Course Details

This course is appropriate for a wide range of professionals but not limited to:

• Geologists and Geoscientists
• Reservoir and Petroleum Engineers
• Drilling, Completion, and Production Engineers
• Wellsite Geologists and Logging Personnel
• Technical Staff involved in subsurface evaluation
• Anyone needing a foundational understanding of well logging

• Expert-led sessions with dynamic visual aids
• Comprehensive course manual to support practical application and reinforcement
• Interactive discussions addressing participants’ real-world projects and challenges
• Insightful case studies and proven best practices to enhance learning

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Understand the principles and purpose of well logging
• Identify the major types of open-hole and cased-hole logging tools
• Interpret basic measurements for lithology, porosity, and fluid saturation
• Integrate logging data with cores and seismic information
• Detect hydrocarbons using resistivity, porosity, and advanced logs
• Recognize limitations, uncertainties, and operational considerations

DAY 1

Introduction to Well Logging and Measurement Principles

• Welcome and Introduction
• Pre-Test
• Overview of Well Logging in Formation Evaluation
• Open-Hole vs. Cased-Hole Logging
• Basic Logging Concepts: Depth, Calibration, Environmental Corrections
• Lithology Indicators and Formation Evaluation Workflow
• Exercise

DAY 2

Porosity and Density Logs

• Density Logging: Principles, Compensated Density Tools
• Neutron Porosity Log Interpretation
• Sonic Logs: Transit Time, Porosity, Lithology
• Environmental and Borehole Effects
• Integration of Porosity Logs
• Exercise

DAY 3

Resistivity and Saturation Logs

• Resistivity Tools: Laterolog, Induction, Micro-Resistivity
• Influence of Formation Water Salinity and Temperature
• Archie Equation and Water Saturation Calculations
• Hydrocarbon Detection Using Resistivity-Porosity Crossplots
• Limitations in Complex Reservoirs (Carbonates, Shaly Sands)
• Exercise

DAY 4

Specialty and Advanced Logging Tools

• NMR Logging: Principles and Applications
• Gamma Ray Spectroscopy and Elemental Analysis
• Image Logs (FMI): Fractures, Bedding, Dip Interpretation
• Formation Pressure and Sampling Tools (MDT/RFT)
• Cased-Hole Logging: Cement Evaluation, Production Logging
• Exercise

DAY 5

Formation Evaluation Integration and Course Wrap-up

• Integrating Logs, Cores, and Seismic Data
• Quick-Look Evaluation Techniques
• Common Interpretation Pitfalls and Quality Control
• Application of Logs in Reservoir Characterization
• Post-Test
• Certificate Ceremony