Clastic Reservoirs and Depositional Environments

Overview

Description:

This comprehensive 5-day course focuses on the description, classification, and interpretation of clastic reservoirs and their depositional environments. The course provides participants with a deep understanding of how sedimentary processes influence reservoir architecture, quality, and heterogeneity. Emphasis is placed on interpreting core, well log, seismic, and outcrop data to build accurate depositional models.

Participants will explore the characteristics of key clastic systems—fluvial, deltaic, shoreface, turbidite, and aeolian—and how to apply this knowledge to exploration and field development. Hands-on exercises and case studies from around the world reinforce practical skills in interpreting facies, sequence stratigraphy, and predicting reservoir quality distribution.

24-Nov	London	Dates could be adjust for special requests
1-Dec	Cairo
8-Dec	Dubai

👥 Who Should Attend:

Geologists and sedimentologists
Reservoir engineers and petrophysicists
Exploration and development geoscientists
Technical team leaders and asset geologists

🗓️ Day 1: Fundamentals of Clastic Sedimentology

Time	Topic
08:30 – 09:00	Welcome, Course Objectives & Overview
09:00 – 10:30	Clastic Sedimentary Systems Overview – Erosion, transport, deposition
10:30 – 10:45	☕ Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15	Sediment Transport & Deposition Mechanisms – Traction, suspension, gravity flows
12:15 – 01:15	🍽 Lunch Break
01:15 – 02:45	Grain Size, Sorting & Textures – Implications for porosity & permeability
02:45 – 03:00	☕ Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:30	Exercise: Sedimentary structures & interpretation from core and photos

🗓️ Day 2: Fluvial and Deltaic Systems

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Fluvial Depositional Environments – Braided vs. meandering systems
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Deltaic Systems – Wave-, tide-, and river-dominated deltas
12:15 – 01:15	🍽 Lunch Break
01:15 – 02:45	Reservoir Architecture of Fluvial & Deltaic Sands – Connectivity & heterogeneity
02:45 – 03:00	☕ Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:30	Exercise: Log & core interpretation of fluvial/deltaic facies and sequences

🗓️ Day 3: Shoreface, Shallow Marine, and Aeolian Systems

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Shoreface & Tidal Depositional Environments – Facies stacking patterns
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Barrier Island & Lagoon Systems – Reservoir geometry & heterogeneity
12:15 – 01:15	🍽 Lunch Break
01:15 – 02:45	Aeolian Systems – Dune facies, interdune, bounding surfaces
02:45 – 03:00	☕ Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:30	Exercise: Sequence interpretation of shoreface-aeolian cycles from logs

🗓️ Day 4: Deepwater Clastic Systems (Turbidites & Contourites)

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Turbidite Systems – Bouma sequences, fan geometries, leveed channels
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Contourites and Hemipelagic Sediments – Recognition and distinction
12:15 – 01:15	🍽 Lunch Break
01:15 – 02:45	Reservoir Characteristics of Deepwater Sands – Porosity, quality, seal risk
02:45 – 03:00	☕ Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:30	Exercise: Log correlation & interpretation of a turbidite-dominated reservoir

🗓️ Day 5: Sequence Stratigraphy, Reservoir Modeling, and Case Studies

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Sequence Stratigraphy in Clastic Systems – Systems tracts, key surfaces
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Predicting Facies & Reservoir Quality – Integration of stratigraphy & sedimentology
12:15 – 01:15	🍽 Lunch Break
01:15 – 02:45	Reservoir Modeling Concepts – From facies to property distribution
02:45 – 03:00	☕ Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:30	Case Studies & Final Exercise – Fluvial, deltaic, and turbidite systems
04:30 – 05:00	Course Summary, Q&A, Feedback & Certificate Distribution

📂 Course Materials Provided:

Full slide set and course manual
Core and log interpretation exercises
Regional analogs and real-world case studies
Stratigraphic and facies charts
Quick-reference depositional environment guides

Target audiences

Reservoir Engineers, Geologists

$ 5,750