About the Course
Course Description:
In reservoir settings with structural compartmentalization, fault properties can constrain fluid flow and pressure development, thus affecting decisions associated with the selection of the drainage strategy within the reservoir management activities. This course covers the basic and advanced concepts in fault seal analysis in petroleum exploration and production. The course also includes extensive hands-on training and problem-solving using public domain software.
Who Should Attend?
This course is designed for professional reservoir engineers, petrophysicists, geophysicists, geologists, and asset managers.
What You Will Learn:
Quantification and characterization of faults (fault mapping techniques)
Fault facies and its application to petroleum reservoirs
Relation between faults and hydrocarbon migration
Influence of faulting on hydrocarbon migration (fault clay content predictions)
Faults and hydrocarbon migration model (fault seal theory and controls on flow)
Fault statistics, fault diagnosis, fault geometric & juxtaposition analysis
Fault properties analysis and its application to reservoir models
Course Outline:
Introduction to tectonic evolution and development of fault zones and fault rocks
Fault seal process, fault seal types, and generated fault rocks
Methods to evaluate fault sealing properties
Dynamic fault evolution and deformation mechanisms
Factors affecting petrophysical properties of fault rocks
Zone properties modeling and layering process
3-D stratigraphy modeling and faulted cellular models
Fault zone architecture, fault framework construction & fault seal analysis
Fault and fracture prediction
Uncertainty associated with fault sealing analysis
Workflow for quantitative evaluation of structural compartmentalization reservoir fault communication using 4D Seismic Data
Field case studies and hands-on practice