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Petroleum Geology for Engineers

Who should attend?

Petroleum engineers and reservoir engineers with no formal geological training.

Overview:

Hydrocarbon-bearing basins and reservoirs are often far more complex than is appreciated by the non-geologist. This course is designed to provide petroleum and reservoir engineers, who are unfamiliar with geological concepts and work practices, with a background to structural development and the characteristics of source rocks, reservoirs and seals. It will cover problems of predicting reservoir geometry and connectivity in three dimensions in heterogeneous rocks penetrated by a limited number of widely spaced wells, problems associated with mineral composition on the pore scale, and the contribution that geology can make to volumetric assessment of reserves.

Content:

  • Source rocks and the origin of oil and gas: Depositional environment; kerogen; thermal maturation; migration of hydrocarbons; classification of natural gases and crude oil.
  • Reservoirs and seals: Clastic and carbonate reservoir sedimentology; Depositional environments; Sandbody geometry and connectivity; Permeability profiles; Porosity and the effects of diagenesis; Formation damage and clays; 3-D modelling
  • Structural geology: Basin types and plate tectonics; Trap types, structural, stratigraphic, and combination; Geological maps; Reservoir, structure and isopach maps Seismic mapping;Generating cross-sections
  • Exploration geology: Wireline logs; Play fairways and prospects
  • Seismic stratigraphy
  • Volumetrics: Geological input to reserves estimates
  • Field work: For the course held in North Wales, local field work will be undertaken to demonstrate relevant geological outcrops.