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 Logical, Systematic

Carbonate and Fracture Petrophysics - Course Contents

 

INTRODUCTION
Course Overview

Petrophysical Objectives and C&F Failure Entry Points
 

PHYSICAL CHARACTER OF CARBONATES & FRACTURES

Contrasting Geological Origins

Clastic vs. Carbonate Physical Differences

Micropractical

Dominant minerals

About clay minerals

Clastic vs. Carbonate Diagenesis

Effect on pore geometry, porosity vs. permeability, resistivity

Fracture Key Physical Properties & Controls

Stress, orientation, spacing(D), width(E) & mean length(L)

Carbonate wettability

Is your reservoir non-strongly water wet?  Check list

Fracture-Matrix Interaction

Carbonate Classification Systems vs. Petrophysical requirements

Lucia's "Rock Fabric" approach and application

Fracture Reservoir Classifications

Why Classification Systems are crucial to C&F Petrophysics

Practical Session

Morning: Daily Recap, Questions, Debate

 

IMPACT OF CHARACTER ON MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION

Cheap logs and Failure Entry Points

Impact on Porosity

Micropractical

What is Carbonate Effective Porosity?

Fracture porosity calculations

Impact on Saturation

Swrt, Swnmr, Swco, Swpc

Impact on Permeability

kpor, knmr, kcts

Impact on Contacts & FWL

 

MISLEADING DATA

Fracture well tests

Biased routine core analysis

Cheap logs

Tight carbonates and common mineral variations

Low Rt, High Rt

Conventional log analysis

C&F major petrophysical difficulties

Practical Session

 

ACHIEVING COST-EFFECTIVE DATA ACQUISITION

Characteristics of C&F Cost-Effective Data

The Principles & Application to C&F Reservoirs of:

 - Mud properties

 - Mudlog data

 - SP

 - Rxo

 - Miniperms

 - Whole core

 - Sonic Density Neutron

 - Water zones

 - Purpose designed well tests

 - Analogs

 - PetroDB

 - HFU/FZI

 - Magnetic Resonance (NMR) logs

 - Dielectric logs

 - Pulsed neutron (Sigma) logs  etc 

Powerful Data!

You must come to the course for these!

Relative Contribution of Different data types: Clastics vs. C&F

Key Questions Your  Data Acquisition Program must answer

Practical Session

Morning: Daily Recap, Questions, Debate

 

ACHIEVING FIT-FOR-PURPOSE QUICK-LOOK RESULTS

The basic problem for the Clastics petrophysicist

Reminder: the reservoir, borehole, invasion, symbols, tools, principles, curves, petrophysical function

QL Porosity density-neutron, sonic

QL Reconciling nuclear and sonic porosities

QL Common matrix problems

QL Vugs

QL Impact of vugs and fractures

QL Variable cementation exponent (m) and prediction(s)

QL Ro prediction

QL saturation exponent (n)

Practical Session

QL Swrr (resistivity ratio)

QL Logical reconciliation of Por, Sw

QL HC detection

Micropractical

QL Fracture ID

QL Essential Carbonate & Fracture evaluation techniques - recap

Practical Session

Morning: Daily Recap, Questions, Debate

 

CARBONATE MATRIX EVALUATION

Key elements and Logical Information Flow: Pore geometry-Fluid distribution-Fluid flow

Useful principles to remember

What are GR, SP, DN separation telling you and how to use them

Achieving accurate matrix properties and porosity in tight carbonates

More about m and vugs vs. fractures

How to recognize pore geometry (m) variations from Cheap logs, Modern hi-tech logs, NMR, Cores, Special core,

Water zones, Pulsed neutron logs, Carbon oxygen logs, Forgotten logs

Micropractical

Capillary pressure: What is it? How it controls Sh, Cap. equilibrium in carbonates, Lab measures, Reservoir measures, Use in carbonate matrix evaluation

QL Swpc (yes, quick-look cap.press Sw's are possible!)

Swpc: Process summary

Rock types

Carbonate Swcore

Practical Session

NMR

Pore Throat Size Distribution vs. NMR. It's use in carbonate matrix evaluation

Movie

Using Coates Bound Fluid concept in C&F's - reasons to be cheerful

NMR permeability

What is an acoustic Stoneley wave and is it useful?

WFTs (MDTS etc) FWLs

Movie

Carbonate matrix evaluation Key Points

Integrating matrix results in the C&F geo.model

 

FRACTURE EVALUATION AND FRACTURE MATRIX INTERACTION

Fracture evaluation - Process

Fracture porosity and permeability equations

Fracture finding data - ranked

Morning: Daily Recap, Questions, Debate

Acoustic Stoneley waves

Acoustic shear wave splitting - what is it and how to use it

Movie

Micropractical

Image logs: resistivity, acoustic. Application to C&F evaluations

Estimating Fracture-matrix interaction

Fracture surpirses!

Key questions for the Petrophysicist and geo.model

Fractures: Summary, Key Questions, Key Recommendations

Practical: How to use Carbonate Capillary Data: Look up tables, Sw-Ht functions, RCA, resistivity and geo.model integration

 

RECAP AND RECOMMENDATIONS

10 Common Systematic Errors which ruin your C&F geo.model

Repeat: C&F Key Recommendations for the Petrophysicist, Management and User of petrophysical results

 

Record of Daily Recaps

Twice Daily Practical work sessions

Each morning - Your considered questions and debate

Critical Equation in MSExcel format

Abbreviations

Key C&F technical papers

References

Charts

 

Being able to recognize, understand and treat the critical issues which threaten the C&F petrophysicist via the structured process detailed in this course, will give you fresh confidence and enthusiasm for your work as a C&F geoscientist.

 

If you love petrophysics you will love this course!

 

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