This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
Petroleum Engineers & Reservoir Engineers
Geologists, Petro physicists, and Geophysicists
Geological engineers & other discipline engineers
Engineers who are new to the profession
Other individuals who need to know about current & advanced techniques of in reservoir characterization
Duration
5 Days
Programme Overview
This unique training course is designed to provide deep understanding of core analysis and well logging for better reservoir characterization. Accurate measurements of routine and special (RCAL&SCAL) rock properties using core analysis and well logging reveal good evidence of hydrocarbon presence, reservoir storage capacity and flow capability. Coring and well logging offer the most tangible and direct means of determining critical reservoir parameters for making important and critical decisions about reservoir management and/or development plus enhanced oil recovery projects.
This training course covers Routine Core Analysis (RCAL), Special Core Analysis (SCAL) and different well logging techniques. It covers coring objectives, coring methods, definitions and measurements of porosity, permeability, fluid saturation, capillary pressure, wettability, and others of advanced Special Core analysis (SCAL) tools such as; SEM, XRF, ICP-AEX, and EDS tools. The course also presents different well logging methods (shale, resistivity, and porosity logs) of clean and shaly reservoir rocks.
Actual field cases for optimum coring and well logging application are explained with in-class exercises.
This training course will feature:
Design of coring program and coring protocol
Routine and Special Core Analyses (RCAL & SCAL)
Laboratory measurements of different rock properties
Well logging methods, interpretations, and applications
Rock properties from well logging for the clean and shaly formation
Integration of various data for better identification of reservoir flow units
Objectives
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
Design good coring program and minimize rock alteration
Determine rock properties using routine and special core analyses
Interpret, and apply different logging methods for clean and shale reservoirs
Integrate/correlate core and log data for good correlations
Apply different techniques for identification/characterization of flow units
Methodology
This training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. The course is designed as a blended environment of presentation, class exercises, field application/ analysis and several industry videos showing all processes.
Course Outline
Day One: Integrated Core Analysis and Coring Program
Integrated coring program
Coring definition and objectives
Coring types and coring analysis techniques
Workflow for required core analysis
Contents of coring program and coring report
Selection of coring fluids and applied coring tools
Day Two: Coring Protocol and Lab Measurements
Coring types and coring protocol
Essential reservoir rock properties
Whole coring, sidewall, and other coring types
Definition and equations for reservoir rock properties
Lab Measurements and Calculations of rock properties
RCAL-Porosity, Permeability, and Saturation
Day Three: Special Core Analysis (SCAL) Measurement
Special Core Analysis (SCAL) Lab Measurements:
Capillary Pressure: uses and measurement methods
Rock Wettability: implications and measurement methods
Relative Permeability: steady-state and unsteady-state techniques
Effect of wettability alteration on relative permeability and oil recovery
Limitations of current laboratory measurement techniques
Applications of rock properties in reservoir and production engineering
Day Four: Principles and Analysis of Well Logging Methods
Well Logging Methods
Permeable zone methods: SP and Gamma-Ray
Electric resistivity well logging methods
Porosity logs: Neutron, Density, and Acoustic
Water saturation using Archie’s equation with its limitations
Water saturation of shaly formations using different models
Log-Core Correlation: Applications and Importance
Rock Mechanical Properties: Why and How to determine?
Day Five: Reservoir Characterization of Flow Units
Core characterization and correlations of well logging Data
Advanced core analysis: newly-developed tools in the Industry
Limitations and applications of correlations for reservoir description
Different techniques identifying flow units of heterogeneous reservoirs
Advanced technique for Reservoir Characterization Using Different Sources of Data
