Course objectives: The main goal of the course is to train students to apply the standard software packages for integrated modelling of well production systems, which are used in petroleum and geoenergy industrial sectors. The purpose of modelling is also to digitally connect the production system of oil, gas and geothermal wells with the surface equipment, as well as with their reservoir models, which include economic analysis of the entire system.

Course content:

• Introduction to the IPM suite for production engineering of oil, gas and geothermal water (Prosper, Gap and Resolve programme); 
• Characteristics of production models of natural flow and injection vertical wells in programme Prosper; 
• Introduction to the programme Gap for surface system optimisation; 
• Digital connection of the computer program Gap with the well production model; 
• Characteristics of production systems modelling of artificially lifted wells; 
• Modelling of the well production system with gas lift and with submersible pumps in programme Prosper; 
• Theoretical assumptions of production models of stimulated wells (FW-fractured, HW-horizontal, MFHW-multiple fractured HW); 
• Production system modelling of fractured oil and gas wells; 
• Production system modelling of horizontal oil and gas wells; 
• Production system modelling of multiple fractured horizontal oil and gas wells; 
• Possibilities of the production forecasting by sensitivity analysis of the well production model; 
• Characteristics of production models of the stimulated wells in unconventional oil and gas reservoirs; 
• Temperature model designs for geothermal wells; 
• Digital connection of the production model with the reservoir in the computer programme Resolve (intelligent systems); 
• Economic analysis of production and reservoir models in the Resolve programme.

Learning outcomes at the level of the course:

• Create production models for oil, gas and geothermal wells in programme Prosper;
• Digitally connect a surface pipeline system with well production model in programme Gap;
• Design production models of the artificially lifted wells in programme Prosper;
• Design production models of the stimulated wells (FW-fractured wells, HW-horizontal wells, MFHW-multy fractured HW);
• Design sensitivity analysis for future production forecasting in programme Prosper;
• Apply temperature model for geothermal wells in programme Prosper;
• Understand digital data connections and economic analysis of production and reservoir model in computer programme Resolve.