Training

There is no substitute for seeing rocks in the flesh, especially when dealing with fracture systems that show a high degree of heterogeneity. Training has been part of our repertoire for a decade and we find a wide range of participants taking up our courses from geologists and geophysicists to drillers, reservoir engineers and even facilities engineers within asset teams. We offer three training formats:

Fractured Reservoir Outcrop Analogs and their Application to Reservoir Characterisation

We run this field-based course with Geoplay Pyrenees Ltd, centred on the Tremp Basin in Catalonia, Spain (see Photos). Key fracture characterisation issues are highlighted using excellent outcrops where the fracture ‘message’ is delivered in the context of carbonate facies, diagenetic history, and structural history.  This is supported by classroom sessions dealing with theory and case histories. We cover:

  • Evolution of the Pyrenees fold-belt including the interplay between sedimentation and tectonics (including salt mobilisation) 
  • Depositional architecture and facies models, rudist build-ups, sequence stratigraphy, diagenetic controls on matrix properties
  • Fracture types, origins, geometries and hierarchy, controls on fracture distributions, relationships to lithofacies and structure


The abstract for a poster presentation we made about the course at the 72nd EAGE Conference and Exhibition in Barcelona (June 2010) is here.

For dates of the next open course see News and for information on registration, course content and logistics please see www.geoplay.cat. The course can also be delivered as a customised version dedicated to individual companies, so that information and issues can be discussed in full confidentiality.

Naturally Fractured Reservoirs:  An Introduction to their Geology and Geomechanics   

This course is based in North Somerset, UK and includes a day on the classic exposures of fracture networks in Jurassic carbonates along the Bristol Channel (see Photos).  We cover:

  • Overview of fractured reservoir types, issues and workflows
  • Basics of structural geology for reservoir characterisation
  • Case histories from the industry
  • Fracture flow and stress characterisation in well data
  • Geomechanics in fractured reservoirs
  • Preparation of fracture models

 

Customised Training and Workshops

We can customise the courses described above to meet client requirements, for example to emphasise carbonates or basement reservoirs. They can be delivered in-house as courses or workshops, or we can lead field trips to some specific locations for example the Devonian and basement formations of N Scotland.

 

Please contact us for information about the Somerset and the customised training.

 

 

 

 

Testimonials

“Great trip. We saw some fantastic outcrops and I learned a great deal about carbonate facies. It was also good to see all the fractures and faults and to think about the implications of these faults on a reservoir. I also thought the classroom sessions worked well with your practical conclusions about determining the influence of fractures being key. The logistics and food/wine were superb and really helped to make the whole trip unforgettable and memorable. I will recommend the trip to my colleagues in Perth and Tripoli” ... Woodside Energy

“I really enjoyed the week in the Pyrenees and especially your outstanding knowledge concerning all the fracture architecture. We have to send more geologists and even engineers to your course to get a better understanding of our various reservoirs. Congratulations on the successful course! ” ... OMV

“I like my job too because this field course was really good and many thanks to Lluis and Jon also from my side” ... MND Exploration and Production

“Great field trip guys, I learned a lot and have a bunch of new ideas to try out” ... Hess Indonesia

“I must say that the field trip was excellent, well organised and very enjoyable”... Centrica Energy

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