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Practical Petroleum Geochemistry & Geology for Exploration, Drilling and Production

Introduction

Practical Petroleum Geochemistry & Geology for Exploration, Drilling and Production

Course Outline  

Module 1: Overview of oil production life cycle

• Global reserves
• The role of petrochemical in the society
• Production of petrochemical
• Trading in petrochemical products
• Geochemistry principles
• Fundamentals of geology
• Application of organic chemistry principles and methods to petroleum study
• Understanding hydrocarbon generation, migration, and accumulation processes within basins
• Integration of geochemical techniques with exploration provides 63% forecasting efficiency
• Petroleum geochemistry as inexpensive tool for reducing exploration risks

Module 2: Geology in petrochemical industry

• Where do fossils come from?
• Introduction to geology in relation to petrochemical
• How various rock types are formed
• Sedimentary basins formation
• Petroleum exploration
• Geophysical techniques: magnetic surveying and gravity
• Geological time
• 2D, 3D, and 4D seismic reading
• Surface geology involving field studies of rock outcrops for petroleum system elements
• Subsurface analysis using well data and seismic data for formation characterization
• Geophysical surveys including gravity, magnetic, and seismic methods for structural mapping
• Seismic surveys as most definitive geophysical means for subsurface representation

Module 3: Reservoir and Well Behaviour Changes

• Hydraulic fracturing
• Secondary oil recovery
• Enhanced oil recovery
• Reservoir drive mechanisms
• Tight oil
• Introduction to shale oil and shale gas
• Understanding Tar sands
• Unconventional petroleum deposits
• Accurate production cost estimation
• Accurate recovery cost estimation
• Understanding reservoir development and production through geochemical evaluation
• Molecular composition analysis for optimal recovery approach development
• Unconventional reservoir evaluation using advanced characterization technologies
• Flow assurance and phase behavior applications in production engineering

Module 4: Functions in Oil Operations

• Oil water separation
• Drilling operations and engineering
• Well stimulation and completion
• Volumetric estimation
• Field appraisal
• Drilling operations using rotary drilling systems with circulation systems
• Formation evaluation through drill stem tests and pressure data analysis
• Rock sampling through drill cuttings, coring operations, and sidewall coring
• Wireline logging for formation characterization and fluid identification

Module 5: Fiscal regimes, IOC’s and NOC’s

• Environmental safety measures
• Peak oil
• Ownership of hydrocarbons
• International oil companies (IOCs) and national oil companies (NOCs) structures
• Concession agreements and production sharing contracts
• Environmental regulations and carbon storage considerations
• Regulatory compliance and caprock integrity assessment

Module 6: Geopolitics

• Concessions
• Joint ventures
• Contracts
• Oil and gas pricing
• Driving forces for world energy supply and demand
• Carbon capture
• Global energy market dynamics and supply-demand balance
• International petroleum agreements and joint venture structures
• Carbon capture and storage applications in petroleum industry
• Geopolitical factors affecting petroleum exploration and production

Module 7: Geochemistry History

• The beginning of geochemistry
• Petroleum systems
• Petroleum analysis
• Petrochemical concepts
• Oil chemistry analysis
• Drilled well geochemistry
• Reservoir geochemistry
• Surface geochemistry
• Source rock analysis including screening analysis and Rock-Eval pyrolysis
• Oil-to-source rock correlation using GCMS biomarker fingerprinting
• Aromatic hydrocarbons and diamondoid analysis by GCMS
• Surface seep analysis for indirect subsurface hydrocarbon information

Module 8: Unconventional Petroleum Resource Assessment

• Gas coal bed methane
• Tight oil
• Heavy oil
• Shale methane
• Natural gas
• Biogenic gas
• Source rocks and their characteristics
• Geochemical interpretation
• Oil source rock correlation
• Source rock evaluation using organic petrography and detailed hydrocarbon analysis
• Biomarkers and molecular markers for fluid origin determination
• Geochemical fingerprinting for reservoir fluid analysis and characterization
• Gas and liquid stable isotope analysis for unconventional resource evaluation

Who Should Attend?

This Practical Petroleum Geochemistry & Geology course is designed for:

• Economics, finance, and legal professionals
• Management and admirative personnel’s who are interested in understanding geochemistry and geology for petrochemicals
• Technical support personnel’s
• New engineers
• Geologists
• Geophysicists
• Graduate students joining petroleum industry
• Reservoir engineers
• Petroleum systems analysts and exploration geologists
• Geochemists and production development specialists
• Project managers and coordinators involved in exploration and production