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SEMINAR OUTLINE:  ANALYZING UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS

"50 Years Of Continuous Petrophysical Experience, At Your Service"

 

COURSE SUMMARY
This semi-quantitative course covers visual and numerical log analysis methods for 11 different topics related to unconventional reservoir evaluation. Total organic carbon (TOC), coal properties, sorption curves, coal bed methane (CBM), shale gas / tight gas, and gas in place (OGIP) are discussed. We also cover oil shales, tar sands, laminated sands, tight oil (siltstone), gas hydrates, igneous and metamorphic reservoirs, with a side track into the potash beds of Saskatchewan and New Mexico. A case specific petrophysical model for each unconventional reservoir is provided, including a CD with spreadsheet models for most calculations.
 

OPEN SESSION -  ANALYZING UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS
DATE:          22 May 2012        In Conjunction With GeoConvention 2012
LOCATION:     Downtown Calgary 

INSTRUCTOR: E. R. (Ross) Crain, P.Eng.
DURATION:     1 day      PDH:    8 Professional Development Hours
FEE:                C$ 750.00 + GST     
Includes: "Crain's Analyzing Unconventional Reservoirs" full colour Reference Manual (151 pages)
  AND      CD with spreadsheet models for most calculations.

 



COURSE DURATION
1 day - 8 Professional Development Hours (PDH)


COURSE LEVEL
Beginner to Intermediate, calculator required.

REFERENCE MANUAL
Course manuals are included in course fee, or can be ordered separately.
RF-02: "Crain's Analyzing Unconventional Reservoirs", 151 pages,

AUDIO VISUAL SLIDE SHOW
AV-03: "Crain's Analyzing Unconventional Reservoirs" Audio Visual Narrated Slide Show on CD-ROM, for self study, can be ordered separately ,

Unlimited Worldwide Multi-Student Corporate Licenses also available.


BENEFITS

  • understand what can be done with logs to find and quantify unconventional reservoirs

    understand the rock/fluid model for log analysis in coal, CBM, gas shale, oil shale, tar sands. laminated sands, igneous and metamorphic reservoirs, and potash. 

  • provides step-by-step procedures for analysis

  • provides "computer ready" mathematics

  • gives insight into rock quality versus well performance

  • answer oriented results, with quality control guidelines

  • client specific examples can be added

  • permanent reference material

SEMINAR OUTLINE:

1.00 Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
1.01 Visual Analysis of TOC
1.02 Passey’s “DlogR” TOC Method
1.03 Issler’s TOC Method
1.04 TOC Analysis Examples


2.00 Coal Basics 13
2.01 Proximate Analysis
2.02 Visual Analysis of Coal
2.03 Coal Analysis Models
2.04 Calculating Coal Properties from Logs
2.05 Coal Analysis Examples


3.00 Coal Bed Methane Basics
3.01 Sorption Isotherms For Coal Bed Methane
3.02 Gas Content from Core or Samples
3.03 CBM Gas In Place
3.04 CBM Gas Content Models
3.05 CBM Analysis Example


4.00 Gas Shale Basics
4.01 Sorption Isotherms For Shale Gas
4.02 Shale Gas In Place - Adsorbed
4.03 Shale Gas In Place - Free Gas
4.04 Multi-Mineral Models for Gas Shales

4.05 Gas Shale Analysis Example


5.00 Oil Shale Basics
5.01 Classifying Oil Shales
5.02 Oil Yield from Fischer Assay
5.03 Oil Yield From Log Analysis
5.04 Multiple Regression Models
5.05 Multi Mineral Models
5.06 Oil Shale Analysis Example

6.00 Tar Sand Basics
6.01 Tar Sand Math Models
6.02 Dean Stark Core Analysis
6.03 Tar Sand Permeability
 

6.04 Tar Cutoffs and Pay Flags
6.05 Tar In Place
6.06 Tar Sand Analysis Examples

7.00 Laminated Reservoir Basics
7.01 Resistivity in Anisotropic Reservoirs
7.02 3-D Induction Logs
7.03 3-D Induction Logs In Dipping Beds
7.04 Alternate Models – Laminated Shaly Sands
7.05 Laminated Shaly Sand Quality Indicators
7.06 Reservoir Quality from Hester’s Number
7.07 Laminated Sand Analysis Example


8.00 Tight Oil Reservoir Basics 
8.01 Bakken Geology 
8.02 Siltstone Calculation Model
8.03 Bakken Example

9.00 Permafrost Basics
9.01 Gas Hydrate Basics
9.02 Gas Hydrate Volume
9.03 Drilling and Production Hazards
9.04 Logging in Gas Hydrates
9.05 Gas Hydrate Example

10.00 Igneous and Metamorphic Basics
10.01 Metamorphic Sand / Granite Example
10.02 Porous Fractured Granite Example
 

11.00 Potash Basics
11.01 Properties of Potash
11.02 Potash Analysis Concepts - Older Logs
11.03 Potash Ore Grade from Gamma Ray Logs
11.04 Potash Analysis Models – Older Logs
11.05 Potash Analysis Models – Modern Logs
11.06 Potash Analysis Example – Older Logs

Appendix: 3-Mineral Models

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