Basic Petroleum Geology - BG

Introduction to rock mechanics and geomechanical principals; Basic mechanics: Stress and strain, elasticity - linear and non-linear effects, brittle and ductile rock behavior, poroelasticity, time-dependent-effects - consolidation and creep, normal and shear forces, hoop stresses, the Kirsch solution, 2-D and 3-D stress components, tensors, the stress ellipsoid, and basic rock failure (Mohr-Coulomb theory); Rock mechanical properties: Ability to bear stresses - compressive strength, tensile strength, deformation response to stresses - elastic moduli, Poisson's ratio; Pressure, stresses, and loads: Principal stresses, in-situ stress regime, total-stress and effective-stress, temperature effects, nature and origin of pore pressure; Geomechanics and structural geology: Faulting and folding, tectonics, regional structural analysis, regional and localized stress; Wellbore and field measurement of in-situ (earth) stresses: Stresses around boreholes, overburden stress, horizontal stresses, leakoff tests, mini-frac tests, formation testers, other pressure transient techniques, and tool deployment; Overview of common rock mechanics tests (lab demonstrations): unconfined compression, triaxial compression, hydrostatic compression, poly-axial, multi-stage triaxial, thick-walled cylinder, direct tensile strength, indirect (Brazilian) tensile strength, direct shear, uniaxial strain (compaction), and "quick look" (rock hardness) and "scratch" tests; Stress orientation techniques: Geological/mapping methods, wireline logging techniques, analastic strain recovery, differential strain curve analysis, acoustic anisotropy; Elastic, plastic, and viscous models of rock behavior: Deformation mechanisms and common models used in petroleum related rock mechanics; Borehole stability: Borehole stresses, wellbore placement, shale characterization, review of borehole stability models, high angle and horizontal drilling, pilot hole evaluation, multi-lateral wellbores, borehole breakouts, fluid-related instability, drilling through depleted zones and casing shoe decisions, stuck pipe, and case histories (software demonstration); Sand control: Review of sand production mechanisms, completion techniques in unstable formations, gravel pack design, special liners and screens, and case histories; Fracture mechanics: Naturally fractured reservoirs, hydraulic fracturing, stimulation options, and case history; Reservoir engineering applications: Compaction drive, reservoir compaction and compressibility, subsidence, casing shear, depletion and effective stress, and case history; Wireline log predicted mechanical properties: density logging, acoustic logging, Biot theory, dipole and multi-pole (dynamic) acoustic logging, seismic data and Amplitude Versus Offset (AVO), and shear- and compressional-wave anistropy (lab demonstration); Data integration

Minerals and rocks; Plate tectonics; Geological times; Weathering and erosion; Deposition; Diagenesis; Reservoirs; Structural geology and petroleum; Origin, migration, and trapping of petroleum

Reservoir fluid properties; Coring practices and rock properties; Fundamentals of fluid flow; Reservoir fluid distribution; Reservoir classification; Reservoir drive mechanisms; Oil and gas well performance; Pressure buildup analysis; Oil displacement concepts; Estimation of oil-in-place and gas-in-place; Recovery techniques

Compressional structural styles and their plate-tectonic habitats; Wrench assemblage; Transpressive structures; Detached (thin-skinned) styles including forearc, backarc, collisional, and deep-water thrust-fold belts; Basement-involved styles including compressional drape folds, predictive models for rotated blocks and subthrust plays; Inversion; Structural validation criteria; Selecting the best balancing and restoration technique; Flexural-slip restoration; Area-depth technique for section validation, depth to detachment, bed-length changes and fault prediction; Fault-bend folds; Fault-tip folds; Fault-propagation folds; Detachment folds; Buckle folds and the break-fold model; Duplexes; Triangle zones; Growth folds; Fracturing in compressional structures; Summary of oil and gas fields

Assessing source rock quality, maturity, and petroleum-generating potential; Correlation: oil-to-oil, oil-to-source rock, gases-to-source rock; Applications of mud gas isotope data and mud gas compositions; Assessment of reservoir continuity, lateral and vertical changes in oil gravity and viscosity; Geochemical assessment of frac height; Geochemical allocation of commingled production; Worldwide exploration and production case studies; Determining the origin of hydrocarbon gases found in aquifers; Project planning using actual case studies

