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Petrophysics
Capillarity in Rocks
Focusing on conventional reservoirs, this course explains how capillary forces control where hydrocarbons sit in the pore system and what capillary pressure data reveal about the rock itself. Spreadsheet-based exercises give hands-on practice in turning capillary measurements into pore size, permeability and saturation insight for reservoir characterisation.
- Discipline
- Petrophysics
- Level
- Intermediate
- Duration
- Flexible length
- Formats
- Classroom, Live online, In-house
Every course can be delivered in-house and tailored to your organisation.
Who should attend
Geoscientists, petrophysicists, reservoir engineers and research staff seeking a solid foundation in capillary behaviour and hydrocarbon distribution in reservoir rocks.
What participants will be able to do
- Choose a suitable capillary pressure measurement method for a given objective
- Apply closure corrections to mercury injection data
- Fit capillary pressure curves using established analytical models
- Estimate permeability and pore throat size from capillary data
- Assess how representative a set of curves is for a reservoir zone
Topics covered
- Capillary pressure fundamentals
- Mercury injection analysis
- Pore throat size distribution
- Permeability estimation
- Saturation height modelling
- Reservoir rock typing