Our industry leading static reservoir characterization technology and software is present in almost every oilfield in the world. This course covers the basics of clastic sedimentology at scales that are appropriate for both regional exploration and detailed reservoir characterization. Clastic stratigraphy and reservoir characterization. Practical reservoir characterization expertly explains key technologies, concepts, methods, and terminology in a way that allows readers in varying roles to appreciate the resulting interpretations and contribute to building reservoir characterization models that improve resource definition and recovery even in the most complex depositional environments.
Home course offerings geoscience clastic stratigraphy and reservoir characterization program objectives this comprehensive introductory course has been specifically designed to provide solid understanding of sedimentology, stratigraphy, and reservoir characterization. Dionisosflow is available as a commercial software solution. The data may come from diverse source, including the core sample experiment result, the well log data, the well test data, tracer and production data, 2d, 3d and vertical seismic data, well bore tomography, out crop analogs, etc. Examples of common clastic sedimentary rocks include siliciclastic rocks such as conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and shale. It provides geologists and reservoir engineers with a highly versatile and easy to use 3d2d stratigraphic and reservoir modeling tool. As an example, we will consider the calculation and use of electrofacies in the characterization of a giant clastic reservoir, the amal field of libya. This work highlights the importance of pta results in refining reservoir descriptions, including permeability modeling and fault characterization in clastic fields.
Static reservoir characterization schlumberger software. Improve reservoir prediction in clastic and carbonate sediments. Electrofacies in reservoir characterization springerlink. As exploration and production companies try to understand more and more about their assets, it is evident that no single discipline can provide a full description of the reservoir characteristics. First, for drilling depths equivalent to at least 100 o c, numbers of potentially important reservoir modifying processes in carbonates far exceed those typically associated with. Gpm geological process modeling software is used to build advanced digital geological models predicting clastic sedimentary stratigraphic sequences. In order to create the most comprehensive reservoir understanding, an integrated reservoir model has become. Explorations gas reservoir characterization department is seeking a clastic sedimentologist with a focus on petrology. Outcrops, cores, borehole images, logs, production test and reservoir level seismic can help provide detailed information about the architecture, fluid flow behavior and the heterogeneities in a reservoir. Our reservoir characterization team has the experience and techniques to build robust models that will be useful for both day to day field monitoring and longterm field development planning. Request pdf quantitative clastic reservoir geological modelling. Perform detailed corebased siliciclastics reservoir description core logging and facies interpretation.
The southern area reservoir characterization department is seeking a top reservoir characterization geologist to join their worldclass team. Kramer is an innovative, problem solving geoscientist skilled in landmark 2d and 3d workstation software, geographix, rms geocellular modeling and terrasciences terrastation software packages. Reservoir characterization geologist 27 march, 2020 you will be required to perform the following. It will include also exercises and some case histories for some interpretation and workshop discussion. Reservoir characterization, which could be broadly defined as the process describing various reservoir characters based on the all available data. Reservoir characterization schlumberger oilfield glossary. As the successful candidate you will have the experience to conduct reservoir characterization on clastic andor carbonate reservoirs, and perform geological and geophysical data analysis and integration at 1d at well level and 2d spatially and vertically.
Training image characterization and multipoint statistical modeling of clastic and carbonate formations 2014 rocky mountain section aapg annual meeting denver, colorado july 2022, 2014 r. Additional quantitative input to the discussion is available in the form of prebuilt petrel and eclipse models of sandy fan. This field course integrates clastic sedimentology predictive models with reservoir characterisation for appraisal and field development, using case studies from the cenozoic of the southern pyrenees, spain. Geology sediment consisting of broken fragments derived from preexisting rocks and transported elsewhere and redeposited before forming another rock. Geostatistics for optimizing reservoir characterization geovariances. Basics of clastic reservoir characterization by roger m. Advanced geostatistics techniques and algorithms have developed as a main tool for reservoir characterization in extrapolating. The objective of this project is to demonstrate that detailed reservoir characterization of slope and basin clastic reservoirs in sandstones of the delaware mountain group in the delaware basin of west texas and new mexico is a cost effective way to recover a higher percentage of the original oil in place through strategic placement of infill wells and geologically based field development.
Clastic facies reservoir characterization of deepwater systems from exploration to production this course examines the evolution of concepts in deep water models, providing the participants with the knowledge and tools to describe and predict deep water reservoirs from. We offer our customers a vast array of solutions for every geological scenario affecting the development of their asset. This petroknowledge course will be presented as a 5day interactive course dealing with the fundamentals of clastic reservoir characterization and the practical and predictive applications of sequence stratigraphy. Reservoir geologists, geophysicists, petrophysicists, wellsite and operation geologists and engineers who just started working for the reservoir description and development teams and those involved in field appraisal and exploration, operation and well sitting activities. As the successful candidate you will apply your skills in sedimentology and stratigraphy to a number of siliciclastic reservoirs occurring in the subsurface of the arabian plate. Training image characterization and multipoint statistical. We will also discuss alternative workflows using seismic attributes for reservoir characterization as implemented by modern commercial software and practiced by interpretation service companies. Understanding the controls on clastic sedimentation using. The clastic depositional environment is particularly complex and many factors may cause a lower than expected recovery. Quantitative clastic reservoir geological modelling. This effects the overall porosity and permeability of. Clastic facies reservoir characterization of deepwater. Practical reservoir engineering and characterization. Our rich solution suite is used daily in oil and gas basins around the world to better understand the mineral composition, geomechanical fabric, facies distribution, and pore pressure distribution of the reservoir.
