Operations Geology (GEO13)
- Operations geology role is now dynamic and safety-critical.
- Course focuses on becoming an effective practitioner.
- Designed for those familiar with wellsite and operations geology.
- Builds confidence through well planning, execution, and review.
- Attendees will gain skills in geology, well planning, and risk management.
Overview
The Operations Geology Training Course is designed for individuals familiar with wellsite and operations geology who wish to enhance their skills in this dynamic field. Led by instructor Tim Herrett, the course covers various aspects of modern operations geology, including well planning, data acquisition, risk management, and geomechanics. Participants will gain insights into personal leadership, well surveillance, geosteering, and final well documentation. Through exercises and case studies, attendees will develop confidence in performing the critical role of an operations geologist.
Who should attend
Oil & Gas Company Geologist
Course Content
The operations geology role has evolved over the last few years. It is no longer exclusively a well execution phase role involving data acquisition and distribution. Now it is a wide-ranging, responsible and dynamic role encompassing safety critical functions through the entire life of a well.
This course describes how to perform this critical role and to become an effective practitioner.
Course Level:Skill / Advanced
Instructor:Tim Herrett
Designed for you, if you are…
- Familiar with the basics of wellsite and operations geology and want to become more proficient in operations geology
- An oil & gas company geologist, as it will give you valuable insights into the process of well planning, wellsite data acquisition, the value of the data, its limitations and its use in regional studies and well planning
The course assumes some basic knowledge of rigs, rig equipment, drilling activities and the personnel involved in these activities.
How we build your confidence
You will be taken along a path from well planning, through execution and on to well review. Each phase will be described and supported using exercises and case studies. The manual provides a good future reference for what has been taught in the course.
The benefits from attending
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
- The role of modern operations geologists
- Personal leadership (soft skills) – the importance of good communication and awareness
- How to competently plan the geological aspects of a well including well and data acquisition programs
- How to identify, manage and mitigate drilling and subsurface risks
- How to competently perform well surveillance
- How to manage wellsite derived data effectively
- How to predict and evaluate formation pore, fracture and overburden pressures
- The basics of geomechanics and influences of earth stresses
- The basics of geosteering and well trajectory analysis
- How to manage and archive final well documentation
Topics
- Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) and wellsite/operations geology
- Overview of the operations geology roles and responsibilities
- Importance of ‘soft skills’
- Well planning from location identification to spud
- Working with shallow hazards
- Drilling and subsurface risk identification, mitigation and management, NPT analysis
- Data acquisition program
- Coring/Sidewall coring programs
- Geological contracts, contractor evaluation and quality control
- Personnel preparedness
- The geological program
- Fundamentals of directional, ERD and geosteering
- Well surveillance and well data management, data quality
- Supporting the wellsite geologists
- Liaising with drillers and subsurface teams
- Managing geological contractors
- Incident management
- Monitoring partner wells
- Geopressure development and influences of earth stresses on drilled wells
- Formation pore, fracture and overburden pressure prediction and evaluation
- Use of trend line analysis and indirect indicators for pore pressure evaluation
- Wireline Logging QC and MDT pressure evaluation
- Logs, reports and final well documentation
Duration: 5 Days
Cost: 3,300 EUR + VAT
Operations Geology Training in the Netherlands, Scotland, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, Aberdeen and onsite course available throughout the UK.
