Course Details

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

• Petroleum, Reservoir, and Production Engineers
• Geologists and Geoscientists
• Wellsite Personnel and Logging Engineers
• Subsurface and Field Development Staff
• Technical Professionals involved in reservoir evaluation
• Anyone needing a practical introduction to petrophysical concepts

• 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 role of petrophysics in reservoir evaluation
• Describe rock and fluid properties that influence hydrocarbon storage and flow
• Interpret basic well logs for porosity, lithology, and saturation
• Apply Archie’s equation and fundamental interpretation methods
• Integrate core, log, and geological data for reservoir assessment
• Recognize uncertainties and limitations in petrophysical evaluations

DAY 1

Fundamentals of Petrophysics and Reservoir Rock Properties

• Role and scope of petrophysics in reservoir characterization 
• Relationship between geology, petrophysics, reservoir engineering, and production 
• Fundamentals of formation evaluation 
• Reservoir rock types and characteristics 
• Physical properties of reservoir rocks 
• Porosity and permeability concepts 
• Fluid saturation and reservoir fluid properties 
• Rock–fluid interactions and capillary pressure 
• Core analysis fundamentals and integration of core data 
• Introduction to well logging operations and petrophysical workflow

DAY 2

Well Logging Tools and Qualitative Formation Evaluation

• Principles of well log measurements 
• Wellbore environment and its impact on measurements 
• Standard logging suites and their applications 
• Gamma Ray and Spontaneous Potential logging 
• Resistivity logging principles and applications 
• Density, neutron, and sonic logging 
• Borehole imaging and nuclear logging methods 
• Environmental corrections and log quality assessment 
• Lithology and shale volume determination 
• Qualitative log interpretation and identification of reservoir, net pay, and hydrocarbon-bearing intervals
   

DAY 3

Quantitative Petrophysical Interpretation and Reservoir Evaluation

• Quantitative formation evaluation workflow 
• Porosity determination from well logs 
• Water saturation evaluation and Archie’s equation 
• Permeability estimation and fluid identification 
• Capillary pressure, wettability, and reservoir rock quality 
• Petrophysical rock typing and reservoir quality assessment 
• Integration of core, log, and pressure data 
• Carbonate, clastic, and shaly sand reservoir evaluation 
• Net pay, cut-off selection, and hydrocarbons in place 
• Uncertainty assessment, advanced logging technologies, and integrated reservoir evaluation case studies