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Geoscience
Geological and Geophysical Characterisation of Heavy Oil Reservoirs
Heavy oil and bitumen are increasingly important resources, and developing them economically requires accurate characterisation of both rock and fluid. Because heavy oil behaves differently from conventional crude, this course covers the specific seismic strategies and rock physics approaches needed to evaluate these reservoirs.
- Discipline
- Geoscience
- Level
- Foundation
- Duration
- Flexible length
- Formats
- Classroom, In-house
Every course can be delivered in-house and tailored to your organisation.
Who should attend
Seismic interpreters and processors, stratigraphers, structural geologists and reservoir engineers working on heavy oil assets.
What participants will be able to do
- Evaluate the available characterisation options for a heavy oil project
- Apply suitable techniques to extract meaningful reservoir information
- Identify sweet spots using seismic attributes
- Integrate attribute results into a comprehensive characterisation
Topics covered
- Heavy oil properties
- Rock physics models
- Seismic attributes
- Sweet spot identification
- Reservoir characterisation strategy