Whole cores from wells provide the highest resolution geologic data from the reservoir and associated facies. This course focuses on the use of core from deep water (DW) environments to calibrate other less detailed, but more widespread data sets such as well logs and seismic. The course consists of lectures, core observations, group discussions, and exercises.
The course focuses on core description of DW lithofacies, recognizing vertical facies stacking patterns in the core, and recognizing important stratigraphic interpreted surfaces in core. Participants describe and identify facies from cores, and link the core descriptions to rock properties. Cores are tied to well-logs, and seismic to link 1-D core information to 3-D views of reservoir-scale depositional systems. Integrated core, well-log, and seismic data are used to generate high-resolution environments of deposition (EoD) maps. The integration of engineering data illustrates the importance of integrating geoscience data when characterizing the reservoir behavior.
Course Code: W103
Duration: 5 days
Type: Classroom
CEU: 4.0 Continuing Education Units
PDH: 40 Professional Development Hours
Certificate: Certificate Issued Upon Completion
Designed for
Graduate students and geoscientists working in geologic interpretation.
Instructor
Vitor Abreu, PhD
Consultant, ACT-Geo
- How to measure grain size by visual comparison to grain size charts and qualitatively evaluate provenance, sediment maturity and distance to sediment source based on grain composition, roundness, and sorting.
- How to recognize DW sedimentary processes and their resulting sedimentary structures and fabric, and how to relate them to different DW lithofacies
- Definitions and recognition criteria for DW lithofacies
- Lithofacies associations and vertical stacking of facies as well as how to use them to recognize stratigraphic surfaces.
- How to match lithofacies described in cores to well-logs
- How to identify environments of deposition in DW systems based on lithofacies associations and stacking
- How to use core data to calibrate well-log and seismic data to recognize environments of deposition.
- How to interpret and map flow units at production scale based on the integration of core, well-log and production data.
- Learn techniques for core description and interpret lithofacies in cores
- Review deep water lithofacies, nomenclature, and common lithofacies associations
- Interpret environments of deposition (EoD’s) and related reservoir architecture, lithofacies associations, and diversity
- Interpret sequence stratigraphic surfaces in cores relating to vertical stacking of facies
- Use core and well-logs to interpret EoD’s Interpretation and mapping techniques for cores, well-logs, and seismic lines in DW settings, from Exploration to Production business scales
- Evaluate reservoir geometry and connectivity in different EoD’s
Online Registration
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Limit 25 persons max per workshop.
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