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Siliciclastic Sediments:
Application to Exploration and Development |
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Instructors: Brian Lock, Ph.D.
Course Length: 5 DAYS
Course CEUs: 4.0
Course Description
This course stresses those aspects of clastic sedimentary petrology and sedimentology which have application to the petroleum geologist. The participant should possess, at the least, an undergraduate degree in Geology, although, most degree programs take a purely academic or theoretical approach to these subjects, this course examines the basics of sedimentary petrology, but stresses such aspects as types of porosity and their reservoir significance, especially secondary and microporosity; diagenesis from the porosity viewpoint and accessory minerals and potential formation damage. The sedimentology part of the course is designed similarly. Sediments from selected environments of deposition are reviewed as potential reservoirs and reservoir heterogeneity issues are examined. What types and extent of permeability barriers can be expected? Are their zones likely to pose problems during secondary recovery? Is there likely to be directional anisotropy to permeability?
Who should attend
Geoscientists in exploration or production who require an understanding of the fundamentals of siliciclastics.
Course Content
- Significance of sedimentary cycle for rock composition and structure
- Clastic components
- Sandstone classificiation
- Porosity types and effects on well log response
- Clays and other accessory minerals
- Concepts of modeling environments and facies architectural analyses
- Fluvial environments
- Deltaic environments
- Deep-marine clastic environments
- Other settings
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