About this training

This course focuses on methods and applications of petroleum reservoir geochemistry. It is designed for geoscientists, including geochemists, production and development geologists, reservoir engineers, but could also benefit exploration geologists and project managers. The course provides guidelines for the collection of suitable samples required to achieve project objectives, how to characterize and validate tested fluid samples, how to assess reservoir continuity, identify reservoir compartments, track oil quality variations (in carbonate reservoirs) and identify tar mat intervals in reservoir oil columns as well as de-convolute commingled petroleum (production allocation).

Case studies and exercises illustrate how geochemistry can be used to solve production and development problems. The lectures and discussions are designed to improve understanding of the processes that control petroleum quality in reservoir rocks and the bulk, molecular and isotopic tools that facilitate that understanding. Some examples of topics include water analysis, gas chromatography (GC), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) of oil and gas, compound-specific isotope analyses (CSIA) of light hydrocarbons, n-alkanes and biomarkers and chemometrics to classify oil families, identify compartments and de-convolute mixed oils.