COURSE OVERVIEW
Multidisciplinary discussion of E&P issues based on well exposed analogues of clastic and carbonate reservoirs in Central and Southeastern Belgium (Ardennes). UGS in karstified Carboniferous carbonates at Loenhout / unconsolidated Tertiary sandstones near Louvain / Devonian platform & reefal carbonates / Tertiary karstification in Devonian carbonates / fractured Devonian deltaic clastics. Optionally – upon request: outcrops of Carboniferous carbonates and clastics. The shiplift at Ronquières where the Lower Palaeozoic of the Caledonian Brabant Massif is exposed, and where the history of the Energy Industry [coal mining and oil & gas] is discussed.
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Code | Date | Location | price (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEO 160 | 7- 11 Sep 2026 | Ardennes | 4400 |
COURSE OUTLINE
3 days
Day 1:
o Drive to Belgium by coach or with own transport [departure from The Hague around noon]
o Loenhout UGS - Discussion topics:
o Karstified Carboniferous limestones:
o Role of UGS in gas distribution
o Subsurface risks / Seal integrity
o Drilling issues
o Aarschot - Discussion topics:
o Depositional setting of green [glauconitic] sands
o Logging tool responses
o Volumetric uncertainty
o Field Development Planning
o Production forecasting
o Well numbers & well positioning
o Recovery mechanisms & reservoir compaction
Day 2:
o Tailfer - Discussion topics:
o Depositional setting of Givetian platform carbonates
o Poroperm characteristics of carbonates [multiple porosity systems]
o Folding and fracturing of carbonates
o Logging tool responses in fractured carbonates
o Drilling and completion of fractured reservoirs
o Beauchateau - Discussion topics:
o Depositional setting of Givetian mud-mound biohermal reef
o Comparison platform reefal
reservoir architecture
o Poroperm characteristics of carbonates [multiple porosity systems]
o Neptunian dikes in reefal deposits
o Reef flank mass-flow deposits
o Interaction recovery mechanism(s) and reservoir architecture
o Fondry des Chiens - Discussion topics:
o Karstification of carbonates
o Seismic signature of karstified carbonates
o Logging tool responses in karstified carbonates
o Drilling and completion issues in karstified reservoirs
Day 3:
o Bocq quarries - Discussion topics:
o Clastics vs carbonates during the Phanerozoic
o Devonian deltaic clastics
o Natural fracture systems and stress regimes
o Hydraulic 'fracking’
o Predicting reservoir architecture from well bore data
o Roelants quarry - Discussion topics:
o Depositional setting of Oligocene sands reservoir
o Seal pairs and sea level change
o Logging tool responses in 'oil wet' vs 'water wet' rocks
o Drilling and completion issues
o Gravel pack design considerations
Return drive to The Hague area
INSTRUCTOR
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DESIGNED FOR
Geoscientists and petroleum engineers.
COURSE LEVEL
o Intermediate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
In multidisciplinary groups discuss reservoir characterisation, field development and drilling engineering issues based on outcrop analogues.
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