The role and function of the leader, supervisor and manager; Understanding and applying essential behavioral management concepts; Understanding and increasing employee motivation; Understanding and applying leadership concepts; Effectively supervising a diverse workforce; Basic skills in interpersonal communications; Performance management; Coaching; Working with difficult employees; Goal Setting; Empowering subordinates; Creating positive and functional thinking about work; Making ongoing change for growth and improvement; Taking personal responsibility; Developing personal plans to improve team effectiveness

Introduction to rock mechanics and geomechanical principals; Basic mechanics: Stress and strain, elasticity - linear and non-linear effects, brittle and ductile rock behavior, poroelasticity, time-dependent-effects - consolidation and creep, normal and shear forces, hoop stresses, the Kirsch solution, 2-D and 3-D stress components, tensors, the stress ellipsoid, and basic rock failure (Mohr-Coulomb theory); Rock mechanical properties: Ability to bear stresses - compressive strength, tensile strength, deformation response to stresses - elastic moduli, Poisson's ratio; Pressure, stresses, and loads: Principal stresses, in-situ stress regime, total-stress and effective-stress, temperature effects, nature and origin of pore pressure; Geomechanics and structural geology: Faulting and folding, tectonics, regional structural analysis, regional and localized stress; Wellbore and field measurement of in-situ (earth) stresses: Stresses around boreholes, overburden stress, horizontal stresses, leakoff tests, mini-frac tests, formation testers, other pressure transient techniques, and tool deployment; Overview of common rock mechanics tests (lab demonstrations): unconfined compression, triaxial compression, hydrostatic compression, poly-axial, multi-stage triaxial, thick-walled cylinder, direct tensile strength, indirect (Brazilian) tensile strength, direct shear, uniaxial strain (compaction), and "quick look" (rock hardness) and "scratch" tests; Stress orientation techniques: Geological/mapping methods, wireline logging techniques, analastic strain recovery, differential strain curve analysis, acoustic anisotropy; Elastic, plastic, and viscous models of rock behavior: Deformation mechanisms and common models used in petroleum related rock mechanics; Borehole stability: Borehole stresses, wellbore placement, shale characterization, review of borehole stability models, high angle and horizontal drilling, pilot hole evaluation, multi-lateral wellbores, borehole breakouts, fluid-related instability, drilling through depleted zones and casing shoe decisions, stuck pipe, and case histories (software demonstration); Sand control: Review of sand production mechanisms, completion techniques in unstable formations, gravel pack design, special liners and screens, and case histories; Fracture mechanics: Naturally fractured reservoirs, hydraulic fracturing, stimulation options, and case history; Reservoir engineering applications: Compaction drive, reservoir compaction and compressibility, subsidence, casing shear, depletion and effective stress, and case history; Wireline log predicted mechanical properties: density logging, acoustic logging, Biot theory, dipole and multi-pole (dynamic) acoustic logging, seismic data and Amplitude Versus Offset (AVO), and shear- and compressional-wave anistropy (lab demonstration); Data integration

Minerals and rocks; Plate tectonics; Geological times; Weathering and erosion; Deposition; Diagenesis; Reservoirs; Structural geology and petroleum; Origin, migration, and trapping of petroleum

Reservoir fluid properties; Coring practices and rock properties; Fundamentals of fluid flow; Reservoir fluid distribution; Reservoir classification; Reservoir drive mechanisms; Oil and gas well performance; Pressure buildup analysis; Oil displacement concepts; Estimation of oil-in-place and gas-in-place; Recovery techniques

Compressional structural styles and their plate-tectonic habitats; Wrench assemblage; Transpressive structures; Detached (thin-skinned) styles including forearc, backarc, collisional, and deep-water thrust-fold belts; Basement-involved styles including compressional drape folds, predictive models for rotated blocks and subthrust plays; Inversion; Structural validation criteria; Selecting the best balancing and restoration technique; Flexural-slip restoration; Area-depth technique for section validation, depth to detachment, bed-length changes and fault prediction; Fault-bend folds; Fault-tip folds; Fault-propagation folds; Detachment folds; Buckle folds and the break-fold model; Duplexes; Triangle zones; Growth folds; Fracturing in compressional structures; Summary of oil and gas fields

