Reservoir Engineering (+5)

Reservoir Engineering

• Reservoir Characterization: Porosity, permeability, saturation analysis
• Reserve Estimation: Volumetric, material balance, decline curve analysis
• Reservoir Simulation: Black oil, compositional, thermal modeling
• Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR): Chemical, thermal, gas injection methods
• PVT Analysis: Fluid properties, phase behavior, EOS modeling

Production Engineering

• Well Performance: IPR/VLP analysis, nodal analysis
• Artificial Lift Systems: ESP, gas lift, rod pumps, PCP, jet pumps
• Production Optimization: Rate allocation, production scheduling
• Well Testing: Pressure transient analysis, buildup/drawdown tests
• Flow Assurance: Hydrates, wax, asphaltenes, scale management

Drilling Engineering

• Well Planning: Trajectory design, casing design, mud programs
• Drilling Operations: ROP optimization, hole cleaning, stuck pipe prevention
• Directional Drilling: MWD/LWD, geosteering, horizontal wells
• Well Control: Kick detection, kill procedures, BOP systems
• Drilling Fluids: Mud properties, rheology, filtration control

Completion Engineering

• Completion Design: Open hole, cased hole, multilateral completions
• Sand Control: Gravel packs, screens, chemical consolidation
• Stimulation: Hydraulic fracturing, matrix acidizing, acid fracturing
• Perforating: Charge selection, underbalance design, oriented perforating
• Smart Wells: ICVs, downhole monitoring, intelligent completions

Facilities Engineering

• Separation Systems: Two/three-phase separators, slug catchers
• Processing Equipment: Dehydration, sweetening, NGL recovery
• Compression Systems: Reciprocating, centrifugal compressors
• Pipeline Design: Hydraulics, material selection, corrosion control
• Storage Facilities: Tank design, vapor recovery, custody transfer

Offshore Engineering

• Platform Types: Fixed, floating (FPSO, TLP, SPAR, semi-sub)
• Subsea Systems: Trees, manifolds, pipelines, umbilicals
• Riser Systems: SCR, TTR, flexible risers, hybrid systems
• Mooring Systems: Spread mooring, turret mooring, DP systems
• Installation Methods: Heavy lift, float-over, J-lay, S-lay, reel-lay