Course: Formation Evaluation

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Course title Formation Evaluation
Course code KGE/XFE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Spirov Pavel, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Type of boreholes Cased hole drilling Open hole drilling Borehole environment and drilling Logging speed Invasion profile Formation damage near the wellbore TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS (TEMPERATURE LOGS) Geothermal gradient Fluid pressure Oil based and water based drilling mud Types of well logs Correlations Well logging tools Interoperation of well logs ? Mechanical, Acoustic, electrical, resistivity, radioactive Study of Interactive Petro physics on real data Thermometry Correlation with core data Potentials - Diffusion potential/liquid junction potential Resistivity Logging Microresistivity devices Resistivity profile ? for water and oil based mud Water resistivity Archies law Formation factor Shale/Clay content Neutron Absorption Porosity determination Calculations for GGM Gas effect from NM and GGM Resistivity of mud filtrate and mud cake Clay volume Porosity & Water Saturation Cross plots Carbonate reservoirs Interpretation in IP Etc. Main tool will be real well data from companies and students will be using Iteractive Petrophysics software to interpret it.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Interpretation of logs in IP
Recommended literature
  • Lucia F. J. (2007). Carbonate Reservoir Characterization.
  • M. Rider, M. Kennedy. (2011). The geological interpretation of well logs. 3th edition. Rider-French.
  • O. Serra. (1984). Fundamentals in well log interpretation: The acquisition of logging data. Elsevier.


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