🏝️ Carbonate Depositional Systems and Reservoirs
📘 Course Description: This intensive course focuses on the sedimentology, stratigraphy, and reservoir properties of carbonate systems—from platform to slope to basin. Participants will explore the complexity and heterogeneity of carbonate reservoirs, the controls on porosity and permeability, and techniques …
Overview
📘 Course Description:
This intensive course focuses on the sedimentology, stratigraphy, and reservoir properties of carbonate systems—from platform to slope to basin. Participants will explore the complexity and heterogeneity of carbonate reservoirs, the controls on porosity and permeability, and techniques to improve reservoir prediction. It includes a mix of lectures, case studies, seismic-core-log interpretation, and analog examples from prolific carbonate fields.
🎯 Who Should Attend:
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Geologists and Sedimentologists
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Reservoir Engineers
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Geophysicists involved in carbonate seismic interpretation
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Petrophysicists working on carbonate data
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Exploration and development teams in carbonate-prone basins
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Technical advisors and asset managers seeking better prediction tools
🧾 Training Format:
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Duration: 5 Days
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Delivery: In-person or Virtual Live
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Method: Presentations, core/seismic/photo exercises, case studies
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Materials: Slides, analog data packs, carbonate field models
🗓️ Daily Agenda with Time Breakdown
🟦 Day 1 – Fundamentals of Carbonate Sedimentology
Time | Topic |
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09:00 – 09:30 | Course Introduction & Learning Objectives |
09:30 – 10:30 | Carbonate vs. Clastic Systems: Key Differences |
10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break |
10:45 – 12:15 | Carbonate Minerals, Textures, and Diagenesis |
12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽️ Lunch Break |
13:15 – 14:45 | Biological and Chemical Controls on Carbonate Production |
14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 | Carbonate Factory Models and Energy Settings |
🟦 Day 2 – Carbonate Environments and Depositional Models
Time | Topic |
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09:00 – 10:30 | Platform Types: Ramp, Rimmed Shelf, Isolated Platform |
10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break |
10:45 – 12:15 | Inner Platform: Tidal Flats, Lagoons, Shoals |
12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽️ Lunch Break |
13:15 – 14:45 | Outer Platform: Reefs and Barrier Complexes |
14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 | Slope and Basin Carbonates (Grainflows, Debrites, Pelagic Muds) |
🟦 Day 3 – Carbonate Facies and Reservoir Quality
Time | Topic |
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09:00 – 10:30 | Facies Classification (Dunham, Embry & Klovan, Lucia) |
10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break |
10:45 – 12:15 | Porosity Types: Primary, Secondary, and Diagenetic |
12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽️ Lunch Break |
13:15 – 14:45 | Permeability and Heterogeneity in Carbonates |
14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 | Case Studies: Middle East, North Africa, Gulf of Mexico |
🟦 Day 4 – Core, Log and Seismic Integration in Carbonates
Time | Topic |
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09:00 – 10:30 | Carbonate Core Description and Facies Logs |
10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break |
10:45 – 12:15 | Petrophysical Challenges in Carbonates |
12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽️ Lunch Break |
13:15 – 14:45 | Seismic Expression of Carbonate Platforms |
14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 | Exercise: Core–Log–Seismic Correlation in Carbonate System |
🟦 Day 5 – Carbonate Reservoir Modeling & Prediction
Time | Topic |
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09:00 – 10:30 | Carbonate Reservoir Models and Flow Units |
10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break |
10:45 – 12:15 | Diagenesis Impact on Reservoir Properties |
12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽️ Lunch Break |
13:15 – 14:45 | Field Development and Production from Carbonate Reservoirs |
14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 | Summary, Review, Group Discussion & Certificatio |
Target audiences
- Reservoir Engineers, Geologists
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