COURSE INFORMATION
Reservoir Geology of Sandstones
Type:
Training Course
Length:
4 Days
CEU:
3.2
PDH:
32
Fee:
$2295 CAD
5% GST will be added to course fees upon registration.
Register for the next session: Course Description
This 4-day course discusses conventional oil and gas reservoirs as well as tight gas reservoirs with case histories from the Belly River and Glauconitic in Southern Alberta, the Cardium in NW Alberta and the Nikanassin/Minnes in NE BC. The course shows how one performs a systemic reservoir geological evaluation starting with the rock (core workshop and cuttings workshops). We will also be reviewing the use of petrography, in particular thin section analysis, and special core analysis (capillary pressures and relative permeability). The latter are critical for understanding the reservoir plumbing and helps derive reservoir limits or cut-offs. The course discusses furthermore how to use this rock data in log analysis. Integrating production and pressure data, it will be shown how all these techniques are used to generate maps and to develop a reservoir management strategy.
A complete set of course materials and a light lunch are included.
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for junior and intermediate geologists and anyone else interested in learning ‘what makes a sandstone reservoir tick’.
Course Outline 
Day 1
Introduction
Reservoir Geology and its role in Reservoir Management.
Workshop – How to do a systematic geological evaluation.
The Milk River, a classic meandering river with low or negative accommodation
The Bow River, an example of an incised valley with braided river deposits.
Cuttings Examination & description - lecture
Cuttings Examination - workshop
Day 2
Core examination & description: lecture
Core Examination workshop with examples from:
1. Cardium – NW Alberta
2. Belly River – Ferrybank
3. Sunburst – Horsefly
4. Alderson – Glauconitic
Case History: The Glauconitic of the Alderson ‘Z’ Pool in S.Alberta.
Thin section analysis lecture
Day 3
Thin section analysis workshop
SEM and XRD analysis
Case history – Belly River
Capillary Pressures and other pressures
Relative Permeability
Case history /workshop Amisk-Thompson Lake
Case history Belly River in the Huxley Area
Day 4
Log Analysis
Case history: Next Round for the Basal Belly River in Ferry Bank
Cut-offs
Case history: Cardium in NW Alberta
Case history: Jurassic tight gas in the Mink-Grizzly Area
Case history: Sunburst in Horsefly Lake
Final Sermon
Instructor Godfried WasserThe course instructor is Godfried Wasser, M.Sc., P.Geol. He has over 25 years experience in the oil industry, both in Canada and overseas. Godfried has worked as an exploration, an exploitation or development geologist, and as a regional geologist. He has worked both on staff and as consultant through his company Eucalyptus Consulting Inc. Godfried has a masters degree in Sedimentology from the Dutch State University of Utrecht. He has published and presented papers mostly relating to reservoir geology. Godfried has taught in-house at companies such as PanCanadian (now Encana), Gulf Canada Resources and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. He has taught industry courses through the C.S.P.G. and internationally in Indonesia and Egypt through various agencies.
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Upcoming Sessions
Location:
Calgary, AB
Date:
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday, October 18, 2012
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday, October 19, 2012
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
