DEVELOPMENT GEOLOGY: 5 DAYS
Who should attend:
Petroleum geologists and engineers involved in the exploration for and development of oil and gas reservoirs.
Overview:
A profitable development of an oil or gas field starts with a sound understanding of its geology and structure. This course uses a field development and production exercise to reinforce the skills of those attending, particularly in the use of sub-surface data in commercial operations. The development exercise continues with integrated field management in which geology plays an essential role. In this course, the 'development life cycle', including the gathering of geological data, the interpretation thereof, the preparation of geological models, and the quantification of subsurface uncertainty, is integrated. Attention is given to the impact on field operations and on field management during the entire cycle.
Content:
- Planning, gathering and management of geological data
- Geological concepts: the sedimentology of clastic and carbonate reservoirs
- Robin oil and gas field: a practical exercise in field appraisal, development and production
- Log correlation and the establishment of a Robin field reservoir model
- Mapping of reservoir parameters and structure, environments of deposition (clastic, carbonates)
- Structural styles, trapping conditions
- Reservoir fluids: the integration of petroleum reservoir engineering and sub-surface geology
- Well drilling, design, completion methods and field development
- Oil and gas volumetric calculations
- Subsurface uncertainty and economic modelling
At the end of the course participants will be able to apply geological concepts as well as construct maps and sections. They will be able to calculate subsurface volumes and assess their uncertainties, and review their impact on project economics. In short, they will acquire practical experience by working on an actual field study.