Well, Reservoir and Facility Management (WRFM): Production Surveillance and Opportunity Funnel – Dubai, 15–19 Mar 2027

Programme overview

Introduction:

Well, reservoir and facility management (WRFM) breaks down when surveillance data is collected but never reviewed: allocation factors drift, well tests go unvalidated, deferment is logged without causes and good opportunities wait months for a decision. This Core Concept course gives engineers a disciplined WRFM review cycle that turns production surveillance, diagnostic plots, forecasts, waterflood balance and facility constraints into a ranked, executable list of well and facility actions. Participants assemble a WRFM Review Pack with a ranked opportunity list for a case field.

Course Objectives:

• Run a WRFM review cycle with clear roles, meeting cadence and decision rights across well, reservoir and facility disciplines
• Validate production allocation, well test quality and deferment records before they feed any performance conclusion
• Diagnose well and pattern behaviour with rate-time, water-oil ratio, Chan, Hall and gas-oil ratio plots
• Build and challenge short-term production forecasts from decline trends, well potential and facility limits
• Assess waterflood balance using voidage replacement, injector-producer connectivity and pattern performance
• Rank, mature and hand over well intervention and debottlenecking opportunities through an opportunity funnel with WRFM KPIs

Target Audience:

• Engineers who review daily well rates, well tests and production losses for an operating asset
• Engineers who forecast reservoir performance and set injection and offtake targets
• Engineers who monitor surface network, separation and water handling capacity against well potential
• Surveillance staff who maintain production databases, allocation and deferment records
• Team leads who coordinate WRFM meetings and propose well intervention budgets

Course Outline:

Day 1: WRFM Principles, Review Cycle and Production Data Integrity

• WRFM Scope Map Linking Well, Reservoir and Facility Decisions
• WRFM Review Cycle: Daily, Monthly and Annual Meeting Cadence
• Production Database Structure: Well Master, Test and Daily Volume Tables
• Back-Allocation Factors and Fiscal Meter Reconciliation Checks
• Surveillance Plan Template: Data Type, Frequency and Owner per Well

Day 2: Well Performance Reviews, Test Validation and Deferment Accounting

• Well Test Validation Rules: Stabilisation, Duration and Repeatability
• Well Potential Versus Actual Rate Gap Analysis
• Deferment Categories: Planned, Unplanned, Reservoir, Well and Facility
• Loss Tracking Register with Root Cause Codes and Recovery Actions
• Well Status Review Board for Shut-In, Cycling and Restricted Wells

Day 3: Diagnostic Plots, Decline Trends and Production Forecasting

• Rate-Time and Rate-Cumulative Plots for Trend Break Detection
• Chan Water-Oil Ratio Derivative Plots: Coning Versus Channelling
• Gas-Oil Ratio and Water Cut Trend Interpretation by Drive Type
• Arps Exponential, Hyperbolic and Harmonic Forecast Fitting
• Short-Term Forecast Build: Base Decline, Activity Adds and Facility Caps

Day 4: Waterflood Surveillance and Surface Facility Constraints

• Voidage Replacement Ratio Tracking by Pattern and Sector
• Hall Plot Reading for Injectivity Loss and Out-of-Zone Injection
• Injector-Producer Connectivity from Rate Correlation and Tracer Results
• Pattern Performance Scorecard: Injection Allocation and Sweep Indicators
• Facility Bottleneck Screening: Separation, Water Handling and Compression Limits

Day 5: Case Study: WRFM Review Pack and Opportunity Funnel

• Case Field Data Pack: Well Tests, Allocation History and Injection Records
• Opportunity Identification Workshop Across Well, Reservoir and Facility Levers
• Opportunity Funnel Stages from Idea to Execution with Gate Criteria
• Intervention Ranking by Incremental Rate, Cost and Risk with WRFM KPIs
• WRFM Review Pack Presentation to an Asset Decision Panel

Skills You Will Gain:

• Allocation Reconciliation
• Well Test Quality Assurance
• Deferment Root Cause Coding
• Water and Gas Breakthrough Diagnosis
• Short-Term Production Forecasting
• Injection Balance Assessment
• Opportunity Maturation
• WRFM Meeting Facilitation

Why Attend This Course:

• Leave with a WRFM Review Pack and ranked opportunity list built on a case field and ready to adapt to your own asset
• Spot allocation errors and invalid well tests before they distort decisions on wells and injectors
• Move stalled opportunities through a funnel with gate criteria so interventions reach execution sooner
• Compare surveillance and review practice with engineers from onshore and offshore oil and gas assets

Conclusion:

WRFM delivers value when surveillance data is trusted, reviewed on a steady rhythm and converted into decisions. The course moves from the review cycle, database structure and allocation checks to well test validation and deferment accounting, then to diagnostic plots, decline-based forecasts, waterflood balance and facility bottlenecks. The final day turns this work into a WRFM Review Pack with a ranked opportunity list for a case field, ready for an asset decision panel.