Advanced Nodal Analysis and Well Performance Course

Name: Advanced Nodal Analysis and Well Performance Training Course
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Diagnose reservoir-to-surface constraints, calibrate well models, and prioritize production actions using nodal analysis.

Advanced Nodal Analysis and Well Performance Course

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Duration: 2 Weeks
Format: Classroom
Cities: Toronto, Dubai, San Diego, Singapore, Paris, Vienna and more
Next session: 8 – 19 November 2026, Toronto
Average fee: 13,950 €

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Overview

Advanced Nodal Analysis and Well Performance Training Course is a two-week course for production engineers, petroleum engineers, well performance specialists, artificial lift engineers, and asset teams who leave with an Integrated Well Performance Diagnosis and Optimization Pack. Participants connect inflow performance, vertical lift performance, fluid behavior, wellbore pressure losses, and surface constraints in a calibrated production-system model. The course converts surveillance data into defensible intervention and operating decisions. Agile Leaders Training Center presents this course on advanced nodal analysis and well performance.

Who Should Attend

Teams responsible for production-system modeling and well deliverability
Functions responsible for production surveillance and performance diagnostics
Personnel responsible for artificial lift design and operating changes
Groups responsible for well interventions and production enhancement
Asset teams responsible for integrated reservoir-to-surface decisions

The course assumes participants can interpret well, pressure, rate, completion, and fluid data at work; it leaves out introductory petroleum engineering and basic fluid mechanics.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments and industries that manage fluid production through wells and connected surface systems.

Oil and gas production engineering departments
Reservoir and well performance teams
Artificial lift and well intervention groups
Geothermal production and operations teams
Subsurface consulting and energy service companies
Asset optimization and operations functions

Learning Objectives

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

Build an integrated nodal analysis model
Analyze IPR and VLP curve intersections
Diagnose reservoir, wellbore, and surface constraints
Evaluate fluid, completion, choke, and lift sensitivities
Prioritize production optimization and intervention options
Use surveillance evidence to calibrate recommendations

Course Agenda

Day 1: Frame the Production System

Reservoir-to-Separator Pressure Balance Map
Nodal Analysis Node Selection Method
Production-System Boundary Condition Register
Energy-Loss Component Classification
Well Deliverability Problem Definition Sheet

Day 2: Prepare Fluid and Field Data

PVT Input Quality Review Checklist
Black-Oil Fluid Property Model
Well Geometry and Completion Data Sheet
Pressure, Rate, and Temperature Validation Method
Production Test Reconciliation Table

Day 3: Model Reservoir Inflow

Productivity Index Deliverability Model
Vogel Inflow Performance Relationship
Gas-Well Backpressure Deliverability Method
Composite IPR Construction for Multiphase Wells
Reservoir Pressure and Skin Sensitivity Matrix

Day 4: Calculate Vertical Lift Performance

Multiphase Pressure-Gradient Calculation
Hydrostatic, Friction, and Acceleration Loss Profile
Flow-Regime and Holdup Correlation Review
Vertical Lift Performance Curve Construction
Wellhead Pressure Boundary Sensitivity

Day 5: Diagnose the Operating Point

IPR-VLP Operating Point Intersection
Stable and Unstable Flow Diagnostic
Tubing Diameter Sensitivity Plot
Choke Performance and Backpressure Model
Reservoir-Well-Surface Bottleneck Map

Day 6: Build and Calibrate the Model

Steady-State Well Model Architecture
Measured Pressure Traverse Match
Flow Correlation Selection Protocol
Model Calibration Error Register
Uncertainty and Assumption Control Log

Day 7: Evaluate Natural-Flow Options

Completion Restriction Sensitivity Analysis
Water Cut and Gas-Liquid Ratio Scenario Grid
Separator Pressure Debottlenecking Case
Tubing and Choke Change Comparison
Natural-Flow Intervention Ranking Matrix

Day 8: Integrate Artificial Lift

Gas-Lift Injection Sensitivity Curve
Electric Submersible Pump Operating Envelope
Lift-System Interaction with IPR and VLP
Artificial Lift Constraint Register
Lift Option Screening Decision Matrix

Day 9: Link Surveillance to Decisions

Well Performance Surveillance Dashboard
Model-to-Test Variance Diagnostic
Production Opportunity Register
Intervention Value and Feasibility Matrix
Operating Recommendation Evidence Pack

Day 10: Practice Integrated Well Optimization

Suggested Exercise: Validate a Well Data Set
Suggested Exercise: Match an IPR-VLP Model
Suggested Exercise: Diagnose a Production Constraint
Suggested Exercise: Rank Lift and Debottlenecking Options
Capstone Exercise: Present an Integrated Well Performance Diagnosis and Optimization Pack

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities to turn production data and model results into traceable field decisions.

