Operations Geology (GEO13)

Description

The operations geology role has evolved over the last few years. It is no longer exclusively a well execution phase role involving data acquisition and distribution. Now it is a wide-ranging, responsible and dynamic role encompassing safety critical functions through the entire life of a well.
This course describes how to perform this critical role and to become an effective practitioner.

Course Level: Skill / Advanced
Duration: 5 days
Instructor: Tim Herrett

Designed for you, if you are...

Familiar with the basics of wellsite and operations geology and want to become more proficient in operations geology
An oil & gas company geologist, as it will give you valuable insights into the process of well planning, wellsite data acquisition, the value of the data, its limitations and its use in regional studies and well planning

The course assumes some basic knowledge of rigs, rig equipment, drilling activities and the personnel involved in these activities.

How we build your confidence

You will be taken along a path from well planning, through execution and on to well review. Each phase will be described and supported using exercises and case studies. The manual provides a good future reference for what has been taught in the course.

The benefits from attending

By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:

The role of modern operations geologists
Personal leadership (soft skills) - the importance of good communication and awareness
How to competently plan the geological aspects of a well including well and data acquisition programs
How to identify, manage and mitigate drilling and subsurface risks
How to competently perform well surveillance
How to manage wellsite derived data effectively
How to predict and evaluate formation pore, fracture and overburden pressures
The basics of geomechanics and influences of earth stresses
The basics of geosteering and well trajectory analysis
How to manage and archive final well documentation

Topics

Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) and wellsite/operations geology
Overview of the operations geology roles and responsibilities
Importance of ‘soft skills’
Well planning from location identification to spud
Working with shallow hazards
Drilling and subsurface risk identification, mitigation and management, NPT analysis
Data acquisition program
Coring/Sidewall coring programs
Geological contracts, contractor evaluation and quality control
Personnel preparedness
The geological program
Fundamentals of directional, ERD and geosteering
Well surveillance and well data management, data quality
Supporting the wellsite geologists
Liaising with drillers and subsurface teams
Managing geological contractors
Incident management
Monitoring partner wells
Geopressure development and influences of earth stresses on drilled wells
Formation pore, fracture and overburden pressure prediction and evaluation
Use of trend line analysis and indirect indicators for pore pressure evaluation
Wireline Logging QC and MDT pressure evaluation
Logs, reports and final well documentation

Customer Feedback

"Comprehensive discussion of all aspects of Operations Geology. I liked the quality of the course, materials and experience of instructor. Really enjoyed the week!" - Geoscientist at EBN

"Very relevant exercises of actual cases." - Ops Geologist at Wintershall

"Very good manual, very good illustrations, very good instructor" - Geologist at RWE Dea

"Tim is very knowledgeable and very good at explaining, the study and training material is very well made and thorough" - Petrophysicist at DONG Energy