Fluvial and Deltaic Architecture and Advanced Petrel Modeling in Utah and ColoradoJoin trip leaders Dr. Huw Williams and Dr. Paul Davies on a field trip that combines field- and classroom-based reservoir geology interpretation and modeling to expand your understanding of applied techniques for reservoir geocellular modeling. You’ll learn novel and practical methods applicable to building realistic models of fluvial and deltaic sediment-body architec-ture using the industry-leading Petrel* E&P software platform.

Lessons and methodologies practiced in this course follow the typical workflow of a subsurface 3D modeling study aimed at making a series of realistic predictive models of reservoir geometry and architecture using detailed knowledge of sedimentology and sequence-stratigraphic concepts.

ObjeCtives ■ Interpret diagnostic outcrop, core, and log data from fluviodeltaic environments and facies ■ Integrate core, log, and reservoir properties to define flow units ■ Build conceptual models and a sequence-stratigraphic framework for reservoir modeling ■ Identify correlation and deterministic modeling techniques from well data ■ Compare results from different modeling techniques and implications for static connectivity

AUDienCeGeologists and reservoir modelers

DestinAtiOnsGrand Junction, Colorado, USA Green River, Utah, USA

triP LeADersDr. Huw Williams studied geology at Oxford Polytechnic and has a PhD in Upper Carboniferous fluvio-deltaic sedi-mentology. He worked at Shell Research in its Geocap 3D reservoir modeling group before founding Reservoir Geology Consultants Ltd., where he currently works as co-director and principal 3D reservoir modeling consultant.

Dr. Paul Davies studied geology at Aberystwyth University before earning his PhD in Lower Palaeozoic deep- water turbidites at Keele University. Dr. Davies worked at Shell in its Geocap 3D reservoir modeling group until joining Dr. Williams at Reservoir Geology Consultants Ltd. as co-director and prin-cipal 3D reservoir modeling consultant.

ACtivitiesWe’ll use Petrel software to integrate core and well log data in a series of determin-istic model exercises and then compare these results with other Petrel modeling techniques as well as outcrop reality, enabling us to determine which methods are the most suitable for analogous subsurface reservoir modeling studies.

NExT Geology Field Trip

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DAy 1 GrAnD jUnCtiOn, beCKWitH PLAteAU

■ Visit the Colorado National Monument to get a large-scale stratigraphic overview

■ View Beckwith Plateau in seismic scale ■ Attend a lecture on datasets, depositional environments, and facies

DAy 2WOODsiDe trAiL CAnyOn

■ Participate in field exercises on the Kenilworth Member Formation ■ Attend lecture on Petrel modeling methodologies, correlation, and

flooding surfaces ■ Begin classroom exercises involving modeling the Kenilworth

Formation in Petrel software

DAy 3tUsHer CAnyOn, bAttLesHiP bUtte

■ Continue exercise on Kenilworth modeling in Petrel software ■ Visit Tusher Canyon and Battleship Butte ■ Wrap up Kenilworth modeling

DAy 4CAstLeGAte sAnDstOne, Desert MeMber, GrAssy MeMbers

■ Participate in lecture covering cores, logs, and reservoir properties ■ Practice core-log calibration in classroom exercise ■ Attend lecture on modeling channel- and valley-fill deposits and

participate in exercise introducing the Desert–Castlegate Petrel model

DAy 5bLAZe CAnyOn

■ Continue modeling the Desert–Castlegate interval in Petrel software ■ Visit Blaze Canyon to compare Petrel model to real-life formation

DAy 6tHOMPsOn CAnyOn

■ Take field trip to Thompson Canyon to further review Desert–Castlegate modeling results

DAy 7sAGers CAnyOn

■ Attend lecture on Petrel modeling ■ Review the results of the Desert–Castlegate modeling exercise ■ Participate in field exercises at Sagers Canyon

DAy 8DePArtUre

■ Review and evaluate lessons, experiences, and methodologies learned during the field trip review

■ Travel to Grand Junction with a targeted noon arrival

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