Advanced Core Laboratory Measurements (CCA, SCAL & QC)

The course aims to increase the knowledge of the geologists, geophysicists and the others who are working in the field of oil and natural gas production. This course covers the whole range of special core analyses their applications to reservoir characterization. This is a wide-ranging course that effectively covers all the core analyses techniques. The course starts with an overview of the reservoir rock properties and reservoir fluids. This is an essential factor as a background to the various reservoir characterization and interpretations. The attendees will feel that they became more professional, and know more about the geologic description and exploration of the underground rocks/reservoirs using the core analyses techniques. They will be able to evaluate the reservoirs and assess their performance. The comprehensive course documentation has been designed as a useful guide for future reference.

Audience

This course is designed for:

Geologists
Petroleum Geologists
Geophysicists
Wellsite geologists
Drilling engineers
Stratigraphers
Geochemists,
Petroleum engineers
Production Engineers
Petrophysicists.

Course objectives

By end of the course participants will learn:

Know the different porosity-permeability relationships and Models.
Identify the different rock types and lithologies from x-y plots.
Evaluate the formation and characterize the studied reservoir.
Know more about relative permeability and wettability.
Know how to measure wettability and to interpret the obtained data.
Know more information on the MICP test.
Two phase residual saturation and two phase flow rock typing
Know more about NMR measurements and applications.
Integrate the SCAL data with the other reservoir data sets.

Course contents

Day-1 & 2: Module 1: Conventional Core Analysis (CCA) and Reservoir Rock Typing (RRT)

Different types of core analyses, RCAL and SCAL
Measuring porosity and density.
Factors governing porosity values.
Permeability and classification of Permeability.
Measuring Permeability and factors affecting its magnitude.
Specific and relative Permeability.
Porosity-Permeability relationships and Models.
Measuring Porosity and permeability for water injection purposes.
Rock typing and lithology Discrimination.
Formation evaluation and reservoir quality (RQI, FZI, RPI, R10, R35, etc ..).
Case Studies.

Day-3 & 4: Module 2: Wettability and Relative Permeability

Two phase residual saturation and two phase flow rock typing
Relative Permeability measurements.
Wettability basics and interpretation.
Measuring wettability, Amott and USBM procedures.
Estimating wettability using relative permeability plots.
Mercury Injection Tests (MICP); theory and applications.
Entry, Threshold, and hyperbola pressures from MICP plots.
Estimating the residual oil and irreducible water saturation from MICP plots.
Formation evaluation using mercury injection plots.
Case Studies.

Day-5: Module : NMR Tools

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), theory and basics.
NMR diffusion for fluid-type discrimination using T1, T2 relaxations.
Applications and integration with the other tools.
Case studies.
Workshop on formation evaluation and reservoir characterization using SCAL.

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