Courses

This course provides a detailed overview of common clastic sedimentary systems and how the reservoir characteristics of the resulting deposits are controlled by the combination of their depositional environment and sequence stratigraphic setting. A good understanding of these key controls on the distribution, size and shape of clastic reservoir and non-reservoir rocks as well as their internal properties, is of fundamental importance to sound reservoir characterization and consequently to Exploration & Production decision-making. This applies throughout the hydrocarbon resource life-cycle, all the way from exploration, through appraisal, to development and eventually abandonment.

By the end of this 5-day course, participants will be able :

• To describe the main characteristics of common clastic reservoir types and how these characteristics are controlled by the combination of depositional origin and sequence stratigraphic setting
• To identify the key practical implications of the inferred reservoir characteristics, both for their own discipline and for the E & P project as a whole
• To communicate effectively about these technical issues with the other disciplines involved in the E & P project
• To contribute effectively to managing and mitigating risks to exploration and/or development activities in E&P projects.

 Full set of viewgraph material used & copy of: Coe, A.L., (Ed.), 2003, The sedimentary record of sea-level change, Cambridge University Press, pp 288 (subject to availability!)