🧾 Course Description:
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of development geology with a focus on integrating geological data into reservoir models to optimize field development and production. Participants will learn techniques for interpreting well and seismic data, building geological models, and applying results to reservoir management. The training combines theory with practical exercises using real-world field development scenarios.
🎯 Who Should Attend:
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Development and operations geologists
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Reservoir and petroleum engineers
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Asset and project geoscientists
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Subsurface team leads and geoscience managers
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Technical professionals transitioning from exploration to development
🏷️ Training Format:
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Classroom-based or virtual instructor-led
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Lectures, case studies, group discussions, and hands-on exercises
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Training materials include course manual, interpretation datasets, and software demonstrations (optional)
📅 5-Day Agenda with Time Breakdown:
🟦 Day 1 – Introduction to Development Geology
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Course Welcome and Objectives |
| 09:30 – 10:30 | Role of Development Geologist in the Asset Team |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:15 | Differences Between Exploration and Development Geology |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽️ Lunch Break |
| 13:15 – 14:45 | Key Data Sources: Well Logs, Cores, Seismic, Production Data |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 15:00 – 16:30 | Introduction to Reservoir Life Cycle and Field Maturation Stages |
🟦 Day 2 – Subsurface Data Interpretation and Integration
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Structural and Stratigraphic Interpretation for Field Development |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:15 | Sequence Stratigraphy for Reservoir Zonation |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽️ Lunch Break |
| 13:15 – 14:45 | Well Log Correlation and Cross-Sections |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 15:00 – 16:30 | Integration of Core and Log Data in Development Workflows |
🟦 Day 3 – Geological Modeling and Reservoir Framework
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Constructing 3D Structural Frameworks |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:15 | Facies and Rock Typing for Geomodels |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽️ Lunch Break |
| 13:15 – 14:45 | Static Modeling of Reservoir Properties (Porosity, NTG, Sw, etc.) |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 15:00 – 16:30 | Case Study: Building a Geo-cellular Model from Field Data |
🟦 Day 4 – Well Planning and Reservoir Management
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Development Well Targeting and Placement |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:15 | Managing Reservoir Heterogeneity and Uncertainty |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽️ Lunch Break |
| 13:15 – 14:45 | Geosteering and Real-time Geological Monitoring |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 15:00 – 16:30 | Surveillance, Production Logging, and Well Intervention Planning |
🟦 Day 5 – Field Case Studies and Team-Based Exercises
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Case Study 1: Clastic Reservoir Development Strategy |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:15 | Case Study 2: Carbonate Reservoir Modeling and Challenges |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽️ Lunch Break |
| 13:15 – 14:45 | Group Exercise: Field Development Planning Based on Subsurface Data |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 15:00 – 16:30 | Final Review, Open Discussion, Feedback & Certificate Distribution |