Assessing source rock quality, maturity, and petroleum-generating potential; Correlation: oil-to-oil, oil-to-source rock, gases-to-source rock; Applications of mud gas isotope data and mud gas compositions; Assessment of reservoir continuity, lateral and vertical changes in oil gravity and viscosity; Geochemical assessment of frac height; Geochemical allocation of commingled production; Worldwide exploration and production case studies; Determining the origin of hydrocarbon gases found in aquifers; Project planning using actual case studies

The role and function of the leader, supervisor and manager; Understanding and applying essential behavioral management concepts; Understanding and increasing employee motivation; Understanding and applying leadership concepts; Effectively supervising a diverse workforce; Basic skills in interpersonal communications; Performance management; Coaching; Working with difficult employees; Goal Setting; Empowering subordinates; Creating positive and functional thinking about work; Making ongoing change for growth and improvement; Taking personal responsibility; Developing personal plans to improve team effectiveness

Introduction to rock mechanics and geomechanical principals; Basic mechanics: Stress and strain, elasticity - linear and non-linear effects, brittle and ductile rock behavior, poroelasticity, time-dependent-effects - consolidation and creep, normal and shear forces, hoop stresses, the Kirsch solution, 2-D and 3-D stress components, tensors, the stress ellipsoid, and basic rock failure (Mohr-Coulomb theory); Rock mechanical properties: Ability to bear stresses - compressive strength, tensile strength, deformation response to stresses - elastic moduli, Poisson's ratio; Pressure, stresses, and loads: Principal stresses, in-situ stress regime, total-stress and effective-stress, temperature effects, nature and origin of pore pressure; Geomechanics and structural geology: Faulting and folding, tectonics, regional structural analysis, regional and localized stress; Wellbore and field measurement of in-situ (earth) stresses: Stresses around boreholes, overburden stress, horizontal stresses, leakoff tests, mini-frac tests, formation testers, other pressure transient techniques, and tool deployment; Overview of common rock mechanics tests (lab demonstrations): unconfined compression, triaxial compression, hydrostatic compression, poly-axial, multi-stage triaxial, thick-walled cylinder, direct tensile strength, indirect (Brazilian) tensile strength, direct shear, uniaxial strain (compaction), and "quick look" (rock hardness) and "scratch" tests; Stress orientation techniques: Geological/mapping methods, wireline logging techniques, analastic strain recovery, differential strain curve analysis, acoustic anisotropy; Elastic, plastic, and viscous models of rock behavior: Deformation mechanisms and common models used in petroleum related rock mechanics; Borehole stability: Borehole stresses, wellbore placement, shale characterization, review of borehole stability models, high angle and horizontal drilling, pilot hole evaluation, multi-lateral wellbores, borehole breakouts, fluid-related instability, drilling through depleted zones and casing shoe decisions, stuck pipe, and case histories (software demonstration); Sand control: Review of sand production mechanisms, completion techniques in unstable formations, gravel pack design, special liners and screens, and case histories; Fracture mechanics: Naturally fractured reservoirs, hydraulic fracturing, stimulation options, and case history; Reservoir engineering applications: Compaction drive, reservoir compaction and compressibility, subsidence, casing shear, depletion and effective stress, and case history; Wireline log predicted mechanical properties: density logging, acoustic logging, Biot theory, dipole and multi-pole (dynamic) acoustic logging, seismic data and Amplitude Versus Offset (AVO), and shear- and compressional-wave anistropy (lab demonstration); Data integration

Minerals and rocks; Plate tectonics; Geological times; Weathering and erosion; Deposition; Diagenesis; Reservoirs; Structural geology and petroleum; Origin, migration, and trapping of petroleum

Reservoir fluid properties; Coring practices and rock properties; Fundamentals of fluid flow; Reservoir fluid distribution; Reservoir classification; Reservoir drive mechanisms; Oil and gas well performance; Pressure buildup analysis; Oil displacement concepts; Estimation of oil-in-place and gas-in-place; Recovery techniques

Compressional structural styles and their plate-tectonic habitats; Wrench assemblage; Transpressive structures; Detached (thin-skinned) styles including forearc, backarc, collisional, and deep-water thrust-fold belts; Basement-involved styles including compressional drape folds, predictive models for rotated blocks and subthrust plays; Inversion; Structural validation criteria; Selecting the best balancing and restoration technique; Flexural-slip restoration; Area-depth technique for section validation, depth to detachment, bed-length changes and fault prediction; Fault-bend folds; Fault-tip folds; Fault-propagation folds; Detachment folds; Buckle folds and the break-fold model; Duplexes; Triangle zones; Growth folds; Fracturing in compressional structures; Summary of oil and gas fields

