COURSE OVERVIEW

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. 

 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of carbonate geology and petrophysics including field trips. It covers basic nature of carbonates and carbonate facies models; the basic concepts of sequence stratigraph; the relationship of stratigraphic patterns to changes in subsidence rates; the sequence stratigraphic models including the ramp, the rimmed shelf, the escarpment margin, the isolated platform and the mixed carbonate-siliciclastic shelf; and the characteristics of carbonate pore systems. 

 

During this interactive course, participants will learn the diagenesis, porosity evolution and porosity distribution at the time of burial; the fate of early-formed porosity during burial; the potential value of dolomitization including by hydrothermal processes; the problem of H2S in carbonate reservoirs; the natural fractures in carbonates case and discuss histories and exercises from the Americas, Europe, and Asia; and the exploration and exploitation strategies in carbonate and mixed terrains.