CWLS07SC Using Ancient Logs To Find By-Passed Pay
This semi-quantitative course covers topics needed to calculate shale volume, porosity, water saturation, and permeability from older (pre 1962) open and cased hole well logs. Integration and calibration to modern logs, cores, tests, and production data are stressed. The best place to find by-passed pay is on older logs - find out how to do it here.
- Basic tool theory – ES logs (64"/16" normal), laterologs, induction, SP, micrologs, sonic, density, neutron, GR.
- Focusing, or lack of it, on older log suites.
- Common displays of older logs and how to identify each curve.
- How to read older logs (e.g. bed boundaries, which log curve is best to use).
- How do the older measurements compare to current measurements, how have these measurements evolved over time – direct comparisons.
- How much information can be read from older logs (porosity, perm. hydrocarbon indicators, bypassed pay),
- Limitations, common pitfalls of older logs (borehole condition. mud system, invasion, mud cake effects).
- Quality control and troubleshooting on older logs.
- “Rule of Thumb” analysis techniques to help identify hydrocarbons – carbonates and clastics..
- Using core data, local knowledge, modern logs in offset wells to calibrate results.
Beginner to Intermediate, calculator required.
BENEFITS:
- understand what older logs really measured
understand uses and limitations of older logs
understand the rock/fluid model for log analysis - provides step-by-step procedures for analysis of older logs
- provides "computer ready" mathematics
- gives insight into rock quality versus well performance
- answer oriented results, with quality control guidelines
- client specific examples can be added
- permanent reference material http://www.spec2000.net/00-session2.htm
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Location: Suncor Energy Center, St Lawrence Room, 17th Floor 150 - 6th Ave SW
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PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND Strengths include excellent managerial skills, especially in integrated, multi-disciplined field studies, an ability to bring these projects in on-time and within budget, a successful entrepreneurial background, a proven record of innovation in computer applications, and an ability to teach these skills. |
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
- 1984 - Present: Principal Consultant, Spectrum 2000 Mindware, an independent petrophysical consulting practice, specializing in petrophysical analysis for integrated projects, mentoring, forensic analysis, and courseware.
- 1973 - 1986: President and Principal Consultant, Log/Mate Limited, where he developed and successfully marketed the first desktop microcomputer system for log analysis (1976), five years before the terms microcomputer, personal computer, or PC had been coined.
- 2005 - 2007: University of Calgary - Invited to assist in curriculum design and course presentation of a new Petrophysics course for 3rd year Geology and Geophysics students.
- 2004 - Present: University of Tulsa - Invited to teach Petrophysics portion of TU Leader Program run by TU for Schlumberger engineers.
- 2001 - Present: Published "Crain's Petrophysical Handbook - 3rd Millennium Edition", an Internet based eLearning project, also available on CD-ROM, with associated spreadsheet software.
- 1994: Elected an Honorary Member of Canadian Well Logging Society. President 1990, Treasurer 1988 and 1989, Publications Chairman 1981 and 1982.
- 1986 - Published hardcover textbook, "The Log Analysis Handbook", Pennwell, widely used as a reference for practical quantitative petrophysical log analysis.
- 1983 - 1986: Expert systems research on artificial intelligence applications in petrophysics for Alberta Research Council / D&S Petroleum Consultants Joint Venture.
- Published more than 40 technical papers, receiving Best Paper of Year Award CWLS (1985), CSEG (1981), SOC (1964), Keynote Speaker, Libya (2000).
