🎯 Course Description:
Designed to address unique challenges in carbonate formations, this course covers carbonate pore systems, heterogeneity, vuggy and fracture porosity, and log interpretation specific to carbonate rocks.
Dates |
Locations |
Note |
3-Nov |
LONDON |
Dates could be adjusted for special requests |
10-Nov |
CAIRO |
17-Nov |
DUBAI |
24-Nov |
ISTANBUL |
🗓️ Day 1: Carbonate Fabrics & Diagenesis
Time |
Topic |
08:30 – 09:00 |
Introduction to carbonate petrophysics |
09:00 – 10:30 |
Classification of carbonate rocks (Dunham, Folk) |
10:30 – 10:45 |
☕ Coffee Break |
10:45 – 12:15 |
Diagenetic processes affecting petrophysical properties |
12:15 – 13:15 |
🍽 Lunch Break |
13:15 – 14:45 |
Carbonate pore systems: interparticle, moldic, vuggy, fractures |
14:45 – 15:00 |
☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 |
Exercise on carbonate core description |
🗓️ Day 2: Logging Response in Carbonates
Time |
Topic |
08:30 – 10:00 |
Acoustic, density, neutron logs in carbonates |
10:00 – 10:15 |
☕ Coffee Break |
10:15 – 12:15 |
Resistivity challenges in carbonates |
12:15 – 13:15 |
🍽 Lunch Break |
13:15 – 14:45 |
NMR logs for carbonate pore size |
14:45 – 15:00 |
☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 |
Exercise on carbonate log interpretation |
🗓️ Day 3: Porosity-Permeability Relationships
Time |
Topic |
08:30 – 10:00 |
K-Phi relationships and scatter in carbonates |
10:00 – 10:15 |
☕ Coffee Break |
10:15 – 12:15 |
Empirical models & flow units |
12:15 – 13:15 |
🍽 Lunch Break |
13:15 – 14:45 |
Winland R35 & Lucia classification |
14:45 – 15:00 |
☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 |
Exercise on permeability prediction |
🗓️ Day 4: Rock Typing in Carbonates
Time |
Topic |
08:30 – 10:00 |
Geological vs. petrophysical rock types |
10:00 – 10:15 |
☕ Coffee Break |
10:15 – 12:15 |
Flow zone indicator (FZI) and reservoir zonation |
12:15 – 13:15 |
🍽 Lunch Break |
13:15 – 14:45 |
Saturation-height functions in carbonates |
14:45 – 15:00 |
☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 |
Case studies on carbonate rock typing |
🗓️ Day 5: Integration & Case Studies
Time |
Topic |
08:30 – 10:00 |
Integration of logs, core, and thin sections |
10:00 – 10:15 |
☕ Coffee Break |
10:15 – 12:15 |
Building petrophysical models for carbonates |
12:15 – 13:15 |
🍽 Lunch Break |
13:15 – 14:45 |
Final exercise: carbonate field dataset interpretation |
14:45 – 15:00 |
☕ Coffee Break |
15:00 – 16:30 |
Review, Q&A, feedback & certificates |