• CLASSIFY AND IDENTIFY characteristics of a typical carbonate rock
• EVALUATE reservoir quality in limestones and dolostones
• INTERPRET facies relationships, delineate stratigraphic sequences and correlate facies within them
• IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING of hydrocarbon play relationships associated with both shallow – and deep-marine sequences
• UNDERSTAND the interrelationship between reservoir, source, seal and trapping mechanism
• LEARN how to zone carbonate reservoir to more effectively extract oil and gas

This program is designed for exploration geologist, geophysicist, reservoir engineering, log analyst, exploration supervisors, and subsurface managers who are currently working or will be working with carbonate systems exploration, and are in need of a better understanding of the key subsurface properties for exploration and production. Geologists working with mixed carbonate and siliciclastic sequences will also benefit from this program.

DAY 1:

Distinctive Aspects of Carbonates || Non-Skeletal Grains & Skeletal Grains

• DISTINCTIVE ASPECTS OF CARBONATES
• GRAIN TYPES
• CARBONATE CLASSIFICATIONS AND SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES
  
  

DAY 2:

Carbonate Classifications and Structures|| Limestone Diagenesis and Porosity Evolution

• LIMESTONE DIAGENESIS AND POROSITY EVOLUTION
• DOLOMITIZATION AND POROSITY EVOLUTION 
• CARBONATE POROSITY TYPES (Review of Coquette and Pray scheme for classifying carbonate pore types [exercise])
  
  

DAY 3:

Dolomitization and Porosity Evolution Porosity Classification; Attributes

• CARBONATE FACIES MODELS 
• VERTICAL DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES AND CYCLICITY
  
  

DAY 4:

Carbonate Depositional Sequences & Cyclist; Log and Seismic Expression of
Carbonates; Core Exercise with Logs

• LOG AND SEISMIC EXPRESSION OF CARBONATES 
• CORE PROBLEM
  
  

DAY 5:

Carbonate Play Types and Review of Case Studies; Use of Depositional Cyclist to Zone Carbonate Reservoirs; Carbonate Facies Correlation

• CARBONATE PLAY TYPES
• USE OF DEPOSITIONAL CYCLICITY TO ZONE CARBONATE RESERVOIRS
• CARBONATE FACIES CORRELATION EXERCISE

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.