Introduction To Karst Reservoirs Modeling (Budapest or Mallorca)

Karst Reservoirs in Budapest or Mallorca

Course Type
Field Course
Duration
5 days
Thematic
Geosciences
Location
Country
HUNGARY OR SPAIN
Satisfaction rate

Karst conduits distribution

Highlights:

This 5-day comprehensive residential course presents karst processes, identification from seismic to cores, karst and complex karsts reservoirs and their characteristics, the use of analogs (outcrops and hydrocarbon fields) and the modeling principles and parameters to be used.

This course can be organized either in Budapest (Hungary) or Mallorca (Spain). Other locations will be considered upon request.

Main Objectives:

To understand the development of carbonate karst systems and their controls; with identification at various scale.
To recognize and model controls on karst reservoir quality and pore systems, including relationships with diagenesis and fracturing.
To use examples in order to develop an insight into karst reservoir modeling

Learning Approach:

The course alternates lectures, exercises, and field studies about karst reservoirs identification and characterization.

HSE Requirements:

Each participant is required to provide a yearly medical certificate before attending this field course. Participants must be in good health and physical conditions to attend.

Course Agenda:

Karst principles: quick review & vocabulary
Karst types definition
Karst identification
- Seismic
  - Seismic types and parameters
  - Seismic karst identification with examples
  - Seismic karst analyses through seismic attributes
  - Karst seismic modeling
- Drilling
  - Mud logging
  - LWD
  - GWD
- Electric logs
  - Karst Recognition & Evaluation: tools available
  - Log vs. cores calibration
- Cores
Complex karst concept
Use of analogs
- Discovered and producing fields for different karst types
- Outcrop coeval analogs
Principles of karst reservoir modeling
- Parameters definition
- Distribution
Outcrops

In Budapest (Hungary, Triassic and Tertiary sediments), the carbonate of the Buda hills displays quarries and caves presenting karst processes, extension and network at different scales. Outcrops are within or very close to the city.

The SW of Mallorca island (Spain – Tertiary sediments) exhibits meteoric and island karst with different interactions of the processes. Abundant coring allows a review of the processes at depth.

These two locations have been extensively studied and documented and allow a review of karst processes as well as karst reservoir characteristics at different scales.

Other locations will be considered upon request (for example, the Bahamas).

Prerequisites

This intermediate to advanced course is designed for exploration and development geoscientists, petrophysicists, reservoir engineers, geostatistical modelers and research/development staff who want to gain fundamental insight into carbonate karstic reservoir characterization through an integrated geological and petrophysical approach.

Lecturers

CAPPELLI J.L.

Jean-Louis Cappelli graduated from Ecole Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs. He is a technical consultant and instructor in carbonate geology with more than 40 years of worldwide industry and field experience in all aspects of applied modern and ancient carbonate geology. His experience comprises 35 years with Elf-Aquitaine and then with TOTAL, where he was a training instructor for in-house seminars and development courses (both, reservoir-oriented and exploration-oriented courses).
Dr. LAPOINTE P.

Philippe (PhD) is a technical consultant and instructor in carbonate geology with more than 36 years of worldwide industry and field experience in all aspects of applied modern and ancient carbonate geology. This experience includes 31 years with TOTAL of which 4 years with ADMA-Opco, 3 years with ExxonMobil, training instructor for in-house seminar and development courses (reservoir oriented and exploration oriented courses).