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    3. Advanced Formation Evaluation in Carbonates, Clastics and Basement Rock

    Advanced Formation Evaluation in Carbonates, Clastics and Basement Rock

    • Advanced
    • 5 Days
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    This course covers advanced knowledge and expertise in formation evaluations in carbonates, clastics and basement rock and will be suitable for all geoscientists and engineers  
    Day 1
    • Geology of Carbonates
    • Geology of sandstones
    • Dolomitization
    • Core analysis to obtain porosity, permeability and capillary pressure
    Day 2
    • Shale analysis using elemental capture spectroscopy (ECS)
    • Evaluations of laminated and dispersed shale
    • Evaluations of Cation Exchange capacity (CEC) from cores and logs
    • Thin Bed Evaluations and low resistivity pay zones
    Day 3
    • Water saturation computations in shaly-sand
    • Empirical shaly-sand equations
    • Excess conductivity equations: Waxman-Smits (WS), dual Water, modified W-S.
    • Permeability estimations in clastics
    Day 4
    • Log Evaluations in carbonates
    • Variable m and n
    • Formation Factor applications
    • The effects of micro-porosity
    • Permeability estimations in carbonates

     

    Day 5
    • Geology and Petrophysics of Basement Rock.
    • The concept of probabilistic interpretations (e.g. ELAN, TECHLOG)
    • Flow units using modified Lorenz plot
    • Rock- Pore type

    This course will be suitable for all geoscientists and engineers

    • Geology of Carbonates and Clastics
    • Core analysis to obtain porosity, and permeability
    • Shale Analysis: Elemental Capture Spectroscopy to give evaluations of lithology and shale volume, evaluation of dispersed and laminated shales, definition and measurement of the Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC)
    • Thin Beds (TB) and Low resistivity pay (LRP) zones: This is an outline of the various techniques to evaluate TB and LRP reservoirs including borehole imaging, NMR and Rt Scanner
    • Log Interpretations in Clastics: This covers the various shaly-sand equations both the empirical versions (e.g. Indonesia, Nigeria, etc..) and the excess conductivity equations (e.g. Waxman-Smits, Dual Water, etc..)
    • Permeability estimations in clastics reservoirs
    • Geology and Petrophysics of Basement Rock
    • Log Interpretations in Carbonates that covers the following: 
      • Variable-m and the Formation Factor
      • Wettability and variable-n from logs
      • Effect of Vugs and fractures
      • Macro and Microporosity
      • Permeability estimations in Carbonates
    • Pore Geometry and Flow Units covering:
      • Capillary Pressure Measurements and capillary pressure obtained from NMR
      • J-Factor applications
      • Flow Units applying modified Lorenz principle
      • Petro-Rock Typing

    Workshops: 1-2 hours daily of workshop examples

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