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Exploring Petrophysics in Geothermal Energy (PPH40)

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    Description

    This course offers a practical guide on using and interpreting well logs measured near planned geothermal sites, to reduce uncertainties when assessing the feasibility of geothermal energy utilisation. Both, analytical methods and (more sophisticated) reservoir simulations used for reservoir and production engineering assessment of the potential energy yield (volumes and temperature) require fundamental input such as porosity, permeability, and geothermal properties. Wells are the best source for such data. As more and more countries make well information and data publicly available, logs from the vicinity of planned geothermal targets should be used and assessed.
    This course is very hands-on, result oriented and particularly powerful for those who want to make meaningful petrophysical assessments for their geothermal challenge.

    Course Level: Foundation
    Duration: 2 days
    Instructor: Claudia Steiner-Luckabauer

    Designed for you, if you are...

    • A fresh graduate petrophysicist with limited experience
    • A team leader or project manager working on a geothermal project
    • A professional looking to build fundamental skills in reading logs, extracting petrophysical parameters, and interpreting geothermal-specific data

    How we build your confidence

    • Examples of intuitive log reading
    • Practical examples on how to visually pinpoint key aspects of a log section
    • Discussion on literature examples

    The benefits from attending

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

    • How to read old and modern logs, and how to extract petrophysical parameters
    • Fundamental differences between calculating properties from carbonate or clastic environments
    • How to assess log quality, how to qualitatively extract fundamental information such as horizon-based water salinity changes, how to derive basic lithologies, and how to differentiate between tight and permeable zones
    • Applying fundamental petrophysical equations and how to extract properties such as porosity, shale volume, permeability and main lithologies

    Topics

    • Fundamentals of practical log interpretation
    • Logging effects
    • The interlink between permeability and mud filtrate invasion
    • Critical evaluation (deficiencies, mis-interpretations, etc.) of (literature) examples deriving thermal properties from logs

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