Suggested activity: assemble PVT, completion, pressure, rate, and temperature inputs and document data-quality limitations.
Suggested activity: construct and calibrate inflow and outflow curves against a production test.
Suggested activity: compare tubing, choke, separator-pressure, water-cut, and artificial-lift sensitivities.
Suggested activity: prioritize operating changes and interventions using technical evidence, uncertainty, and feasibility.

FAQs

Who suits advanced nodal analysis and well performance training, and what does it assume?

Production and petroleum engineers, well performance specialists, artificial lift engineers, and integrated asset teams suit the training. It assumes working ability with well, pressure, rate, completion, and fluid data.

How does advanced nodal analysis differ from introductory well performance training?

Advanced nodal analysis emphasizes calibrated reservoir-to-surface models, sensitivity analysis, artificial lift interactions, uncertainty, bottleneck diagnosis, and decision evidence. Introductory training generally emphasizes basic pressure-flow concepts and simple curve construction.

How do IPR and VLP determine a well operating point?

The IPR and VLP curves intersect where reservoir inflow equals the production system outflow capacity. Changes in reservoir pressure, fluids, tubing, choke, lift, or backpressure move the curves and alter the predicted rate.

How is a nodal analysis model calibrated with field data?

A nodal analysis model is calibrated by reconciling geometry, PVT, production tests, pressures, temperatures, and flow correlations, then documenting residual error and uncertainty before sensitivity cases are accepted.

How does nodal analysis support production optimization?

Nodal analysis separates reservoir, wellbore, completion, lift, and surface effects so teams can locate constraints, compare feasible changes, and rank interventions using a consistent pressure-flow model.

Conclusion

Participants take an Integrated Well Performance Diagnosis and Optimization Pack back to their organization. It links validated data, calibrated IPR and VLP models, sensitivity cases, constraints, uncertainties, and ranked actions. Teams can use the pack to challenge production assumptions, select interventions, and document reservoir-to-surface operating decisions.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Toronto	Week 45, 2026 8 – 19 November 2026	2 Weeks	Onsite	€20,000
Dubai	Week 46, 2026 9 – 20 November 2026	2 Weeks	Onsite	€13,000
San Diego	Week 48, 2026 23 November – 4 December 2026	2 Weeks	Onsite	€16,000
Singapore	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 11 December 2026	2 Weeks	Onsite	€14,000
Paris	Week 50, 2026 7 – 18 December 2026	2 Weeks	Onsite	€14,000
Vienna	Week 51, 2026 14 – 25 December 2026	2 Weeks	Onsite	€15,000
Montreux	Week 51, 2026 14 – 25 December 2026	2 Weeks	Onsite	€18,000
Muscat	Week 51, 2026 20 – 31 December 2026	2 Weeks	Onsite	€14,000
Geneva	Week 52, 2026 27 December 2026 – 7 January 2027	2 Weeks	Onsite	€18,000
Abu Dhabi	Week 01, 2027 4 – 15 January 2027	2 Weeks	Onsite	€14,000
Doha	Week 01, 2027 10 – 21 January 2027	2 Weeks	Onsite	€14,000
Nice	Week 02, 2027 11 – 22 January 2027	2 Weeks	Onsite	€18,000
New York	Week 04, 2027 25 January – 5 February 2027	2 Weeks	Onsite	€20,000
Bangkok	Week 04, 2027 31 January – 11 February 2027	2 Weeks	Onsite	€15,000
London	Week 05, 2027 1 – 12 February 2027	2 Weeks	Onsite	€14,000
Madrid	Week 06, 2027 8 – 19 February 2027	2 Weeks	Onsite	€14,000
Trabzon	Week 06, 2027 14 – 25 February 2027	2 Weeks	Onsite	€15,000
Barcelona	Week 07, 2027 15 – 26 February 2027	2 Weeks	Onsite	€14,000
Prague	Week 09, 2027 1 – 12 March 2027	2 Weeks	Onsite	€15,000
Frankfurt	Week 09, 2027 1 – 12 March 2027	2 Weeks	Onsite	€14,000

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What does this course cover?

OverviewAdvanced Nodal Analysis and Well Performance Training Course is a two-week course for production engineers, petroleum engineers, well performance specialists, artificial lift engineers, and asset teams who leave with an Integrated Well Performance Diagnosis and Optimization Pack. Participants connect inflow performance, vertical lift performance,…

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Advanced Nodal Analysis and Well Performance Course