ABOUT COURSE

Course is designed from an applied standpoint, with numerous examples and hands-on exercises from the petroleum industry.

COURSE OBJECTIVE

• Understand the available image log types and current state of technology.
• Understand the fundamentals of dip determination and analysis.
• Understand the application of image logs in structural and stratigraphic studie.
• Understand the role of image logs in geomechanical and wellbore stability analysis.
• Integrate image log data into multidisciplinary studies.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Development and exploration geologists, geophysicists, petrophysics and log analysts, reservoir and drilling engineers, managers, and technical personnel.

COURSE CONTENT

DAY 1

• Welcome and Introduction
• History of Well Imaging
• General Concepts
• Image Log Development and Presentation, Tool Technology (Theory and Examples), and General Applications
• Image Log QC, Processing, and Artifacts
• QC and Processing Aspects, and Examples of Common Image Log Artifacts
• Dip Determination
• Types of Dip (True, Apparent, and Relative), Image Log Patterns, and Examples
• Practical Examples and Exercises

DAY 2

• Visualization
• Simple PowerPoint and Paper Copy Manipulations, Tube and 3D Displays, and Image Log Movies
• Structural Interpretation
• Fractures, Faults, and Folds, Dipmeter Interpretation, and Data Integration
• Fracture Characterization
• Fracture Types, Development of Fracture Model from Integrated Datasets, Natural versus Induced Fractures, Fracture Permeability or Seal, and Stylolites
• Practical Examples and Exercises

DAY 3

• Wellbore Stability
• Stress Conditions, Differential Stress around the Wellbore, Induced Tension Fractures, Breakout, and Wellbore Trajectory
• Stratigraphic/Sedimentologic Interpretation
• Classic Dipmeter Examples, Microresistivity Curve Correlation, Sedimentological Aspects, Facies Analysis, and Thin Bed Analysis
• Practical Examples and Exercises

DAY 4

• Continuation of Wellbore Stability and Stratigraphic/Sedimentologic Interpretation
• Azimuthal Petrophysical Analysis
• Petrophysical Variations around the Wellbore, Time-Averaged Curve versus Sector Curves, Averaging (Mean, Weighted, Dip Corrected), RSTRIKE Sector Extraction, Nodule Identification and Quantification, Vugular and Fracture Porosity, and Impact of Relative Dip (Resistivity Inversion and Sector Selection)
• Practical Examples and Exercises

DAY 5

• Continuation of Azimuthal Petrophysical Analysis
• Reservoir Navigation and Lateral Well Placement
• Key Datasets, Reservoir Navigation, and Thickness Logs
• Cement and Casing Evaluation
• Practical Examples and Exercises