Brownfield Development and Production Optimization Training Course

Brownfield Development and Production Optimization Training Course

Introduction

Brownfield Development and Production Optimization Training Course is designed to equip oil and gas professionals with the technical knowledge, analytical capabilities, and strategic decision-making skills required to maximize production from existing oil and gas fields. As mature reservoirs experience declining production rates, increasing water cuts, rising operating costs, and aging infrastructure, brownfield development has become a critical strategy for extending asset life, improving recovery factors, and maximizing the value of existing petroleum assets. The program also emphasizes well integrity management, facilities debottlenecking, flow assurance, production system diagnostics, and the application of risk-based engineering to improve operational efficiency across mature upstream oil and gas assets.

Participants will learn to evaluate infill drilling opportunities, sidetracking candidates, recompletion strategies, enhanced oil recovery options, artificial lift upgrades, and surface facility modifications using integrated production modeling, economic evaluation, uncertainty analysis, and asset performance benchmarking. By the end of the course, participants will be better equipped to formulate practical brownfield development plans, prioritize high-value production improvement initiatives, assess project feasibility, and implement measurable optimization strategies that enhance recovery, reduce operating expenditure, strengthen asset integrity, and deliver sustainable value from mature oil and gas fields.

Course Duration

5 Days

Course Objectives

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the principles of brownfield development strategy and mature oil and gas asset revitalization.
2. Evaluate reservoir depletion mechanisms, production decline trends, and remaining recoverable reserves.
3. Apply integrated reservoir and production management techniques to improve field performance.
4. Identify production bottlenecks using well surveillance, nodal analysis, and system diagnostics.
5. Develop cost-effective infill drilling, sidetracking, and well recompletion strategies.
6. Optimize artificial lift systems using performance monitoring and production engineering analysis.
7. Apply advanced water production management, water shutoff, and gas breakthrough mitigation techniques.
8. Assess well intervention, workover, and stimulation opportunities using risk-based candidate selection.
9. Evaluate surface facility debottlenecking and production system optimization opportunities.
10. Use digital oilfield technologies, production analytics, and predictive maintenance to improve asset reliability.
11. Conduct brownfield project screening, capital allocation, and CAPEX/OPEX optimization.
12. Apply economic evaluation, uncertainty analysis, and risk assessment to development projects.
13. Develop integrated brownfield production improvement plans with measurable KPIs, sustainability targets, and lifecycle value objectives.

Target Audience

1. Reservoir engineers and reservoir management specialists.
2. Production engineers and petroleum engineers.
3. Drilling, completion, and well intervention engineers.
4. Field production supervisors and operations managers.
5. Asset managers and brownfield development planners.
6. Facilities, process, and flow assurance engineers.
7. Petroleum economists, project engineers, and investment analysts.
8. Digital oilfield specialists, production analysts, and technical consultants.

Course Modules

Module 1: Fundamentals of Brownfield Development and Mature Asset Management

• Principles of brownfield development and redevelopment planning.
• Characteristics of mature oil and gas fields and late-life assets.
• Reservoir depletion, production decline, and remaining resource potential.
• Asset lifecycle management and integrated field development strategies.
• Brownfield opportunity identification and value creation frameworks.
• Case Study: Assessing a mature offshore oil field experiencing declining production and rising operating costs to identify opportunities for extending its productive life through targeted redevelopment.

Module 2: Reservoir Characterization and Production Performance Analysis

• Reservoir surveillance and dynamic reservoir characterization.
• Production history analysis and decline curve analysis.
• Pressure transient analysis and reservoir pressure management.
• Remaining reserves estimation and recovery factor improvement.
• Integrated reservoir modeling and production forecasting.
• Case Study: Analyzing production and pressure data from a mature onshore reservoir to identify underperforming zones and prioritize opportunities for additional recovery.

