Applying Fluid Inclusion Techniques to Petroleum E&P

Fluid inclusion techniques are flexible tools applicable to fundamental E&P problems.

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Applying Fluid Inclusion Techniques to Petroleum E&P

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Fluid inclusion techniques are flexible tools applicable to fundamental E&P problems. It can help increase the understanding of the petroleum system and help manage E&P risk by assessing the present and past distribution of petroleum, its sources and its characteristics. Fluid inclusion stratigraphy can help high-grade present and future prospects.

This three-day course consist of lecture material that covers the application of fluid inclusion stratigraphy, which provides the means of analyzing organic and inorganic fluid species within fluid inclusions trapped in cuttings, core or outcrop samples. The program shall discuss how fluid inclusion techniques can provide a unique view of petroleum and diagnetic processes operating from basin to reservoir scale.

The program covers the technical drivers of fluid inclusion techniques - its various types, constraints, attributes, and the advantages & limitations during application. Fluid Inclusion petrography, microthermometry, and chemistry will also be covered. This will discuss its application to estimation of basin maturity, relation to fluid source, API gravity determination, and linkage of microthermometric data to basin models. Fluid Inclusion Stratigraphy will also be presented, following with detailed analysis and interpretation of FIS Data. Analysis of fluid inclusion gases and liquids visa CSIA and GCMS methods will also be presented. Lastly, various conventional and unconventional data and interpretation from regional studies will be covered in the program as examples of FIS application.

COURSE PRESENTATION

The program will be delivered by Dr. Don Hall via WEBEX ONLINE SEMINAR platform, and will be supported with onsite lectures and exercises presented and facilitated by Dr. JC Chao and Mr. Barry Ringer. The class will be delivered with a balanced mix of practical case study projects and lecture series. Short class exercises illustrating important concepts will also be done across sessions.

Online Seminar Platform – WebEx by CISCO
Highspeed Internet (10Mbits-25Mbits) will be used. This is to ensure clear audio along with smooth presentation on screen
Set of Speaker will be provided to ensure onsite audio is clear
Microphone & Video Facilities will be provided for two-way facilitated Q&A session and dialogue

Training Objectives

LEARN the key technical drivers for applying fluid inclusion techniques - including attributes, advantages, and limitations when used for exploration and development
UNDERSTAND fluid inclusion, petrography, microthermometry, & chemistry (including API gravity), and its application to basin models, timing of charge and cementation, and detecting migration and paleo-accumulations
ANALYZE organic and inorganic fluid species within fluid inclusions trapped in cuttings, core or outcrop samples
APPLY fluid inclusion techniques to analysis of petroleum and diagnetic processes operations from basin to reservoir scale
UTILIZE interpretive principles learned during the course to understand a typical FIS report and its supporting data
INTERPRET and ANALYZE fluid inclusion for gases and liquids and for application to regional studies of conventional and unconventional data

Audiences

The course is designed for geoscience professionals who are in need of training in the application of analyzing organic and inorganic fluid species within fluid inclusions trapped in cuttings, core, or outcrop samples in the study of hydrocarbon reservoir rocks.

Geochemists / Geologists / Geoscientists
Exploration Geologists / Geophysicists/ Geoscientists
Development Geologists / Geophysicists/ Geoscientists
E&P Managers, Exploration Advisors, Technology Specialists

Instructor

DR. Donald Lewis Hall

Don is a seasoned professional has over 30 years of experience in the research field and oil and gas industry. He is currently the President of Fluid Inclusion Technologies Inc (FIT), which is a petroleum industry service company that specialized in laboratory analysis of trapped fluids in rock material, and advanced borehole gas analysis on drilling wells. The ultimate goal of these services is to enable clients to address petroleum systems and reservoir characterization problems.

Don has been responsible for helping define and implement the technical direction of FIT, and continues to be involved in the development and application of novel geochemical and petrologictechnologies for the energy industry. In FIT, he continues to develop and promote focused research and rock/fluid-based analytical programs to help address hydrocarbon exploration and production problems.

Don’s major research focuses on application of organic and inorganic geochemical data to petroleum exploration and exploitation problems and diagenetic studies. Of particular interest are techniques involving the use of fluid inclusions to aid in understanding petroleum systems. Hi other research centers on improving wellsite analysis of pore fluids and use of hydrothermal experimental techniques to constrain basin and reservoir processes. His teaching interests include general topics in petroleum geology, fluids in crustal processes, diagenesis, organic geochemistry, hydrothermal experimental techniques, fluid inclusion research, ore deposits/resources geology, reflected and transmitted light microscopy and metamorphic petrology.

Don received B.S. (1982) and M.S. (1985) degrees in geology from the University of California at Riverside, and a Ph.D. (1989) in geology from Virginia Tech. Before FIT, he was with Amoco Production Research in 1990 as a research scientist and worked on development and implementation of novel fluid inclusion instrumentation and techniques.

Daily Aims

I. INTRODUCTION TO FLUID INCLUSIONS

II. FLUID INCLUSION PETROGRAPHY, MICROTHERMOMETRY AND CHEMISTRY

III. FLUID INCLUSION STRATIGRAPHY (FIS; AKA FLUID INCLUSION VOLATILE ANALYSIS; FIV)

IV. EXTRACTION AND ANALYSIS OF FI GASES AND LIQUIDS VIA CSIA AND GC/GCMS

V. SELECTED DATA AND INTERPRETATIONS FROM REGIONAL STUDIES

VI. OPEN DISCUSSION & CLOSING SESSION

Training Schedule

Upcoming Trainings Past Trainings

Code	Start Date	End Date	Locations	Cost	Instructor
PST0352-201601	30 May, 2016	02 Jun, 2016	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	USD 2,895	DR. Donald Lewis Hall
PST0352-201501	07 Sept, 2015	09 Sept, 2015	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	USD 2,695	DR. Donald Lewis Hall

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