefly, sketch and present equations for the pressures in a water supported oil and gas bearing formation.
• Illustrate how a downhole formation pressure device can be used to discriminate permeability layers after production has commenced.
• Comment briefly what geothermal gradient is in a reservoir where flow processes occur at constant reservoir temperature.

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