Technical Training

SOUND Energy Group consultants offer industry short courses on a variety of geoscience and engineering topics. We also develop courses to address specific client needs.

COURSES OFFERED

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Engineering

Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbon Fluids

This five day course covers the fundamentals of phase behavior of single, binary and multicomponent systems. It offers detailed treatment of the composition, properties, and PVT behavior of natural gasses and reservoir oils. The phenomenon of retrograde condensation in gas-condensate systems, and flash and differential processes in black oil and volatile systems are explained with particular emphasis on their impact on hydrocarbon recovery and development planning. Well conditioning and design of fluid sampling procedures for bottomhole and surface sampling of oil and gas wells are emphasized. The course reviews experimental PVT procedures for bubble-point oils, near-critical fluids, and gas-condensate systems. PVT data reporting and the use of published correlations to estimate the PVT behavior are covered. Numerous example problems are included to illustrate the use of PVT data, data validationand correlation.

Coring and Core Analysis

This one week course covers planning of a core analysis program, coring techniques, core handling and preservation, core sampling and preparation, and testing. The impact of coring, coring fluids, core surfacing, and core handling and storage on the various petrophysical properties of the rock are emphasized. Basic and special core analysis tests are defined, and scaled laboratory procedures for their determination are described. Common pitfalls in testing, evaluation, and interpretation of core analysis data are reviewed. The course emphasizes quality control procedures, data validation and grouping, and development of transforms. Special emphasis is placed on data interpretation and use in reservoir characterization studies. Numerous class problems are included that illustrat the various concepts presented.

Practical Reservoir Simulation

The scope of reservoir simulation projects extends from short-term screening studies using small, simple models to long-term investigations requiring large models with extensive detailed reservoir and well data.

This course addresses all such projects and will provide confidence in understanding, designing, applying and interpreting reservoir simulation studies.

GEOSCIENCE

Practical Interpretation of Production Logs

This practical three day school teaches how to interpret production logs. The school provides the interpretation techniques needed to diagnose the actual flow in a well. With proper interpretation, production logs can give the location of water entries, provide the locations, rates and fluid types of producing zones or injecting zones, identify non-performing perforations, detect and locate channels, and identify many other flow conditions. Vertical, deviated, and horizontal wells (both producers and injectors) are addressed. Both the theory and practice of applied interpretation are covered as well as practical advice, exercises, and study of actual logs. The school has an accompanying 75 page manual which duplicates the viewgraphs used in the school.

Fluid Inclusion Analysis and Well Logging - an Exploration Tool

This course focuses on using fluid inclusion studies to help evaluate the potential of oil charge in reservoirs. The emphasis is on constraining history of fluid flow, mapping petroleum migration, seals and proximity of pay, and evaluating petroleum types (oil, wet gas, dry gas, biodegraded oil) and seal petrophysics (absolute, leaky, semi-permeable, or open to diffusion).

SEISMIC

Seismic Imaging Techniques 2D & 3D via Modeling

This course gives a basic understanding of seismic imaging. Starting from synthesizing a seismic survey on any given geologic model, it builds up to quality assessment of data interpretation, applications in oil field exploitation and simulation. This course could be expanded to special R&D on client projects.

Seismic Expressions of Oil / Gas - Direct Detection

This course gives a basic understanding of lithology expressed in seismic data. It deals with the seismic attributes in the composite waveform, and how one transforms the indirect measurement data and uses them for direct detection of hydrocarbon occurrence. It discusses how one can qualify and quantify seismically, and what the associated pitfalls are.

Seismic Applications on an Interpretation Workstation

This course deals with the correct use of seismic interpretation workstations. It emphasizes the importance of interactive aspects of such workstations on the expected result. It helps analyze client workstations.

Seismic Data Processing - Management by Objective

This course teaches how to manage a seismic data processing center cost-effectively.

Seismic Interpretation Workshop Series

Instructor: Joseph Fou

ELECTRICAL

Electrical Methods

Instructor: Dr. R.P. Ranganayaki

HORIZONTAL WELLS

Geoscience Technology in the Planning, Drilling and Post-Drilling Evaluation of Horizontal Wells

This one day course reviews the geoscience technology necessary for the successful development of horizontal well (HW) programs. Since different types of geoscience data and interpretation are commonly required during the various phases of a HW program, the course is divided into planning, drilling and post-drilling reservoir evaluation. Although the course describes HW geoscience data and interpretation, the importance of an integrated geoscience - drilling - engineering approach is emphasized to further develop and benefit from HW technology. Course notes and references will be provided.

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