Assessing source rock quality, maturity, and petroleum-generating potential; Correlation: oil-to-oil, oil-to-source rock, gases-to-source rock; Applications of mud gas isotope data and mud gas compositions; Assessment of reservoir continuity, lateral and vertical changes in oil gravity and viscosity; Geochemical assessment of frac height; Geochemical allocation of commingled production; Worldwide exploration and production case studies; Determining the origin of hydrocarbon gases found in aquifers; Project planning using actual case studies

The role and function of the leader, supervisor and manager; Understanding and applying essential behavioral management concepts; Understanding and increasing employee motivation; Understanding and applying leadership concepts; Effectively supervising a diverse workforce; Basic skills in interpersonal communications; Performance management; Coaching; Working with difficult employees; Goal Setting; Empowering subordinates; Creating positive and functional thinking about work; Making ongoing change for growth and improvement; Taking personal responsibility; Developing personal plans to improve team effectiveness

Introduction to rock mechanics and geomechanical principals; Basic mechanics: Stress and strain, elasticity - linear and non-linear effects, brittle and ductile rock behavior, poroelasticity, time-dependent-effects - consolidation and creep, normal and shear forces, hoop stresses, the Kirsch solution, 2-D and 3-D stress components, tensors, the stress ellipsoid, and basic rock failure (Mohr-Coulomb theory); Rock mechanical properties: Ability to bear stresses - compressive strength, tensile strength, deformation response to stresses - elastic moduli, Poisson's ratio; Pressure, stresses, and loads: Principal stresses, in-situ stress regime, total-stress and effective-stress, temperature effects, nature and origin of pore pressure; Geomechanics and structural geology: Faulting and folding, tectonics, regional structural analysis, regional and localized stress; Wellbore and field measurement of in-situ (earth) stresses: Stresses around boreholes, overburden stress, horizontal stresses, leakoff tests, mini-frac tests, formation testers, other pressure transient techniques, and tool deployment; Overview of common rock mechanics tests (lab demonstrations): unconfined compression, triaxial compression, hydrostatic compression, poly-axial, multi-stage triaxial, thick-walled cylinder, direct tensile strength, indirect (Brazilian) tensile strength, direct shear, uniaxial strain (compaction), and "quick look" (rock hardness) and "scratch" tests; Stress orientation techniques: Geological/mapping methods, wireline logging techniques, analastic strain recovery, differential strain curve analysis, acoustic anisotropy; Elastic, plastic, and viscous models of rock behavior: Deformation mechanisms and common models used in petroleum related rock mechanics; Borehole stability: Borehole stresses, wellbore placement, shale characterization, review of borehole stability models, high angle and horizontal drilling, pilot hole evaluation, multi-lateral wellbores, borehole breakouts, fluid-related instability, drilling through depleted zones and casing shoe decisions, stuck pipe, and case histories (software demonstration); Sand control: Review of sand production mechanisms, completion techniques in unstable formations, gravel pack design, special liners and screens, and case histories; Fracture mechanics: Naturally fractured reservoirs, hydraulic fracturing, stimulation options, and case history; Reservoir engineering applications: Compaction drive, reservoir compaction and compressibility, subsidence, casing shear, depletion and effective stress, and case history; Wireline log predicted mechanical properties: density logging, acoustic logging, Biot theory, dipole and multi-pole (dynamic) acoustic logging, seismic data and Amplitude Versus Offset (AVO), and shear- and compressional-wave anistropy (lab demonstration); Data integration

Minerals and rocks; Plate tectonics; Geological times; Weathering and erosion; Deposition; Diagenesis; Reservoirs; Structural geology and petroleum; Origin, migration, and trapping of petroleum

Reservoir fluid properties; Coring practices and rock properties; Fundamentals of fluid flow; Reservoir fluid distribution; Reservoir classification; Reservoir drive mechanisms; Oil and gas well performance; Pressure buildup analysis; Oil displacement concepts; Estimation of oil-in-place and gas-in-place; Recovery techniques

Compressional structural styles and their plate-tectonic habitats; Wrench assemblage; Transpressive structures; Detached (thin-skinned) styles including forearc, backarc, collisional, and deep-water...