An Intensive 10-day Training Course
Integrated Reservoir Modeling
Interpretation Evaluation, and Optimization with Petrel
Integrated Reservoir Modeling
Scheduled Dates
Classroom
| 11 - 22 May 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $11,900 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 23 Nov - 04 Dec 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $11,900 | RESERVE A SEAT |
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MODULES
This PetroKnowledge training course is split into two modules:
MODULE I - Fractured & Unconventional Reservoir Modelling
MODULE II - Advanced Seismic Interpretation
Each module is structured and can be taken as a stand-alone training course; however, delegates will maximise their benefits by taking Module 1 and 2 back-to-back as a two-week training course.
Daily Agenda
Module 1: Fractured & Unconventional Reservoir Modelling
Day One: Fracture Fundamentals and Rock Mechanics
- Virtual Field trip
- Introduction to natural fractures in rocks
- Classification: joints, faults, shear, tensile fractures
- Fundamentals of rock stress and failure
- Stress regimes (normal, strike-slip, reverse)
- Mohr circles and fracture criteria
Day Two: Fracture Characterization and In-Situ Stress
- Fracture geometry: orientation, spacing, aperture
- Indicators: veins, shear zones, breccias
- In-situ stress measurements: breakouts, leak-off, minifrac
- Stress anisotropy and fracture reactivation
- Mechanical properties: Young’s modulus, UCS, Poisson’s ratio
Day Three: Fractured Reservoir Behavior and Production Challenges
- Unconventional reservoir systems: shale, tight gas, fractured carbonates
- Flow mechanisms in dual systems: matrix vs fracture flow
- Pressure support, depletion, and flow compartmentalization
- Water and gas coning in fractured systems
- EOR in fractured systems: waterflood, gas injection
Day Four: Geomechanics in Well Planning and Drilling
- Wellbore stability in fractured rocks
- Mud weight windows and collapse risk
- Natural fractures vs induced fractures in wellbores
- Impact of stress orientation on drilling hazards
- Geomechanics in completion and stimulation design
Day Five: Directional Drilling and Geosteering in Fractured Reservoirs
- Introduction to directional drilling concepts
- Well trajectory types: build, hold, drop
- Horizontal and multilateral wells in fractured settings
- Geosteering principles: staying within target zones
- Aligning wellbore azimuth with fracture orientation
- Avoiding water-producing fracture zone
Module 2: Advanced Seismic Interpretation
Day Six: Introduction and General Overview
- Introduction to seismic acquisition and processing, seismic frequency and its relationship to bed thickness, impedance, detection and resolution. The systematic methodology of seismic interpretation
- Calculating seismic frequency and resolution
- Introduction to compressional tectonics and fold and thrust belts: horses, piggy-back thrusting, duplexes and antiformal stacks, triangle-zones, fault propagation folds, fault bend folds and detachment folds
- Data loading and visualization
Day Seven: Seismic Processing, Geology and Scales of Work
- Introduction to Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
- Seismic scales
- Sandstone reservoirs
- Carbonates reservoirs
- Well information data loading and Editing
Day Eight: Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
- Seismic facies analysis: external geometries and internal refection configuration
- ABC method of defining seismic facies, reflection patterns, continuity and amplitude
- Environments of disposition and net/gross
- Seismic attributes
- Performing Seismic attributes for Sandstone reservoirs
Day Nine: Structural Geology, Seismic Interpretation and Borehole Seismic
- Introduction to time slices, horizon slices and stratal and the advantages/disadvantages of each
- Common seismic attributes and their application to unconventional resource plays such as tight-gas sandstones and fractured shale plays
- Direct hydrocarbon indicators such as flat spots, bright spots and polarity reversals
- Depth Conversion and Vertical Seismic profile
- Seismic facies analysis, well facies analysis
Day Ten: Seismic Applications, Final Project – Round Table
- Hydrocarbon systems – clastics
- Hydrocarbon systems – salt-related structures and traps
- Seismic applications in E&P
- Workshop on participant data – real data project
- Questions and answers
Certificate
- On successful completion of this Training Course / Online Training Course, a PetroKnowledge Certificate / E-Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.
