Petroleum Formation Evaluation

By Prof. Neetish Kumar Maurya, Prof. Sayantan Ghosh | IIT(ISM) Dhanbad

Learners enrolled: 333 | Exam registration: 28

ABOUT THE COURSE:

This course offers an in-depth exploration of various formation evaluation tools such as Mud-Logs and Cuttings, Gamma Ray, Resistivity, Porosity, and other logs. Participants will gain comprehensive insights into open-hole log interpretation methods, enabling them to evaluate formation rock and fluid type, porosity, reservoir thickness, water and hydrocarbon (oil & gas) saturation.

The course includes practical demonstrations using industry standard software, allowing attendees to apply their knowledge in real-world scenarios. Case studies will be discussed to provide practical context and enhance understanding. By the end of the course, participants will be equipped to accurately determine the volume of hydrocarbons in the reservoir and assess its potential to flow through the rock into the wellbore.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: UG students of Petroleum Engineering, Geology, Geophysics, and working profession of oil and gas industry

PREREQUISITES: Knowledge of reservoir rock and fluid properties are desired. Understanding of basic Petroleum Geology courses will be helpful but not required.

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: ONGC, Oil India Limited, Essar Oil and Gas, Reliance, and other upstream oil and gas companies

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Chemical Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	22 Jul 2024
End Date :	11 Oct 2024
Enrollment Ends :	05 Aug 2024
Exam Registration Ends :	16 Aug 2024
Exam Date :	27 Oct 2024 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Introduction, Mud Log and Cutting Analysis, Coring and Core Analysis

Week 2: Introduction to wireline logging, Resistivity Log

Week 3: Resistivity Log

Week 4: Spontaneous Potential (SP) log, Petrophysical Model

Week 5: Gamma Ray Log, Caliper log, Introduction to Porosity Log

Week 6: Density Porosity Log

Week 7: Neutron Porosity Log

Week 8: Sonic Porosity Log, NMR Log

Week 9: Well Log Interpretation Method: Porosity and Lithology Evaluation from Well Logs, Shale Volume calculation methods

Week 10: Well Log Interpretation Method: Formation Water Resistivity, Water and HC saturation estimation, Introduction to Shaly Sand Analysis

Week 11: Well log evaluation of a Hydrocarbon Reservoir using a software

Week 12: Well log evaluation of a Hydrocarbon Reservoir using a software

Books and references

Fundamentals of formation Evaluation, Donald P. Helander

Schlumberger Log Interpretation Principle/Application

Instructor bio

Prof. Neetish Kumar Maurya

IIT(ISM) Dhanbad

Prof.Neetish Kumar Maurya is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Petroleum Engineering at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad. He obtained his Ph.D. from IIT(ISM) Dhanbad. He has completed his B.Tech in Petroleum Engineering and M.Tech in Petroleum Management. His research interests include, Chemical EOR and Data Analytics, and currently working on EOR methods to improve recovery from oil reservoirs. He has 10 year of teaching experience in Petroleum Engineering. He has taught different courses related to reservoir engineering to UG and PG students at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.

Prof. Sayantan Ghosh

Prof.Sayantan Ghosh obtained his MS and PhD from the university of Oklahoma. His main areas of research are petrophysics and geomechanics. He performed petrophysical log interpretation in British Petroleum, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, and University of Houston for various conventional and unconventional oil & gas resources around the world.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 27 October 2024 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

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