This course introduces participants to established principles of carbonate geology as they apply to the search for conventional or unconventional carbonate plays, and their subsequent development. Participants are introduced to newer models of carbonate deposition and diagenesis that expand the exploration potential for carbonate plays.
Structure: 4 days
Course Level: Foundation / Skill Instructor: Jeffrey Dravis
Designed for you, if you are...
A geoscientist, geophysicist, reservoir engineer, petrophysicist, manager or landman
You will benefit greatly from this course even if you have little or no industry carbonate background. It is also a great refresher course if you have not worked with carbonates for a while. More experienced participants will be introduced to new concepts just recently published.
How we build your confidence
We use a great teaching format (lectures keyed to your notebook)
Extensive use of case studies spanning the world and geological time
The notebook contains color images of all slides presented in lectures
Extensive bibliographies support lectures
Numerous published papers are provided to support many lectures
By the end of the course you will feel confident to:
Describe typical carbonate rocks
Interpret shallow- and deep-marine carbonate facies and sequences
Understand the key controls governing carbonate facies occurrence and distribution based on physiographic setting and geological age
Evaluate reservoir quality in limestones and dolostones
Understand reservoir complexity related to carbonate diagenesis
Relate carbonate fabrics to well logs and seismic data
Evaluate the different approaches to doing carbonate sequence stratigraphy and offer a simple rock-based approach for regional or local (reservoir) correlation and time stratigraphy
Understand the key factors that control carbonate play type occurrence and distribution throughout Phanerozoic history and to better predict play relationships in the subsurface and their resulting geometries
Construct a time-stratigraphic facies framework, essential for both accurate regional correlation of carbonate sequences and zonation of carbonate reservoirs
Topics
Distinctive aspects of carbonates; non-skeletal grains; skeletal grains
Carbonate classifications and sedimentary structures; limestone diagenesis and porosity evolution
Dolomitisation and porosity evolution; pore types and porosity classification schemes; attributes of shallow and deep-marine facies; depositional facies models for platforms; depositional facies model for a ramp
Carbonate sequence stratigraphy relationships and approaches; well log and seismic expression of carbonates; carbonate source rocks; carbonates and evaporites; carbonate play types and review of worldwide case studies tied to stratigraphic age and physiographic setting
Use of depositional cyclicity to zone carbonate reservoirs (detailed review of two case studies)
"I liked the intensity of the course. It really helped to drive the mind to carbonate geology from another area, like geophysics" - Geophysicist at RAG
"Great instruction, perfect command regard topic, lots of examples" - Sr. Geoscience Specialist at MND