Applied Rock Mechanics - ARM

Forecasting oil production; Defining: "reserves", operating expenses, capital expenditures, inflation, factors effecting oil and gas prices; Cash flow techniques; Economic criteria: interest, hurdle rate, time value of money, selection, ranking criteria; Risk, uncertainty: types of risk, mathematical techniques, probabilistic models, uncertainty in economic analysis; Tips on economic factors in computer spreadsheet analysis; Ethics in economic analyses

Planning including requirements for the completion and testing, AFE preparation; HSE at the rig site; Cost control, evaluating alternative drilling methods and maximizing penetration rate; Hole cleaning, sloughing shale, lost circulation, stuck pipe and fishing operations; Drilling fluids; Lifting capacity of drilling fluids, pressure losses in the circulating system and ECD; Maximizing hydraulics in the planning phase and at the rig; Bit selection and application; Casing and drill string design, selection of casing seats, BOP equipment; Cement, cement additives and displacement mechanics; Deviation control, directional drilling and horizontal drilling; Pressure control, routine and special problems; Project post analysis

Objectives of integration; Key rock properties for formation evaluation; Impact of depositional environment and rock properties; Petrophysical rock type; Texture, porosity and permeability; Clay impact; Summary of basic logging tools; Subsurface rock sampling; Use of subsurface pressure data and evaluation; Relative permeability; Capillary pressure application to pay determination; Basic methodology for an integrated interpretation; Rock typing; Catalog approach; Clastic and carbonate rock types; Important reservoir rock parameters; Cementation and saturation components - CEC - fluid sensitivity; Review of production profiles; Overview of pressure transient analysis; Calculation of VClay/Vshale calibration of core and logs; Calculation of porosity using porosity Logs in complex lithologies; What is effective porosity?; Calculation of SW using different methods; Determining pay and pay classes

Comparison of Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs; Worldwide Heavy Oil Resources and Occurrences; Bitumen and Heavy Oil Definitions and Introduction; Geology, History and Development of Canada Oil Sands; Oil Sand Characteristics and Development Strategies; Oil Sand Mining Details and Reclamation; Oil Sands In-situ Project Review; Introduction of Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD); Other Commercial Thermal In-situ Methodologies; Environmental Challenges for Heavy Oil Resources; Geology and Overview of Venezuela and Trinidad Heavy Oil Resources; Commercial Application of Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) in Venezuela; Introduction of United States Heavy Oil Occurrences (Utah, California and Texas)

Forecasting oil production; Defining: "reserves", operating expenses, capital expenditures, inflation, factors effecting oil and gas prices; Cash flow techniques; Economic criteria: interest, hurdle rate, time value of money, selection, ranking criteria; Risk, uncertainty: types of risk, mathematical techniques, probabilistic models, uncertainty in economic analysis; Tips on economic factors in computer spreadsheet analysis; Ethics in economic analyses

Planning including requirements for the completion and testing, AFE preparation; HSE at the rig site; Cost control, evaluating alternative drilling methods and maximizing penetration rate; Hole cleaning, sloughing shale, lost circulation, stuck pipe and fishing operations; Drilling fluids; Lifting capacity of drilling fluids, pressure losses in the circulating system and ECD; Maximizing hydraulics in the planning phase and at the rig; Bit selection and application; Casing and drill string design, selection of casing seats, BOP equipment; Cement, cement additives and displacement mechanics; Deviation control, directional drilling and horizontal drilling; Pressure control, routine and special problems; Project post analysis

Objectives of integration; Key rock properties for formation evaluation; Impact of depositional environment and rock properties; Petrophysical rock type; Texture, porosity and permeability; Clay impact; Summary of basic logging tools; Subsurface rock sampling; Use of subsurface pressure data and evaluation; Relative permeability; Capillary pressure application to pay determination; Basic methodology for an integrated interpretation; Rock typing; Catalog approach; Clastic and carbonate rock types; Important reservoir rock parameters; Cementation and saturation components - CEC - fluid sensitivity; Review of production profiles; Overview of pressure transient analysis; Calculation of VClay/Vshale calibration of core and logs; Calculation of porosity using porosity Logs in complex lithologies; What is effective porosity?; Calculation of SW using different methods; Determining pay and pay classes

Comparison of Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs; Worldwide Heavy Oil Resources and Occurrences; Bitumen and Heavy Oil Definitions and Introduction; Geology, History and Development of Canada Oil Sands; Oil Sand Characteristics and Development Strategies; Oil Sand Mining Details and Reclamation; Oil Sands In-situ Project Review; Introduction of Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD); Other Commercial Thermal In-situ Methodologies; Environmental Challenges for Heavy Oil Resources; Geology and Overview of Venezuela and Trinidad Heavy Oil Resources; Commercial Application of Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) in Venezuela; Introduction of United States Heavy Oil Occurrences (Utah, California and Texas)

