This course is intended to expose participants to basic Geology and Geophysics principles. Help participants understand the elements of Petroleum system and the relationship between geosciences and petroleum industry. Geoscience for Petroleum Engineering covers a range of topics in geology, geophysics and geological statistics to enable someone without a geoscience background to understand how geological information is obtained and worked with in petroleum exploration, appraisal and development.

It focuses on geological and geophysical principles and practices, demonstrates their application to hydrocarbon exploration and production and provides an understanding of the factors and processes involved in the formation of oil and gas fields and their worldwide distribution. It also reviews the recent trends in the global petroleum industry and provides an insight into the operations of the international oil companies.

Course Objectives

The main objectives of this course is to introduce Petroleum Engineers to geology principles and concepts as it affects petroleum exploration and development. This will make Petroleum Engineers to understand what geologist are actually doing and it will make them to fit in to the same team.

Course Content

Geological concepts

Introduction to Earth materials, processes, basins and petroleum system: Review of the nature and composition of the Earth; Plate tectonics and sedimentary basins; Principles of stratigraphy; Rock types and their identification. Transport, deposition and deformation processes: Reservoir Seal, Source rock and migration path, Trap, Timing; Understand how depositional process affect texture of sedimentary rocks and the relation with petrophysical properties; common depositional structures and their origin; well (log and core) observations and their relation to a 3-D depositional model; general differences between carbonate and clastic depositional process and environments?

Reservoir architecture

Reservoir heterogeneity, architecture, faults seals: Identify the main types of structural features; Identify the characteristics of a structural trap; Main types of faults, and tectonic setting; Fold geometries; Fractures and other localised deformation and the effect on fluid flow characteristics; Fracture patterns associated with folding; Structural features shown in core and on dipmeter/image logs/cross sections and maps; Fault compartmentalisation.

Geophysics

Geophysics: Review the basic geophysical concepts as used in the petroleum industry; Applications of seismic data in reservoir description, main geophysical methods; Wave propagation – P and S waves, alteration at interfaces (reflection/refraction); Seismic method (data gathering and interpretation); Use and limits of seismic in reservoir description.

Subsurface interpretation

Mapping: Spatial data contouring using manual and mechanical methods; Advantages and disadvantages of computer and manual mapping techniques; Characteristics of computer gridding and manipulation; Identification of “good” and “poor” maps from the type and density of the input data. Correlation: Importance in reservoir development; Definition of a subsurface framework to understand geological relationships between wells; Identification of correlation markers and flow units; Principles of flow unit correlation; Role of different data (e.g. seismic, log, biostratigraphic) and models (sequence stratigraphy) on flow unit correlation; Common misinterpretations in flow unit correlation.

What size hydrocarbon accumulation?

Geostatistics, Property evaluation and Volumetric: Porosity/permeability variations; Relationships between petrophysical properties and geology; Construction of measures of spatial correlation (variograms); Definition of gross/net sand and gross/net pay; Methods to determine gross rock volume; Reserve parameter distributions; Calculation of volumetric reserves by deterministic and stochastic methods?

Who Should Attend?

Non-geoscientists (engineers, drillers and other technical personnel) who need to work with geoscience concepts concerning the subsurface.

5 Days

Course Fees (VAT Included)

Lagos/PH/Abuja: ₦ 322,500.00

UK/US/Ghana/Dubai: $3,225.00

TRAINING PACK

Award of Certificate of Proficiency.
Professional Training Manual
Training materials

REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

Pay the registration fee on or before registration deadline date(at least a week before class commencement date)
Send your name, phone number, email address, training location, amount paid to info@sbtpetroleum.com.ngor SMS to 09098171840
Visit www.sbtpetroleum.com.ng click on register now tab and complete Registration Form.
Upon confirmation of your registration an electronic receipt will be sent to your mail.
Pay the tuition on or before the tuition deadline
Commence your training at SBT petroleum Training Facility

ACCOUNT DETAILS

NAIRA ACCOUNT

BANK: ECOBANK

ACCOUNT NAME: SBT PETROLEUM GEOSCIENCE LIMITED

ACCOUNT NUMBER: 1613062169

BRANCH: Chevron Branch

SORT CODE: 050150340

DOLLAR ACCOUNT

BANK: ECOBANK

ACCOUNT NAME: SBT PETROLEUM GEOSCIENCE LIMITED

ACCOUNT NUMBER: 1613062183

BRANCH: Chevron Branch