COURSE TITLE: New tools for evaluating fracture connectivity, conductivity, and fluid flow in oil and gas reservoirs
McLellan, P.J. and K.P. Gillen (1999), CSPG conference short course, June 21, 1999, Calgary, Alberta.
This one-day course provides participants with an understanding
of new geological and engineering tools available for evaluating
fractured reservoirs. The material takes the student from the
fracture data collection stage, through to high-end numerical
modeling of the architecture and fluid flow in reservoirs.
Practical examples are reviewed, covering such topics as:
increasing productivity by optimizing well trajectories,
reducing or eliminating high water cuts with well placement,
and understanding flow rate variations in stress-sensitive
fractured reservoirs.
COURSE TITLE: New tools for characterizing naturally-fractured reservoirs
McLellan, P.J. and K.P. Gillen (2000), CSPG conference short course, May 24 and 25, 2000, Calgary, Alberta,
McLellan, P.J. and K.P. Gillen (2001), CSPG conference short course, June 14 and 15, 2001, Calgary, Alberta
and McLellan, P.J. and K.P. Gillen (2002), CSPG conference short course, May 27 and 28, 2002, Calgary, Alberta
and McLellan, P.J. and K.P. Gillen (2003), CSPG conference short course, June 9 and 10, 2003, Calgary, Alberta
This two-day course will provide participants with an understanding of several new geological and engineering tools for characterizing naturally fractured reservoirs. Students will be taken from the initial fracture data collection stage in core and logs through to advanced interpretation and modeling techniques for assessing fracture connectivity and conductivity at the well or field scale. Numerous practical applications will be described, including how to distinguish natural and induced fractures, how to assess the role of in-situ stress, how to optimize well trajectories for improving inflow, how to obtain the most from your image logs, and the effects of draw-down and reservoir depletion on well productivity. The course will include several guest lectures, a half-day examination of core at the AEUB Core Research facility, and a demonstration of several software tools.
PARTIAL LIST OF ATTENDEES:
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, Pancanadian Petroleum Ltd.,
Alberta Geological Survey,
Anderson Exploration,
Petro-Canada Oil and Gas,
Budros Consulting Inc., Ranger Oil Ltd.,
Cabra Consulting Inc., Rio Alto Exploration Ltd.,
Nexen Inc.,
Samson Inc.,
Chevron Canada Resources, Suncor Energy Inc.,
Crestar Energy Inc., Talisman Energy Inc.,
Encal Energy Inc.,
EOG Resources Inc.,
Tecknica Overseas,
Geo-Help Inc., University of New Brunswick,
Imperial Oil Ltd., University of Oslo,
Numac Energy Inc., Vermilion Resources Ltd.,
Schlumberger Canada Ltd., EOG Resources Ltd.,
COURSES 