Clastic reservoir characteristics and depositional environments an introduction. Five electrofacies distinguish categories of amal reservoir rocks. Characterization of the jurassic reservoir potential in. In this course, we will gain an intuitive understanding of the kinds of seismic features that can be identified by 3d seismic attributes, the sensitivity of seismic attributes to seismic acquisition and processing, and of how independent seismic attributes are coupled through geology. Reservoir characterization is an integrated process of understanding the physical nature of your clastic reservoirs and how to bring that knowledge to an earth model. Galaxy 4d is a fully integrated geological, geostatistical and reservoir characterization software platform. Reservoir characterization is a critical component for understanding the variety and causes of compartmentalization of structural or stratigraphically complex reservoirs. Improved ability to construct accurate sand percent maps for reservoir prediction, and net sand and net pay isochore maps for accurate reservoir characterization. The pores in the sandstone units are mostly filled with calcite. Clastic reservoir characterization starts typically with modeling lithofacies.
A robust geological model was created using the well and seismic data, interpreted in terms of system tracks and sequence boundaries, which lead to the understanding of the depositional environment, paleotopography, turbiditic events, and paleobathymetry. Applied examples of clastic hydrocarbon reservoirs reservoir characterization and sequence stratigraphy in the sirt basin, libya the palaeozoic clastic reservoirs of western libya clastic reservoir characterization in the gulf of suez turbidites and basin floor fans west and south africa. Highresolution characterization of reservoir heterogeneity and connectivity in clastic environments. Stratigraphic reservoir characterization for petroleum. The objective of this class iii project is to demonstrate that detailed reservoir characterization of clastic reservoirs in basinal sandstones of the delaware mountain group in the delaware basin of west texas and new mexico is a costeffective way to recover more of the original oil in place by strategic infillwell placement and geologically based. Important concepts and terms, ranging from additivity to geostatistics, from seal to variogram and walthers law, are covered in this discipline. Application of advanced reservoir characterization.
Improving reservoir characterization and simulation with. Jasons advanced seismic reservoir characterization workflows yield timely answers to. Geology resmodtec training reservoir characterization reservoir characterization candidates. An improved approach for sandstone reservoir characterization. Parameter estimation and sensitivity analysis in clastic sedimentation modeling this chapter appears in geostatistical and geospatial approaches for the characterization of natural resources in the environment, available for purchase from springer. Pdf a real case application of a seismic reservoir characterization methodology in a deep water clastic reservoir located offshore west africa is. Abstract this paper presents a field scale reservoir characterization for a late pennsylvanian clastic reservoir at the farnsworth unit fwu, located in the northeast texas panhandle on the northwest shelf of the anadarko basin. Reservoir characterization of clastic reservoirs 0730. Us reservoir characterization geologist saudi arabia. Finally, commonlyused approaches like defining nettogross ratios and porosity cutoffs often do not work to properly characterize carbonate reservoirs unless the evaluation has a proper petrophysical context. Geostatistics is used by the petroleum industry for reservoir characterization. Clastic sedimentologist petrology focus 09 april, 2020 you will be expected to.
Parameter estimation and sensitivity analysis in clastic. Excellent carbonate reservoir rocks can pass laterally into effective carbonate seals in trap geometries that are generally not translatable to clastic systems. This 5 day course examines the various types of clastic reservoirs within the context of regional influences and controls on their nature. Clastic reservoir systems tracts, lowstand delta, valleycanyon fill, basin floor fans, highstand and transgressive stands. Sedvolcanic clastic rock reservoir characterization and its significance in oil and gas guang yang 2, guoqing sun 3, shenzhuan li 1, kun gao 1, hongyong ji 2, jinlong wu 1, mingli shao 2 1 schlumberger, beijing, china.
The principal goals were to assess pore level controls on reservoir quality and wireline log. Sedvolcanic clastic rock reservoir characterization and. Understanding of the lateral and vertical reservoir distribution, reservoir characteristics and connectivity of alluvial fans, deltas, and submarine fan systems. Conduct reservoir characterization studies including log. Geovariances geostatistics expertise ensures model quality and reliability. Clastic reservoir characterization and sequence stratigraphy.
Stratigraphic reservoir characterization for petroleum geologists, geophysicists, and engineers focuses on stratigraphic aspects of clastic reservoir characterization, with emphasis on understanding the primary control that depositional processes and systems exert on reservoir performance, and the extent to which stratigraphic features can be. Paradigm reservoir characterization solutions include. Oil and gas asset management studies require an interdisciplinary, integrated approach. Reservoir characterization the sandstone of the lower cretaceous sequence is deposited in shallow to the deep shelfal environments and are rich in carbonates.
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