Forecasting oil production; Defining: "reserves", operating expenses, capital expenditures, inflation, factors effecting oil and gas prices; Cash flow techniques; Economic criteria: interest, hurdle rate, time value of money, selection, ranking criteria; Risk, uncertainty: types of risk, mathematical techniques, probabilistic models, uncertainty in economic analysis; Tips on economic factors in computer spreadsheet analysis; Ethics in economic analyses

Planning including requirements for the completion and testing, AFE preparation; HSE at the rig site; Cost control, evaluating alternative drilling methods and maximizing penetration rate; Hole cleaning, sloughing shale, lost circulation, stuck pipe and fishing operations; Drilling fluids; Lifting capacity of drilling fluids, pressure losses in the circulating system and ECD; Maximizing hydraulics in the planning phase and at the rig; Bit selection and application; Casing and drill string design, selection of casing seats, BOP equipment; Cement, cement additives and displacement mechanics; Deviation control, directional drilling and horizontal drilling; Pressure control, routine and special problems; Project post analysis

Objectives of integration; Key rock properties for formation evaluation; Impact of depositional environment and rock properties; Petrophysical rock type; Texture, porosity and permeability; Clay impact; Summary of basic logging tools; Subsurface rock sampling; Use of subsurface pressure data and evaluation; Relative permeability; Capillary pressure application to pay determination; Basic methodology for an integrated interpretation; Rock typing; Catalog approach; Clastic and carbonate rock types; Important reservoir rock parameters; Cementation and saturation components - CEC - fluid sensitivity; Review of production profiles; Overview of pressure transient analysis; Calculation of VClay/Vshale calibration of core and logs; Calculation of porosity using porosity Logs in complex lithologies; What is effective porosity?; Calculation of SW using different methods; Determining pay and pay classes

Comparison of Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs; Worldwide Heavy Oil Resources and Occurrences; Bitumen and Heavy Oil Definitions and Introduction; Geology, History and Development of Canada Oil Sands; Oil Sand Characteristics and Development Strategies; Oil Sand Mining Details and Reclamation; Oil Sands In-situ Project Review; Introduction of Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD); Other Commercial Thermal In-situ Methodologies; Environmental Challenges for Heavy Oil Resources; Geology and Overview of Venezuela and Trinidad Heavy Oil Resources; Commercial Application of Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) in Venezuela; Introduction of United States Heavy Oil Occurrences (Utah, California and Texas)

Forecasting oil production; Defining: "reserves", operating expenses, capital expenditures, inflation, factors effecting oil and gas prices; Cash flow techniques; Economic criteria: interest, hurdle rate, time value of money, selection, ranking criteria; Risk, uncertainty: types of risk, mathematical techniques, probabilistic models, uncertainty in economic analysis; Tips on economic factors in computer spreadsheet analysis; Ethics in economic analyses

Planning including requirements for the completion and testing, AFE preparation; HSE at the rig site; Cost control, evaluating alternative drilling methods and maximizing penetration rate; Hole cleaning, sloughing shale, lost circulation, stuck pipe and fishing operations; Drilling fluids; Lifting capacity of drilling fluids, pressure losses in the circulating system and ECD; Maximizing hydraulics in the planning phase and at the rig; Bit selection and application; Casing and drill string design, selection of casing seats, BOP equipment; Cement, cement additives and displacement mechanics; Deviation control, directional drilling and horizontal drilling; Pressure control, routine and special problems; Project post analysis

Objectives of integration; Key rock properties for formation evaluation; Impact of depositional environment and rock properties; Petrophysical rock type; Texture, porosity and permeability; Clay impact; Summary of basic logging tools; Subsurface rock sampling; Use of subsurface pressure data and evaluation; Relative permeability; Capillary pressure application to pay determination; Basic methodology for an integrated interpretation; Rock typing; Catalog approach; Clastic and carbonate rock types; Important reservoir rock parameters; Cementation and saturation components - CEC - fluid sensitivity; Review of production profiles; Overview of pressure transient analysis; Calculation of VClay/Vshale calibration of core and logs; Calculation of porosity using porosity Logs in complex lithologies; What is effective porosity?; Calculation of SW using different methods; Determining pay and pay classes

Comparison of Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs; Worldwide Heavy Oil Resources and Occurrences; Bitumen and Heavy Oil Definitions and Introduction; Geology, History and Development of Canada Oil Sands; Oil Sand Characteristics and Development Strategies; Oil Sand Mining Details and Reclamation; Oil Sands In-situ Project Review; Introduction of Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD); Other Commercial Thermal In-situ Methodologies; Environmental Challenges for Heavy Oil Resources; Geology and Overview of Venezuela and Trinidad Heavy Oil Resources; Commercial Application of Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) in Venezuela; Introduction of United States Heavy Oil Occurrences (Utah, California and Texas)