Course Content

• Objectives, Need for Quantification, References
• What Does the Reservoir Geologist Have to Work With?
• What Is the Reservoir Geologist’s Role?
• Concept of Different Reservoir Models (Depositional, Layer, and Flow Unit) and Their Uses
• Interpretation of Well Data
• Drilling Cuttings and Types of Cores
• Core Cutting, Handling, Description, and Analysis
• Role of Reservoir Geologist in Core Sampling – Problems of Bias and True Representation of Reservoir Porosity and Permeability
• Wireline Logs in Reservoir Description
• NMR Logs and What They Measure
• Dipmeter and Image Logs (Introduction)
• Dipmeter and Image Log Theory, Processing, and Interpretation Using Examples of Both Microresistivity Logs (FMI etc.) and Sonic-Based Logs (UBI etc.)
• Dipmeter and Image Log Theory, Processing, and Interpretation (Continued)
• Structural and Stratigraphic Interpretation Exercises
• Wireline Logs in Facies Interpretation: Uses and Pitfalls
• Wireline Logs in Correlation
• Why Are We Trying to Correlate?
• What Are We Trying to Correlate?
• Introduction to Seismic and Sequence Stratigraphy and the Use of Sequence Stratigraphy in Correlation
• Introduction to Seismic and Sequence Stratigraphy and the Use of Sequence Stratigraphy in Correlation (Continued)
• Exercises in Correlation and Mapping
• Exercises in Correlation and Mapping (Continued)
• Examples of Commercially Successful Applications of These Concepts
• Construction and Application of Reservoir Models
  • Concepts, Terminology, Definitions, and Challenges
  • Integrated Approach – Value of 3D and 4D Seismic
  • Reservoir Classification (Layer Cake, Jigsaw Puzzle, Labyrinth)
• Scales of Reservoir Heterogeneity and Its Impact on Reservoir Sweep Efficiency
• Identifying Heterogeneity
• Case Studies of Underestimating Heterogeneity
• Overview of Reservoir Simulation
• Application of Analogue Models