OPERATIONS GEOLOGY

11 - 15 AUGUST 2014 | KUALA LUMPUR | MALAYSIA

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11 - 15 August 2014 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia

About this training course

Participants will acquire an understanding of the geological challenges that accompany drilling
and how to combat them to succeed. The course will look at what information is gathered during COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
drilling from wellsite geology, mud logging and petrophysical (“wireline”) logs, and how it is used.
 The Instructor is a currently
The measurement and prediction of formation pressure are covered in detail, and there are also
active exploration consultant
modules on coring and well testing. The course concludes with an in-depth look at the deep with 40 years of international
water drilling environment, including recent case histories. Attendees are expected to have an industry experience, including
understanding of how petroleum is formed, how it migrates and how it is trapped, and of the training and mentoring.
principles of rotary drilling and the mud circulation system. Paper based exercises will be carried
out during each module.
 The course covers concepts
and case histories that are at
By attending this training, you will know about: the forefront of the modern
 The information that is obtained during the drilling of a well, its purpose and limitations. offshore petroleum industry.
 How that information is used to monitor well progress, make decisions during drilling, and
mitigate risks, thereby maximising company’s return on its investment.
 How formation pressure is generated, how it can be predicted, and what can go wrong if it  Hands-on exercises are used to
is not properly understood and managed. reinforce the theoretical
concepts.
 Why and how coring and testing programmes are carried out in wells and how the
information thus obtained is used in determining whether or not a discovery is commercial,
and in formulating the Field Development Programme.
 The conditions peculiar to the deep water offshore oil and gas exploration and production
theatre.
For more information and
testimonials about this training,
Who should attend?
visit us at
 Exploration, Development, Wellsite and Operations Geologists www.petroedgeasia.net
 Petrophysicists
 Drilling Project Managers

About your Expert trainer: Dr. Pete Webb

Peter joined Texaco as a Wellsite Geologist in 1974, at the start of the North Sea oil
boom, alternating between the wellsite and the office. He transferred in 1977 to
Iran, initially as a Wellsite Geologist in the Zagros Mountains and then in the office,
working on the appraisal of super-giant discoveries. This was followed by 4 years
in Luanda, in operations, exploration and appraisal.

A move to Sun International in 1984 saw him in Colombia for two years as Exploration Manager,
followed by operations and new ventures studies in countries as diverse as Sudan, Argentina and
the UAE. In 1992, he formed his own consultancy but moved to PNG to work for a World Bank
project from 1995 to 1998, and to Cairn Energy India from 2000 to 2004. He continues to consult,
mainly in new venture evaluation but has also undertaken a number of training assignments,
including all of 2009 on the super-giant Kashagan field in Kazakhstan. As independent consultant,
Pete has taken-up assignments with Roberson Research (UK), Knowledge Reservoir, MND A.S. and
OPC.

At home in the UK, he gives public lectures, especially on fraccing for oil and gas. Pete is a
member of the AAPG, where he was an Associate Editor on the Bulletin from 1994 to 2004. He is
also a Chartered Geologist and Fellow of the Geological Society (London), and a member of the
Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain. Pete Webb is a graduate of London University,
England, holding a BSc in Geology and a PhD.

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5 Day Course Outline
DAY 1
Introduction
 Classes of well in the petroleum value chain.
 The historical context.
 The stimulus to drilling in challenging environments.

Wellsite Geology
 The well prognosis.
 Functions of the Wellsite Geologist.
 The information flow, decision making.

Mud logging
 Traditional mud logging: drilling parameters; oil and gas shows; detection of H2S, CO2; pressure detection; lithological description;
sample collection.
 Advanced Mud Logging, AML: ”Archie’s Dream”; the new technologies.
 Modern ultra-deviated well technologies; bio-steering and geo-steering in modern high-angle wells.

DAY 2
Petrophysical logs
 The logging environment – flushing and invasion.
 Open hole logs: GR, caliper, resistivity and SP, acoustic, neutron and density logs, their operation and response to different
lithologies and fluids.
 Cased hole logging.
 MWD and LWD, the developments and the latest technologies, and integration of the mud-log with MWD and LWD..
 Log analysis of complex lithologies such as limestone-dolomite mixtures and shaley sands.

DAY 3
Pressure Detection
 Definition of terms and units - formation pressure, abnormal pressure, geopressure, fracture gradient.
 Origins of formation pressure, including overpressure and underpressure.
 Pressure prediction ahead of drilling.
 Pressure detection and measurement during drilling.

DAY 4
Coring
 Why we cut cores, the core types and core analytical programmes.
 Coring methods, including preservation techniques – waxing, freezing.

Well Testing
 Why we test the well, the information we expect to gather.
 Wire-line testing, open hole drill stem testing, cased hole testing.

DAY 5
Deep and ultra deep water wells
 Definitions of deep and ultra-deep water and wells.
 Sixth generation MODUs (Mobile Offshore Drilling Units): construction, characteristics, how they are crewed, their operation.
 The hazards in drilling today’s ultra-deep water wells and ultra-deep wells (HPHT) and how to evaluate, mitigate and control them.
 When things go wrong: the PTTEP Montara, Chevron Brazil and BP Macondo blow-outs.
 Constructing the Well and Formation Evaluation Plan for the new era.

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