Carbonates Reservoirs Introduction

This one day course introduces carbonate reservoirs, with basic insights into reservoir rock typing and with training exercises using real field data (logs, cores, production data, etc.).

This course is designed to develop skills in understanding the complex inter-relationship of the depositional and burial history of carbonates, with insights on geometry and petrophysical characteristics of the carbonate reservoirs.

The course alternates lectures, and a case study: Senonian reservoir from Lacq sup. (France), presentation and training exercise. Application to production and development: where to drill a new development well for sustaining production?

There is no specific requirement for this course. It should be organised in any meeting room with validated HSE characteristics, in your company premises, or elsewhere.

Carbonate Reservoirs Topics Overview

• Basic definitions
• Exploration, reservoir identification/evaluation
• Reservoir identification from seismic
• Quick review of some reservoir types
  • Sedimentologically driven or
  • Diagenetically driven
  • Karsted
  • Hydrothermally altered
• Reservoir rock typing approach