Principles of Carbonate Reservoirs

Course Objectives

      ·   Learning how Carbonates are formed and change through time resulting in the carbonate reservoirs.

         ·       Learning how to identify carbonate faces 

         ·       Understanding the effect of sequence stratigraphy on carbonates, 

    ·  Determining the controlling factors for porosity in carbonate reservoirs 

     ·   This course is designed to develop skills in understanding the geometry and Petrophysical characteristics of carbonate reservoirs.

Who Should Attend? 

         ·       Explorationists

         ·       Petroleum geologists 

         ·       Petrophysicists

         ·       Geophysicists and engineers    

Course Content

Day 1

        ·       Basic principles

        ·       Depositional concepts

        ·       Grain types

        ·       Textures and fabrics

        ·       Environmental reconstruction

Day 2

        ·       Sabkha /tidal flat

        ·       Lagoon

        ·       Shelf

        ·       Reef (rudist and coral/algal)

        ·       Barrier/shoal

        ·       Slope and redeposited

        ·       Aeolian and lacustrine

        ·       Karst plays

Day 3

       ·       Primary and secondary porosity

       ·       Compaction

       ·       Pressure solution

       ·       Cementation

       ·       Dolomitisation

       ·       Porosity generation and destruction

       ·       Fractures 

Day 4

       ·       Gamma

       ·       Sonic

       ·       Neutron

       ·       Density

       ·       FMS

Day 5

       ·       Fracture reservoirs

       ·       Reservoir modelling

       ·       Volumetric assessment in correlation and mapping

       ·       Effects of capillary pressure

       ·       Interface with engineering