Objectives

  The main objective of this course is to present the mathematical and physical relationships that are designed to describe the flow behavior in a porous media (petroleum reservoir). The mathematical forms of these relationships (solution equations) will vary depending upon the characteristics of the reservoir and also the boundary conditions, which will be presented in detail.

After completing this course, the participants will be able to:

* Understand the mathematics behind fluid flow in a porous media

* Identify rock and petrophysical properties of a reservoir (porous media)

* Understand Flow characteristics in a porous media

* Identify Flow Regimes in a porous media

* Develop knowledge on fundamental solutions equations used in petroleum and reservoir engineering analysis.

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Content

* Introduction to porous media

* Rock properties

* Fluid flow equations derivation for a porous media (diffusivity equation,…).

* Flow regimes and applications

Steady state

Pseudo steady state

Transient flow

                       * Most used fundamental solutions equations  in petroleum and reservoir engineering analysis