Course Goal:

To enhance the participants’ knowledge, skills, and ability in the field of well-site geology.

Course Objectives:

This course will provide a practical overview of well site geology from drilling & mud logging procedures to testing and well and formation evaluation.

Course Outline:

• Well-Site geologist’s duties and responsibilities.
• Data Acquisition.
• Rig systems and materials familiarity.
• Logistics.
• Reporting and notification.

1. Regular reporting.
2. Irregular reporting. (Reporting during drilling, Final well report, Other reports).

• Supervision and witnessing.

1. Mud-Logging and associated personnel.
2. Wire-Line logging.
3. Detailed log checks for well-site geologists.
4. Side-wall core retrieval supervision.
5. Velocity shot & core retrieval supervision.
6. Core Retrieval supervision.
7. Well Testing.
8. Pressure engineering supervision.

• Well-site duties.

1. Lithological evaluation.
2. Hydrocarbon show evaluation.
   • Awareness of misleading information.
   • Procedure (Gas readings, Mud analysis, Sample analysis).
3. Casing point determination.
4. Coring point determination.
5. Side-wall core point determination.

Who Can Benefit?

Geologists, geoscientists and petroleum engineers.