Petroleum Geology from A to Z

Introduction

Participants of this 5-day intensive Petroleum Geology from A to Z training course are those who seek in-depth knowledge on this very interesting Geo-science field especially for all those involved in the oil industry from exploration early stages until the last phases of commercial shipment and transportation. By choosing this training course, all attendees in any of their respective working sector, will be aware of all other factions work and data, knowing what others are doing and why, benefit from team work that they can share with all other teams members and can add more values to the company at any of its exploration to development steps. By knowing that, all attendees, at the end of this training course, will be able to speak the same language that used to be restricted to some and hence closing the gap between different teams and individuals working in this industry.

This Petroleum Geology from A to Z training course will highlight:

• All types of activities in  the petroleum geology
• Inter-relation between different working disciplines in the oil industry
• Types of reservoir and how to understand its evaluation
• Applications of geology and geophysics to petrophysics and mapping
• Petroleum system, modeling and Economics

Objectives

The main goals of this Petroleum Geology from A to Z training course are to enlarge the attendee’s knowledge with other working areas in the oil industry and its importance, understand how evaluation of acquired data can lead to full description and interpretation: from texture and diagenesis to facies and from logs, core and seismic to maps and cross sections. By the end of the Petroleum Geology from A to Z training course, participants will know how zonation and facies can be framed both electrically and sedimentologically to finally create best fit approach for reserves and production performance. They will also learn to:

• Relate data in hand to the global ideas of petroleum geology
• Understand the working procedures for most of the factions in the oil industry
• Build a framework and a scheme for the petroleum system
• Learn how to evaluate and analyze other working group output when needed
• Apply acquired knowledge to both company and individual benefit

Training Methodology

The instructor will not only show and interpret the training course material in detail but will trigger knowledge form the attendees themselves so once discussed, will never be forgotten, a live incrementing point system will be running with all discussions and quizzes during the course path, add to that several videos will be shown and discussed

Who Should Attend?

This Petroleum Geology from A to Z training course is designed to help all team members from all oil companies sectors to have a bit added knowledge from each other. It is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Petrophysicists
• Geologists
• Reservoir engineers
• Geophysicists
• Drilling engineers
• Testing/production engineers
• Data base managers
• Administrators and finance managers who work closely with both exploration and development

Course Outline

Day 1: Introduction to Geology and Petroleum Industry

• History from geology to petroleum geology

• From petroleum geology to economics and daily life

• Earth and plate tectonics

• Basins and structures

• Geo-time scale Vs petroleum

• From litho to biostratigraphy

• Rocks, types and characteristics

Day 2: Mapping, Correlations and Sedimentology

• What is maps in petroleum geology

• Types and usages of maps, correaltions and cross sections

• Sedimentology and depositional systems

• Rock classifications (clastics and non-clastics)

• Rock geometry (packing, sorting, etc) and diagenesis

• Sedimentary structures

Day 3: From Depositional Environment to Petrography

• Carbonate related depositional environment

• Clastics related depositional environment

• Projection of all depositional environment onto petroleum geology

• From petrology and petrography to core analysis

• From core to log and vice versa

• From electric and sedimentological zonation to facies

Day 4: Reservoir Rock Properties in a Petroleum System

• Ø,K ,etc in carbonate and clastics

• Fractures and secondary Ø role in reservoirs and trapping

• Kitchening Oil from generation to expulsion

• Petroleum system, plays ,leads and prospects

• Clay effect on reservoir

• Fault Sealing Vs last closing contour and spill point

Day 5: From Geophysical and Petrophysical Approach to Reservoir Modeling

• Geophysics from gravity and magnetic to seismic and beyond

• Seismic direct application onto petroleum geology

• Electric logs process types and interpretation

• Cutoffs and SCAL in logs

• From exploration and development to decommissioning

• Tendering and farm in/out

• Reserves  and volumetrics

• Geo-modeling why and how