🧪 Reservoir Quality Analysis of Sandstone & Carbonate Rock Types
Integrating Petrography, Petrophysics, and Diagenesis for Exploration & Development 📘 Course Description: This course provides in-depth knowledge and practical tools for evaluating reservoir quality in both sandstone and carbonate systems. It emphasizes the geological and petrophysical factors controlling porosity, permeability, …
Overview
Integrating Petrography, Petrophysics, and Diagenesis for Exploration & Development
📘 Course Description:
This course provides in-depth knowledge and practical tools for evaluating reservoir quality in both sandstone and carbonate systems. It emphasizes the geological and petrophysical factors controlling porosity, permeability, mineralogy, diagenesis, and fluid saturation, enabling better prediction of reservoir behavior during exploration, appraisal, and development phases.
Using petrographic analysis, core and log data, and case studies, participants will learn how to distinguish primary versus secondary porosity, assess the impact of cementation and compaction, and develop realistic Reservoir Quality Index (RQI) models.
🎯 Who Should Attend:
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Geologists & Petrophysicists
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Reservoir Engineers
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Core Analysts & Petrographers
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Exploration & Development Teams
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E&P Project Geoscientists
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Technical Managers and QC/QA professionals
🧾 Training Format:
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Duration: 5 Days
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Mode: Classroom / Virtual Live
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Delivery: Lectures, thin-section photo workshops, hands-on exercises, log interpretation
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Materials: Petrography sheets, core photos, log overlays, case studies
🗓️ Daily Agenda with Time Breakdown
🟨 Day 1 – Fundamentals of Reservoir Quality
Time | Topic |
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09:00 – 09:30 | Course Introduction and Objectives |
09:30 – 10:30 | Defining Reservoir Quality: Key Parameters |
10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break |
10:45 – 12:15 | Reservoir Rock Types: Sandstones vs Carbonates |
12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽️ Lunch Break |
13:15 – 14:45 | Influence of Depositional Environments on Reservoir Architecture |
14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 | Core Description & Petrographic Techniques for Quality Assessment |
🟨 Day 2 – Porosity & Permeability Systems in Sandstones
Time | Topic |
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09:00 – 10:30 | Primary & Secondary Porosity in Sandstones |
10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break |
10:45 – 12:15 | Diagenesis Impact: Compaction, Cementation, Dissolution |
12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽️ Lunch Break |
13:15 – 14:45 | Permeability Trends in Clean vs Shaly Sands |
14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 | Case Study: Fluvial & Deltaic Reservoirs – RQI Calculations |
🟨 Day 3 – Reservoir Quality in Carbonates
Time | Topic |
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09:00 – 10:30 | Fabric-Controlled Porosity Systems in Carbonates |
10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break |
10:45 – 12:15 | Dolomitization, Micritization, and Dissolution Porosity |
12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽️ Lunch Break |
13:15 – 14:45 | Vuggy vs Intercrystalline Porosity: Challenges in Interpretation |
14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 | Field Examples: Carbonate Diagenetic Pathways & Porosity Prediction |
🟨 Day 4 – Petrophysical Analysis and Core-Log Integration
Time | Topic |
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09:00 – 10:30 | Integration of Core, Log & Petrographic Data for RQ Assessment |
10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break |
10:45 – 12:15 | Capillary Pressure & Wettability Impact on Reservoir Quality |
12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽️ Lunch Break |
13:15 – 14:45 | RQI, FZI, and Flow Unit Classification |
14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 | Log-Based Quality Mapping: Crossplots and Cutoffs |
🟨 Day 5 – Practical Applications and Case Studies
Time | Topic |
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09:00 – 10:30 | Field-Based Workshop: Sandstone vs Carbonate Quality Ranking |
10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break |
10:45 – 12:15 | Quality Control and Uncertainty in RQ Prediction |
12:15 – 13:15 | 🍽️ Lunch Break |
13:15 – 14:45 | Group Exercise: Constructing a Quality Profile from Core + Log Data |
14:45 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 | Wrap-Up, Discussion, and Certification |
Target audiences
- Reservoir Engineers, Geologists
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