Operations Geology
Who should attend:
Well-site geologists, drilling and operations engineers and other staff involved in the acquisition and use of well-site (geological) data.
Overview:
A large amount of geological data is acquired (at substantial cost) during a drilling operation. These include:
Mud logs, Measurements While Drilling/Wire-line logging, Drill cuttings, Cores and side-wall cores, Micro-palaeontology data, Geochemistry data, Formation pressure data, Drilling and well engineering information
Ensuring optimal quality of this information and effective reporting plays a key role during well design (geological hazards and potential drilling problems), drilling operations as well as at the later use of the data in field studies. A key requirement for success is close co-operation between geological, drilling and well engineering departments.
Content:
- Geological data acquisition and specification
- Geological hazards in drilling operations, drilling programs
- Mud logging
- Well-site geological reporting
- Drill cuttings description, identification of rock types
- Subsurface gases and oil show analysis
- Subsurface fluid pressure
- Coring operations and side-wall cores
- MWD and horizontal drilling, geo-steering
- Well-site biostratigraphy
- Well-site geochemistry
- Composite logs and Geological Well Reports
Participants will acquire understanding of drilling problems caused by subsurface conditions, and of application of well-site data in exploration and development projects.