Instructor:  Dr S. Djin Nio, ENRES International
Duration: One day, cost EAGE members U.S. $185.00 Non-EAGE members U.S. $275.00

Course Description
Reservoir models are critically dependent on a high-resolution stratigraphic framework. An alternative to conventional correlation techniques is to use the climate record stored in the sedimentary rock succession, which is routinely available through facies-sensitive wireline logs.

The science behind this approach is climate stratigraphy, which is a relatively new discipline combining advanced numerical processing of conventional log data with the theory of climate-driven patterns or cyclicity in sedimentary depositional systems.

Extraction of the climatic signal from facies-sensitive wireline logs allows the construction of a high-resolution near-synchronous stratigraphic framework for both reservoir and regional scale correlation. It is a highly cost-effective and universally applicable method deserving of wider appreciation and use.New Roman

Who Should Attend
Geologists, geophysicists, reservoir and production engineers, and all team members involved in exploration of mature hydrocarbon areas and reservoir characterisation.

Prerequisites
Participants should be familiar with general geological principles and with some basic knowledge of ine logs.

Course Objective

• Understand climate stratigraphy concepts

• Understand the mathematical techniques used to extract the climate record from log data in a geologically meaningful form (the Spectral Trend Attribute curve).

• Learn how to interpret the Spectral Trend Attribute (INPEFA) curve and build a near-synchronous stratigraphic framework and recognize truncations, onlap and missing sections.

• Understand climate-related (litho)-facies variability and its relation to reservoir quality.
   

Course Topics

• Historical framework and the development of climate stratigraphy concepts

• The technique of transforming facies-sensitive log data into Spectral Trend Attribute (INPEFA) curves and interpretation of the log transforms

• Climate-controlled sedimentary facies development and

• Building a stratigraphic framework of fluvial, transitional and deep-marine clastic reservoirs

• Building a stratigraphic framework of carbonate reservoirs

About the instructor
Djin Nio is a geologist with more than 15 years experience in the oil and gas industry.  Formerly a professor in sedimentology at Utrecht University, he moved into consulting for the petroleum industry in 1987. He is the founder of ENRES International and author of CycloLog, a software tool that has become the industry standard for the routine application of climate stratigraphy.