Course Details

This course is appropriate for a wide range of professionals but not limited to:

• Geologists and Geoscientists
• Reservoir and Petroleum Engineers
• Drilling, Completion, and Production Engineers
• Wellsite Geologists and Logging Personnel
• Technical Staff involved in subsurface evaluation
• Anyone needing a foundational understanding of well logging

• Expert-led sessions with dynamic visual aids
• Comprehensive course manual to support practical application and reinforcement
• Interactive discussions addressing participants’ real-world projects and challenges
• Insightful case studies and proven best practices to enhance learning

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Understand the principles and purpose of well logging
• Identify the major types of open-hole and cased-hole logging tools
• Interpret basic measurements for lithology, porosity, and fluid saturation
• Integrate logging data with cores and seismic information
• Detect hydrocarbons using resistivity, porosity, and advanced logs
• Recognize limitations, uncertainties, and operational considerations

DAY 1

Fundamentals of Well Logging and Logging Tools

• Role of Well Logging in Exploration, Drilling, Reservoir Evaluation, and Production 
• Basic Petrophysical Concepts 
  Porosity 
  Permeability 
  Fluid Saturation 
  Resistivity 
• Borehole Environment and Logging Conditions 
• Logging Operations and Data Acquisition 
• Wireline Logging Systems 
• Logging While Drilling (LWD) and Measurement While Drilling (MWD) 
• Open-Hole versus Cased-Hole Logging 
• Logging Program Design and Planning 
• Principles and Applications of: 
  Gamma Ray Logging 
  Spectral Gamma Ray Logging 
  Spontaneous Potential (SP) Logging 
  Caliper Logging 
• Log Presentation, Scales, and Reading Techniques 
• Data Quality Control and Environmental Corrections 
• Interpretation of Basic Lithology and Formation Characteristics 

DAY 2

Formation Evaluation and Log Interpretation

• Resistivity Logging Fundamentals 
• Induction Logs 
• Laterologs 
• Micro-Resistivity Tools 
• Density Logging Principles and Applications 
• Neutron Porosity Logging 
• Sonic and Acoustic Logging 
• Cross-Plot Techniques for Lithology and Porosity Determination 
• Determination of: 
  Shale Volume 
  Effective Porosity 
  Total Porosity 
• Reservoir Lithology Identification 
• Carbonate versus Clastic Reservoir Evaluation 
• Gas Effects on Well Logs 
• Invasion Profiles and Mud Filtrate Effects 
• Water Saturation Determination 
• Archie Equation and Reservoir Parameters 
• Determination of: 
  Formation Water Resistivity 
  Reservoir Temperature 
  Fluid Contacts 
• Log Correlation Techniques 
• Integration of Core Data and Log Data 
   

DAY 3

Advanced Logging Applications and Reservoir Characterization

• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Logging Fundamentals 
• Borehole Imaging Technologies 
• Dipmeter Applications and Structural Interpretation 
• Fracture Identification and Characterization 
• Pressure Measurements and Formation Testing 
• Fluid Sampling and Reservoir Fluid Evaluation 
• Advanced Formation Evaluation Workflows 
• Permeability Estimation Techniques 
• Net Pay Determination 
• Reservoir Quality Assessment 
• Shaly Sand Analysis Methods 
• Quantitative Log Interpretation Workflows 
• Reservoir Zonation and Correlation 
• Integration of Geological, Petrophysical, and Reservoir Data 
• Applications of Well Logging in: 
• Exploration Wells 
• Development Wells 
• Production Optimization 
• Reservoir Management 
• Common Log Interpretation Challenges and Solutions 
• Emerging Trends in Digital Well Logging and Formation Evaluation 
• Industry Best Practices and Field Case Studies in Well Log Analysis and Reservoir Evaluation