- Introduction & overview.
- Different stages of reservoir maturity.
- Uncertainties in reserve estimation.
- Classification of reserves.
- Statistical methods – the log normal distribution.
- Volumetric methods – sources of data, volumetric mapping.
- Methods of estimating primary recovery of various reservoir fluids & drive mechanisms.
- Allocation of reserves to individual wells.
- Material balance methods.
- Reconciliation of material balance & volumetric methods.
- Performance trend analysis – performance indicators.
- Special problems in reserve estimation.