Fractured Reservoir Modeling with application to Fractured Basement

This course provides a unique opportunity to learn all the aspects related to the understanding and modeling of fractured reservoirs.

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Fractured Reservoir Modeling with application to Fractured Basement

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This course provides a unique opportunity to learn all the aspects related to the understanding and modeling of fractured reservoirs. Participants will gain knowledge of how fractured reservoirs differ from conventional reservoirs, and how to approach their fractured reservoir projects in a systematic manner. The workshop covers all the aspects of modeling fractured reservoirs. Emphasis will be given to basement reservoirs and their characteristic.

Using actual data from Teapot Dome, (WY, USA), the geoscientist will be able to construct fracture models that integrate geology, geophysics and reservoir engineering. Emphasis will be given to the critical use of seismic attributes derived from inversion, volumetric curvature and spectral imaging. Using actual Teapot Dome field data from the Tensleep and Niobrara Shale formations, which features complex fractured formations, the workshop allows the geoscientist to identify fractures and to construct predictive 3D fracture models that can be used to identify productive zones, plan wells and to create fracture porosity and permeability models for reservoir simulation.

A multidisciplinary approach to the study of these reservoirs will be stressed. Participants will learn what controls the performance of fractured reservoirs and the type of data which are required to manage them.

This is the only course in the world where attendees use a real software to build fracture models that are validated with blind wells. No other fracturing modeling technology can do that and no other course offer this hands-on approach with these data sets, where students will leave the class with confidence that they can do it because they have already done it in this course on actual data.

Training Objectives

UNDERSTAND all geological and seismic aspects related to modeling fractured reservoirs
ANALYZE the characteristics of basement fractured reservoirs
GENERATE actual reservoir models from a real case study data set
INTEGRATE geology, geophysics, and reservoir engineering concepts in application to a sound reservoir model for complex fractured reservoirs and basement
OVERCOME the challenges in modeling fractured reservoirs through the use of post-stack narrow azimuth seismic
IDENTIFY fractures and model their density and orientation
RECOGNIZE productive zones , plan wells, and create fracture porosity and permeability models for reservoir simulation

Audiences

The course is designed for those who deal with fractured reservoirs and those who need to develop them using all types of available data. The course will be very useful to all geoscientists involved in clastics, carbonates, and shale plays where fractures play a major role, such as :

Geophysicists
Geologists & Geoscientists
Reservoir Engineers
Geomodellers

Instructor

Ahmed Ouenes

Ahmed is the founder and CEO of FracGeo, a technology company that specializes in improving the development of unconventional reservoirs. He has occupied different positions in consulting, academia, R&D, software development, and operating oil and gas fields. Ahmed’s main interest is the development of improved reservoir characterization technologies. He has been focusing lately on new ways to integrate geomechanics with geology and geophysics to predict microseismic events as well as permeability and proppant distribution in the SRV regions for unconventional reservoirs. In the past, Ahmed was a Global Director at SIGMA CUBED and also the founder and president of Prism Seismic, a software and consulting company sold in 2011 to the Symphony Technology Group that formed the SIGMA CUBED group. Previously he was Chief Reservoir Engineer at (RC)2 where he developed the first commercial software for the Continuous Fracture Modeling (CFM) technology. Ahmed was also Executive Vice President of an independent oil and gas producer. Ahmed has successfully characterized and simulated more than 100 fractured reservoirs around the world.

Ahmed graduated from Ecole Centrale de Paris and holds a Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from New Mexico Tech. He is the author of more than 70 papers on various complex reservoir studies and new reservoir modeling techniques that covers a wide range of specialties including wettability, geostatistics, upscaling, reservoir simulation and history matching, artificial intelligence, advanced geophysics, fracture modeling, geomechanics and software development. He teaches fracture modeling courses for AAPG, CSEG and other professional organizations.

Daily Aims

I. Fractures and Their Effects

Introduction: Fracture Types
Fractures in Cores
Fractures in Outcrops
Geomechanics and Fractures
Production from Fractured Reservoirs

II. Modeling Fractured Reservoirs

Introduction: Fracture Types
Fractures in Cores
Fractures in Outcrops
Geomechanics and Fractures
Production from Fractured Reservoirs
Fractures in Basement Reservoirs

III. Seismic Attributes for Fracture Modeling

Post-stack Attributes
Pre-stack Seismic Attributes
Azimuthal Anisotropy
Seismic Attributes in Fractured Basement

IV. Integrated Workflow for Modeling Fractured Reservoirs

Integrated Workflow Applied to Fractured Reservoirs
Hands-on Application : 2 Different Dataset from the Teapot Dome (WY)
Fractured Basement Case Studies

V. Development and Production Preparation

Predicting and Imaging Production Spots
Determining Optimum Well Paths
Preparation for Simulation
Predicting Production and Development Problems by Reservoir Types
Critical Consideration in Designing Depletion Scenarios in Fractured Reservoirs

Training Schedule

Upcoming Trainings Past Trainings

Code	Start Date	End Date	Locations	Cost	Instructor
PST0275-201601	25 Apr, 2016	29 Apr, 2016	Bandung, Indonesia	USD 4,295	Ahmed Ouenes
PST0275-201501	20 Apr, 2015	24 Apr, 2015	Bandung, Indonesia	SGD 5,995	Ahmed Ouenes
PST0275-201401	18 Aug, 2014	22 Aug, 2014	–	USD 4,495	Ahmed Ouenes
PST0275	07 Oct, 2013	11 Oct, 2013	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	SGD 5,995	Ahmed Ouenes

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