Integrated Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation Course

Name: Advanced Integrated Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation Course
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Integrate corrected well logs, core measurements, rock models, saturation analysis, and uncertainty into defensible reservoir-quality decisions.

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: London, Accra, Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Langkawi, Sharm El-Sheikh and more
Next session: 26 – 30 October 2026, London
Average fee: 7,500 €

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Overview

Advanced Integrated Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation Course is a one-week course for petrophysicists, reservoir engineers, geoscientists, drilling and completion engineers, subsurface analysts, and technical managers who need a Formation Evaluation Interpretation Pack. Participants build an integrated petrophysics workflow, a well log interpretation workflow, and a core-log calibration workflow to support reservoir quality decisions while testing data quality and uncertainty. Agile Leaders Training Center develops formation evaluation practice.

Who Should Attend

Subsurface teams responsible for interpreting logs, core measurements, and reservoir properties
Reservoir teams responsible for rock quality, fluid distribution, volumetrics, and development inputs
Geoscience teams responsible for lithology, stratigraphic context, and formation correlation
Drilling and completion teams responsible for acquisition choices, intervals, and technical handoffs
Technical assurance teams responsible for interpretation quality, uncertainty, and decision traceability

The course assumes participants can read common well-log tracks and reservoir-property tables; it leaves out introductory geology, tool engineering, and proprietary software operation.

Departments and Industries

The course supports organizations that evaluate subsurface formations for resource, storage, geothermal, and groundwater decisions.

Petrophysics, reservoir engineering, geology, and geophysics departments
Drilling, formation testing, completion, and production teams
Energy operators, technical service companies, and subsurface consultancies
Carbon storage and geothermal development organizations
Groundwater, geotechnical, research, and technical assurance groups

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Apply log quality-control and environmental-correction workflows
Analyze lithology, shale volume, porosity, resistivity, and fluid effects
Compare saturation models and document their applicability limits
Build core-log calibration, permeability, and rock-type relationships
Evaluate net-reservoir and net-pay cutoffs with uncertainty ranges
Integrate multidisciplinary evidence into a traceable interpretation pack

Course Agenda

Day 1: Data Conditioning and Interpretation Design

Formation Evaluation Objective and Decision Map
Log Inventory, Depth-Match, and Data-Lineage Sheet
Borehole Environment and Log Quality-Control Checklist
Environmental Correction and Bad-Hole Flag Workflow
Deterministic and Probabilistic Interpretation Design

Day 2: Lithology and Porosity Interpretation

Gamma-Ray and Spontaneous-Potential Lithology Panel
Density-Neutron-Sonic Porosity Crossplot Method
Mineral Volume and Shale Fraction Model
Clean, Shaly-Sand, and Carbonate Response Diagnostic
Effective Porosity and Fluid-Correction Worksheet

Day 3: Resistivity and Saturation Models

Resistivity Profile and Invasion-Zone Diagnostic
Formation-Water Resistivity and Pickett Plot Method
Archie Saturation Model and Applicability Test
Simandoux, Indonesian, and Dual Water Model Comparison
Water-Saturation Sensitivity and Parameter Register

Day 4: Core Integration and Reservoir Quality

Routine Core Analysis Quality and Condition Review
Core-to-Log Depth Alignment and Calibration Matrix
Porosity-Permeability Transform and Rock-Typing Method
Net-Reservoir and Net-Pay Cutoff Decision Table
Reservoir-Quality Ranking and Uncertainty Dashboard

Day 5: Integrated Interpretation Practice

Exercise: Diagnose Log Quality and Apply Correction Flags
Exercise: Build a Lithology and Porosity Interpretation
Exercise: Compare Saturation Models and Sensitivities
Exercise: Calibrate Permeability and Select Pay Cutoffs
Capstone Exercise: Formation Evaluation Interpretation Pack

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities that connect measurements, assumptions, model choices, uncertainty, and technical decisions.

Suggested activity: identify unreliable intervals from borehole and log-quality evidence
Suggested activity: reconcile density-neutron porosity with lithology and core measurements
Suggested activity: test how water resistivity and model choice change saturation estimates
Suggested activity: defend reservoir-quality classes and pay cutoffs using an uncertainty register

FAQs

Who suits advanced integrated petrophysics and formation evaluation training?

Petrophysics, reservoir, geoscience, drilling, completion, and assurance professionals suit the training. Participants should already read common log tracks and reservoir-property tables.

How does integrated petrophysics differ from introductory well logging?

Integrated petrophysics combines conditioned logs, core data, geological context, saturation models, permeability relationships, cutoffs, and uncertainty, while introductory well logging primarily explains measurements and basic responses.

Why does formation evaluation compare several saturation models?

Several models are compared because clean formations, shaly sands, pore structures, water properties, and parameter assumptions affect resistivity responses differently; applicability and sensitivity must be documented.

How does core-log calibration improve reservoir-quality interpretation?

Core-log calibration aligns depths, tests measurement conditions, reconciles porosity and permeability relationships, and identifies scale or sampling differences before core evidence is used to constrain continuous log interpretation.

How should net-pay cutoffs be used in formation evaluation?

Net-pay cutoffs should be tied to the decision, data quality, rock and fluid behavior, completion context, and sensitivity ranges rather than applied as unexplained fixed values.

Conclusion

Participants take back a Formation Evaluation Interpretation Pack containing quality flags, lithology and porosity models, saturation comparisons, core calibrations, permeability transforms, cutoff tables, reservoir-quality rankings, and uncertainty registers. The pack makes assumptions and evidence traceable across subsurface teams. It supports consistent technical review without presenting one model as universally applicable.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Vienna	Week 28, 2027 12 – 16 July 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€7,500
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Doha	Week 29, 2027 25 – 29 July 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€7,000
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Phuket	Week 33, 2027 22 – 26 August 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Abu Dhabi	Week 36, 2027 6 – 10 September 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Jakarta	Week 37, 2027 13 – 17 September 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Berlin	Week 38, 2027 20 – 24 September 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
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Singapore	Week 41, 2027 11 – 15 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Athens	Week 42, 2027 18 – 22 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€7,500
Toronto	Week 42, 2027 24 – 28 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€16,000

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OverviewAdvanced Integrated Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation Course is a one-week course for petrophysicists, reservoir engineers, geoscientists, drilling and completion engineers, subsurface analysts, and technical managers who need a Formation Evaluation Interpretation Pack. Participants build an integrated petrophysics workflow, a well log interpr…

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Integrated Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation Course