🧪 Applied Capillary Pressure and Saturation Height Modeling

📘 Course Description

This advanced course provides practical knowledge and hands-on skills in capillary pressure analysis and saturation height modeling, essential for accurate reservoir characterization and reserve estimation. Participants will learn the theory, laboratory measurement methods, interpretation techniques, and application of capillary pressure data. The course covers building saturation height models in clastic and carbonate reservoirs, integrating core, log, and well-test data, and applying models to calculate hydrocarbon volumes and plan development strategies.

🎯 Learning Objectives

✅ Understand the fundamentals of capillary pressure and wettability
✅ Interpret capillary pressure curves from lab measurements
✅ Build and validate saturation height models using various methods
✅ Integrate core, log, and reservoir data to improve model accuracy
✅ Apply models for OOIP calculation and reservoir simulation input
✅ Address challenges in modeling heterogeneous and fractured reservoirs

👥 Who Should Attend

• Reservoir engineers & geoscientists

• Petrophysicists & core analysts

• Production & development engineers

• Geologists involved in reservoir characterization

• Technical staff supporting reserve evaluation and simulation

🗂️ Training Format

✅ Instructor-led lectures with theory & practical examples
✅ Hands-on exercises with real core & log data
✅ Saturation modeling software demonstrations
✅ Case studies from clastic and carbonate fields
✅ Interactive discussions & Q&A with experts

📅 Day-by-Day Agenda with Time Breaks

📅 Day 1: Fundamentals of Capillary Pressure & Wettability

📅 Day 2: Capillary Pressure Data Analysis & Interpretation

📅 Day 3: Saturation Height Modeling Methods

📅 Day 4: Integrating Saturation Height Models with Logs & Reservoir Data

📅 Day 5: Applications & Challenges in Capillary Pressure Modeling

📦 Materials Provided

✅ Course manuals & slides
✅ Core data sets & capillary pressure examples
✅ Worksheets & spreadsheets for modeling exercises
✅ Reference charts for capillary pressure analysis
✅ Certificate of Completion