Education

CSEG DoodleTrain

Geostatistics for Reservoir Characterization

Instructor: Clayton Deutsch
Date: November 2 - 3, 2010
Duration: 2 days
Members (early bird/price): $700/$900 CDN (plus GST)
Non-Members (early bird/price): $800/$1000 CDN (plus GST)

Venue: Divestco, Training Centre – 500, 440 - 2nd Ave SW
Time: 8:00am - 5:00pm

Audience:

This course should be taken by geologists, geophysicists, engineers and others in the upstream oil and gas business that want to understand how geostatistical models of reservoirs are constructed. Those interested in modeling realistic heterogeneity, quantifying uncertainty due to incomplete data, and assessing the consequent risk should take this course.

Course Description:

The principles of geostatistical reservoir modeling will be covered in lectures and brief demonstrations. Each participant will gain an appreciation for the variety of geostatistical techniques and tools available to address problems of heterogeneity modeling and uncertainty quantification. The limitations and assumptions of different methods will be revealed and discussed.

Course Peculiarities:
The course is not overly theoretical, but not case-study based. Glimpses of relevant case studies will be shown and the fundamental principles explained.

Presenter / Instructor Biography:

Dr. Deutsch is a Professor and Director of the School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta. He teaches and conducts research into better ways to model heterogeneity and uncertainty in petroleum reservoirs and mineral deposits. Prior to joining the University of Alberta, Dr. Deutsch was a Research Professor in the Department of Petroleum Engineering at Stanford University. His employment history also includes three years with Exxon Production Research Company and three years with Placer Dome Inc. Dr. Deutsch has published six books and over 200 research papers. Dr. Deutsch holds the Alberta Chamber of Resources Industry Chair in Mining Engineering and the Canada Research Chair in Natural Resources Uncertainty Characterization.

Potential students could contact the instructor at cdeutsch@ualberta.ca.