📈 Applied Production Logging and Reservoir Monitoring
📘 Course Description This comprehensive course provides practical knowledge and hands-on skills in production logging techniques and reservoir monitoring methods for optimizing well performance. It covers the principles, tools, interpretation, and integration of production logs to diagnose downhole flow behavior …
Overview
📘 Course Description
This comprehensive course provides practical knowledge and hands-on skills in production logging techniques and reservoir monitoring methods for optimizing well performance. It covers the principles, tools, interpretation, and integration of production logs to diagnose downhole flow behavior in both vertical and horizontal wells. Participants will learn how to detect production anomalies, assess zonal contributions, monitor reservoir performance, and plan effective remedial actions.
🎯 Learning Objectives
✅ Understand the fundamentals of production logging tools and methods
✅ Acquire skills to interpret production logs for multiphase flow
✅ Diagnose problems like crossflow, channeling, gas or water coning
✅ Learn advanced techniques for horizontal and complex wells
✅ Integrate production logs with other surveillance data
✅ Apply reservoir monitoring strategies for optimizing production
👥 Who Should Attend
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Production, petroleum & reservoir engineers
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Well intervention & completion engineers
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Production technologists
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Field development & operations staff
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Reservoir surveillance specialists
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Geoscientists working on production optimization
🗂️ Training Format
✅ Instructor-led lectures with real field data
✅ Log interpretation exercises using case studies
✅ Group discussions on production issues
✅ Hands-on workflow building for reservoir monitoring
✅ Q&A with experienced production logging specialists
📅 Day-by-Day Agenda with Time Breaks
📅 Day 1: Introduction to Production Logging & Flow Dynamics
Time | Topic |
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08:30 – 09:00 | Welcome, Introductions & Course Objectives |
09:00 – 10:30 | Basics of Well Flow Dynamics in Production |
10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break |
10:45 – 12:15 | Overview of Production Logging Tools & Measurements |
12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽 Lunch |
13:15 – 14:45 | Physics of Multiphase Flow in Wells |
14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 | Logging Environment Considerations (Vertical & Deviated Wells) |
📅 Day 2: Production Logging Tools & Measurements
Time | Topic |
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08:30 – 10:00 | Spinner, Density, Capacitance, Temperature, and Pressure Tools |
10:00 – 10:15 | ☕ Coffee Break |
10:15 – 12:15 | Advanced Sensors: Optical, Spectral & Fiber Optics |
12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽 Lunch |
13:15 – 14:45 | Tool Calibration, Quality Control & Log Acquisition Best Practices |
14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 | Workshop: Tool Selection for Various Well Conditions |
📅 Day 3: Log Interpretation & Zonal Contribution Analysis
Time | Topic |
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08:30 – 10:00 | Principles of Flow Profiling & Phase Identification |
10:00 – 10:15 | ☕ Coffee Break |
10:15 – 12:15 | Interpretation Techniques for Single-Phase & Multiphase Flow |
12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽 Lunch |
13:15 – 14:45 | Identifying Crossflows, Inflow/Outflow, and Behind Casing Flow |
14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 | Workshop: Interpreting Production Log Data from Real Wells |
📅 Day 4: Horizontal Wells & Complex Completions
Time | Topic |
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08:30 – 10:00 | Challenges in Horizontal & Highly Deviated Wells |
10:00 – 10:15 | ☕ Coffee Break |
10:15 – 12:15 | Advanced Logging Tools for Horizontal Wells |
12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽 Lunch |
13:15 – 14:45 | Case Studies: Interpretation in Multilateral & Complex Completions |
14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 | Workshop: Diagnosing Problems in Horizontal Well Logs |
📅 Day 5: Reservoir Monitoring & Integration
Time | Topic |
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08:30 – 10:00 | Integrating Production Logs with Reservoir Surveillance Data |
10:00 – 10:15 | ☕ Coffee Break |
10:15 – 12:15 | Monitoring Water/Gas Breakthrough & Conformance |
12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽 Lunch |
13:15 – 14:45 | Planning Remedial Interventions Using Production Logging Insights |
14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 | Course Wrap-Up, Integrated Case Study & Certificate Distribution |
📦 Materials Provided
✅ Course manuals & digital slides
✅ Field case studies for exercises
✅ Production logging interpretation worksheets
✅ Reference charts for flow diagnostics
✅ Certificate of Completion
Target audiences
- Reservoir Engineers, Geologists