Date: 23 - 26 Jun 2025
Location: Houston
Tutor: Russell K. Davies: Redlands Fault Geological Consulting LLC

This course introduces the concepts and methods in trap and seal analysis, particularly in relation to fault characterization, including fault mapping and fault seal, as applied to cross-fault flow resistance in traps for hydrocarbons and carbon containment in subsurface reservoirs. The course additionally includes the analysis of caprock (top seal) for predicting seal capacity and evaluating risks associated with capillary and mechanical controls. Overall, the course emphasizes the importance of an integrated approach to trap and seal analysis in subsurface reservoirs. The lectures introduce fundamentals and advanced concepts for faulting and flow for the prediction of fault behavior in subsurface traps and the concepts discussed are applied in simple exercises to reinforce learning.

You will learn to:

• Analyze fault geometries and architecture, apply this knowledge to make robust fault interpretations.
• Assess fault rock types and properties and likely impacts on fluid flow across and along faults.
• Conduct juxtaposition seal analysis and employ triangle diagrams.
• Apply algorithms, such as SGR and CSF, for predicting clay contents across faults.
• Assess the relationship between threshold pressure and fault seal capacity against the clay content predicted across fault surfaces.
• Characterize faults as potential migration and leakage pathways.
• Evaluate the geomechanical and capillary properties of top seal units.

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