Course Overview
This intensive 5-day program provides comprehensive training in modern petrophysical analysis techniques for oil and gas professionals. Participants will master log interpretation, core-log integration, and advanced formation evaluation methods to characterize reservoirs and quantify hydrocarbon potential.
Course Objectives
By completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Interpret standard and advanced well logs for formation evaluation
- Calculate key reservoir parameters (porosity, saturation, permeability)
- Integrate core data with log measurements
- Evaluate complex lithologies (carbonates, shales, thin beds)
- Apply cutting-edge logging technologies (NMR, image logs, spectroscopy)
- Conduct uncertainty analysis in petrophysical evaluations
- Generate comprehensive formation evaluation reports
Who Should Attend?
This course is essential for:
- Petrophysicists
- Reservoir engineers
- Geoscientists
- Well log analysts
- Formation evaluation specialists
- Exploration/development managers
- Petroleum engineering students
Detailed Course Outline
Module 1: Logging Tool Physics & Measurement Principles
- Resistivity tools (laterolog, induction)
- Nuclear tools (density, neutron, gamma ray)
- Acoustic tools
- Basic log quality control
Module 2: Rock Properties & Log Responses
- Porosity systems and measurements
- Formation factor and resistivity index
- Archie parameters (a, m, n)
- Shale volume calculations
Module 3: Conventional Reservoir Analysis
- Clean formation interpretation
- Water saturation calculations
- Crossplot techniques (Pickett, Hingle)
- Net pay determination
Module 4: Complex Lithology Interpretation
- Carbonate evaluation methods
- Shaly sand analysis
- Thin-bed evaluation techniques
- Case studies
Module 5: NMR Applications
- T2 distribution interpretation
- Bound vs. free fluid
- Permeability estimation
- Hydrocarbon typing
Module 6: Image Log Interpretation
- Structural and stratigraphic features
- Fracture analysis
- Borehole breakout
- Sedimentary fabric interpretation
Module 7: Core Analysis Methods
- Routine core analysis (RCA)
- Special core analysis (SCAL)
- Core-log depth matching
- Core-calibrated log interpretation
Module 8: Uncertainty Analysis
- Error propagation
- Sensitivity analysis
- Probabilistic methods
- Reporting standards
Module 9: Unconventional Reservoirs
- Shale gas/oil evaluation
- Total organic carbon (TOC) estimation
- Brittleness calculations
- Completion quality assessment
Module 10: Capstone Project
- Complete formation evaluation
- Final report preparation
- Certification assessment
- Course wrap-up