Date: 18 - 21 Sept 2023
Location: Online

An Introduction to Mudrock Reservoirs: Basin Setting, Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Rock Properties

Intended for all subsurface professionals involved in the evaluation of unconventional resources. The concepts and techniques presented in the four interactive live online sessions will help geologists, geophysicists, petrophysicists and engineers understand the factors that control mudrock reservoir quality and will teach practical methods for evaluating reservoir heterogeneity. During the seminar, participants are exposed to the latest concepts of mudrock sedimentation by Jeff May, a leading voice on the subject, Geological Consultant, and Affiliate Faculty at the Colorado School of Mines.

The evaluation of shale reservoirs presents a unique challenge: whereas some of the approaches applied are the same as for conventional reservoirs, many new methodologies and tools have been developed for the assessment of this unconventional resource. In this seminar, participants are exposed to the latest concepts of mudrock sedimentation and how it relates to reservoir properties. The development of mudrock successions, including depositional processes and stratigraphic cycles, is highlighted.

You will learn to:

• Determine the key geologic parameters that affect the attributes of shale reservoirs.
• Identify the components of basin analysis required when scoping a new shale play.
• Integrate a variety of data types necessary to identify and map optimum drilling locations and targets.
• Evaluate the variety of depositional processes and changes in environmental conditions recorded in a shale succession and tie that information back to well log character.
• Assess the basic stratigraphic framework of shale reservoirs and understand how systematic vertical changes relate to fabric, composition, texture and, ultimately, reservoir quality.
• Interpret and correlate well logs utilizing a sequence stratigraphic framework.
• Understand the observations and methodology necessary when describing and interpreting mudrock cores.
• Define the key rock parameters that control reservoir quality and mechanical properties.
• Describe the latest methodologies of pore-scale imaging for shale evaluation.

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