Course Description

A large amount of geological data is acquired at substantial cost during a drilling operation. Ensuring optimal quality of this data and its effective reporting plays a key role during well design and drilling operations, and later use of this data in field studies. A key requirement for success is close cooperation between geological, drilling and engineering functions. This course provides a thorough overview of well-site data acquisition and quality control. Participants will learn the techniques used by Well-site Geologists, Logging Geologists (mud loggers) and Operations Geologists functions through interactive lectures that are integrated with practical exercises. Participants will also gain an understanding of the application of well-site data in exploration and development.

Course Goal

To enhance the participants’ knowledge, skills and abilities necessary in the field of operation and well-site geology from drilling & mud logging procedures to testing and well and formation evaluation.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participant will be able to:

• Differentiate between petroleum geology, operations geology, well-site geology and structural geology.
• Understand drilling operations and logging operations.
• Perform well-site roles and responsibilities
• Apply formation pressure evaluation techniques at the well-site.
• Select logs and analyze quality.

Who Can Benefit

• Geologists.
• Geo-scientists.
• Petroleum engineers.