Module 3: Well Performance Optimization and Intervention Planning

• Well performance diagnostics and nodal analysis.
• Candidate selection for workovers, recompletions, and well stimulation.
• Infill drilling, sidetracking, and well placement optimization.
• Well integrity assessment and intervention risk management.
• Production enhancement through completion redesign and remedial operations.
• Case Study: Ranking candidate wells for workover and recompletion based on production potential, intervention cost, operational risk, and expected economic return.

Module 4: Artificial Lift Optimization and Production Enhancement

• Artificial lift selection for mature and declining wells.
• Electric submersible pump (ESP) performance monitoring.
• Gas lift optimization and injection gas allocation.
• Rod pump and other artificial lift troubleshooting.
• Artificial lift surveillance, failure analysis, and energy efficiency.
• Case Study: Improving production from a group of declining wells by identifying inefficient lift settings and evaluating alternative artificial lift configurations.

Module 5: Water, Gas, and Flow Assurance Management

• Water cut analysis and excessive water production diagnostics.
• Water shutoff, conformance control, and unwanted water management.
• Gas breakthrough identification and gas production optimization.
• Scale, wax, corrosion, and asphaltene risk management.
• Flow assurance strategies for reliable production from aging infrastructure.
• Case Study: Evaluating high-water-cut wells in a mature field to determine whether selective water shutoff, workover, or continued production offers the best technical and economic outcome.

Module 6: Surface Facilities Debottlenecking and Operational Efficiency

• Production facility capacity assessment and bottleneck identification.
• Separation, compression, pumping, and processing optimization.
• Pipeline hydraulics and gathering system performance.
• Equipment reliability, maintenance planning, and asset integrity.
• Energy consumption reduction and emissions-conscious operations.
• Case Study: Investigating constrained production at a mature field where separator capacity and gas compression limitations restrict well output, then developing a prioritized debottlenecking plan.

Module 7: Digital Oilfield Technologies and Data-Driven Optimization

• Real-time production monitoring and digital oilfield architecture.
• Production data analytics and automated performance dashboards.
• Predictive maintenance and equipment failure forecasting.
• Artificial intelligence applications in well optimization and anomaly detection.
• Integrated asset models, workflow automation, and performance benchmarking.
• Case Study: Using historical production data and equipment sensor trends to identify abnormal well behavior and develop a data-driven intervention and maintenance schedule.

Module 8: Brownfield Economics, Project Prioritization, and Integrated Development Planning

• Brownfield project screening and opportunity ranking.
• Capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operating expenditure (OPEX) evaluation.
• Net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), and payback analysis.
• Uncertainty assessment, sensitivity analysis, and project risk management.
• Integrated brownfield development plans, KPIs, and value realization.
• Case Study: Comparing infill drilling, artificial lift upgrades, facility modifications, and well intervention projects to develop an economically prioritized production optimization portfolio under a limited capital budget.

Training Methodology

• Interactive lectures and presentations.
• Group discussions and brainstorming sessions.
• Hands-on exercises using real-world datasets.
• Role-playing and scenario-based simulations.
• Analysis of case studies to bridge theory and practice.
• Peer-to-peer learning and networking.
• Expert-led Q&A sessions.
• Continuous feedback and personalized guidance.

Register as a group from 3 participants for a Discount

Send us an email: info@datastatresearch.org or call +254724527104 

Certification

Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with a globally- recognized certificate.

Tailor-Made Course

 We also offer tailor-made courses based on your needs.

Key Notes

a. The participant must be conversant with English.

b. Upon completion of training the participant will be issued with an Authorized Training Certificate

c. Course duration is flexible and the contents can be modified to fit any number of days.

d. The course fee includes facilitation training materials, 2 coffee breaks, buffet lunch and A Certificate upon successful completion of Training.

e. One-year post-training support Consultation and Coaching provided after the course.

f. Payment should be done at least a week before commence of the training, to DATASTAT CONSULTANCY LTD account, as indicated in the invoice so as to enable us prepare better for you.