Integrated Petrophysics for Carbonate & Fractured Reservoirs - A Roadmap (PPH03)

Description

This course represents the complete carbonate & fracture evaluation Recipe, from Quick Look log analysis to full Core-Log-Test integration. It presents a systematic, disciplined plan of action for the acquisition and integration of carbonate petrophysical data, highlighting problems and explaining solutions. The course provides a much needed systematic process for staff faced with the daunting prospect of managing carbonate & fracture, or other 'complex' reservoirs. Non-petrophysicists will learn how to quickly check geo-model input with 'Greenlists'.

Course Level: Skill
Duration: 5 days
Instructor: Mark Deakin

Designed for you, if you are...

A petrophysicist, any geologist, operations geologist, engineer or core analyst who uses or creates petrophysical results for carbonate or 'complex' reservoirs

Basic principles are reviewed; however a year’s experience in formation evaluation is desirable.

How we build your confidence

All data is integrated, from drilling and LWD to well tests and the latest hi-tech logs via a recipe which provides a definitive set of results and a secure basis for decisions - a template for evaluating any complex reservoir
The course explains how the physical characteristics of carbonates - tight, fractured or permeable - present failure points for classical log analysis
How to drill, core, log, test and then integrate specifically to address these failure points is explained via a condensed learning session of interleaved theory, PetroDB-Vault IP demos, workshops and movies
Drilling data, core, SCAL, logs, LithoScanner, NMR, Dielectric, Sigma, Acoustic, Image-logs and MDTs are all briefly explained and fitted together to form the definitive solution for any given data set
Daily recaps; PetroDB-Vault interactive demos; micro-practicals; movies; workshops

The benefits from attending

By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:

The physical differences between carbonates and clastics and their data response implications
Why extreme pores, vugs, fractures and oil wetness occur in carbonates and how to recognise and treat them
Carbonate & fracture evaluation essentials. The failure points which must be identified & healed
Why fracture well tests can be misleading and what critical other data you must have
How common errors impact results using PetroDB-Vault interactive demos
How to acquire and integrate key drilling, mudlog, core, special log and well test data
How to do quick look carbonate log analysis and integrate capillary pressures with logs in Excel or IP
How to do thorough, integrated and robust evaluations in any complex, conventional reservoir
How end-users can critically review complex petrophysical results using the author’s greenlists

Topics

How physical characteristics impact 1) reservoir properties 2) reservoir measurements
Carbonate & fracture reservoir classifications: Lucia, Nelson, Aguilera
Total porosity & clays vs. total porosity & pore geometry.
How to use data and equations intelligently. Understanding data redundancy, hierarchy and equation inversion
Misleading data, useful data, powerful data. Carbonate & fracture database essentials
Greenlists: the tests to apply
Carbonate quick look Excel template with 100+ key equations for complex reservoir evaluation
PetroDB, analogues, Sigma & Dielectric logs, cap. pressure, FZI, R35, rock typing, core Sw, which Sw? NMR porosity bins, coates carbonate permeability, sonic logs, Stoneley k, stress, fracture quantification
The complete carbonate & fracture evaluation recipe: principles, data and A-Z information flow
The petrophysics to geo-model checks essentials

Customer Feedback

"Lots of industry examples from real life experience. Very interactive course, instructor encouraging questions from the class." - Geologist at Perenco

"Fantastic, well organised course. I will be able to use what I have learnt when I return to work. Great plotting techniques, spreadsheets with formulas are excellent." - Geoscience Team Lead at Vermillion

"Very useful & practical course, will be put to immediate use." - Petrophysicist at Idemitsu Petroleum

"It explains perfectly how a petrophysicist should work to deliver the best output to geologic model & reservoir simulation." - Petrophysicist at Qatar Petroleum

"Topic very interesting, good delivery and plenty of experience from instructor." - Petrophysicist at Tullow

"Topic organisation is excellent, helps us to see from helicopter view then go into detail." - Engineer at SKK Migas

"Instructor was fantastic. The course slides were very useful and well presented. This was one of the best courses I have ever taken." - Petroleum Engineer at BG Group

"Your course material was a very good reference for my work so far. I think this was one of the best training courses I have attended." - Petrophysicist at Gulf Keystone Petroleum International