Course Overview:

By the end of the training, participants will be able to learn:

o  The key controls on the occurrence and distribution of both conventional and unconventional plays during the Phanerozoic

o  The importance of physiographic setting at both global and local scale, and the importance of orientation with respect to easterly trade winds in tropical and subtropical settings

Course Outline:

o  Brief review of distinctive aspects of carbonates, as well as grain types and classification schemes for textures and porosity

o  Review of carbonate diagenesis in limestones and dolostones, as it relates to the evolution of porosity and permeability in carbonate plays

o  Review of carbonate depositional facies types and models of deposition

o  Synthesis of stratigraphic relationships in carbonates as it pertains to carbonate plays

o  In-depth discussion of typical Phanerozoic conventional and unconventional carbonate plays, using analog case studies to demonstrate the influence of physiographic setting, structural setting, and stratigraphic age

Target Audience:

Geoscientists, Geophysicists, Reservoir Engineers, Petrophysicists or Managers.