Education

CSEG DoodleTrain

Geophysical Petrophysics

Instructor: Winston Karel
Date: November 14 – 15, 2012
Duration: 2 days
Members: (early bird/price): CAD $750 / $850 (plus GST)
Non-Members (early bird/price): CAD $ 950 / $1050 (plus GST)

Venue: TBA
Time: TBA

Course Outline:

  • SECTION 1:
    1. Petrophysics Overview
    2. Logging ABC'S
    3. Basic Earth Model
    4. Rock Types
    5. Basic Fluid Distribution
    6. Rocks Electrical Flow
    7. Basic Log Analysis
  • SECTION 2:
    1. Borehole Environment; Coring; Gas Detection, (mud logging); MWD-LWD; and basic Wireline Logging Descriptions:
  • SECTION 3:
    1. Wireline Measurements Basic explanation of all services including wellbore geometry, and the influence of wellbore hole size on the measured logging values.
    2. Detailed discussion of the Acoustic and Density measurements as they relate to the various rock types, and how to recognize good logs from questionable logs, and how to best correct them.
  • SECTION 4:
    1. Core analysis integration to well logs
  • SECTION 5
    1. Basic petrophysical interpretation techniques
  • SECTION 6:
    1. Basic explanation of acoustic and electrical imaging services.

Towards mid afternoon of each of the 2 day class we will do class exercises of WCSB well log plat examples of the information taught. The course will include very practical approach to evaluate well logs during the 2 days of training.

Remember this is a basic 2 day petrophysics course, concentrating on geophysical usage of well logs, and you will not become experts in evaluating all aspects of logs and reservoirs, however this course will give each and every one of you in attendance the survival log skills to understand well logs better.

As a petrophysicist for the last 36 years both locally and internationally, I will teach you the simple and easy approach to looking at well logs for hydrocarbons, rock facies, and the distinction of recognizing bad logs from good logs, and how to correct the data properly.

Presenter / Instructor Biography:

Winston Karel

Director Petrophysical Services
Blade Ideas Ltd.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
403-073-6869 cell #
403-243-0693 bus #

Consultant petrophysicist working in the WCSB and International prospects, 2009 – present.

Team Lead of Exploration group of petrophysicists, Conoco Phillips Canada, 2007 – 2009.

Senior Staff Petrophysicist, Burlington Resources/Conoco Phillips Canada, 2004 – 2007.

Senior Staff Geologist/Petrophysical Advisor, BP Canada, Calgary, 1998 – 2004.

Senior Geologist/Senior Staff Petrophysicist, Amoco Canada Petroleum, 1988 – 1998.

Senior Petrophysicist, Amoco Canada Petroleum, Calgary, 1980 – 1988.

Well site geologist/Petrophysicist, Amoco Canada Petroleum, Calgary, 1973 – 1980.

Mud Logger for Geoservices North America, Calgary, 1972 – 1973.

Retired from the BP Group of companies in December, 2004 after 32 years of service. Throughout my career I have mentored, trained, and instructed many an individual within the industry, both internally with the companies that we were employed with, and externally to the industry by teaching Petrophysical courses.

Note: My petrophysical mentor was Edgar J. Burge, whom retired from Amoco Canada in 1977 and Mr. Burge logged the first well in Canada for the Schlumberger Brothers in Saskatchewan. Mr Burge also logged Leduc # 2 in 1949, and it is truly a honor to be part of his legacy.

In 2002 received the Canadian Well Logging Society (CWLS) Honorary Membership Award.

In 1998 received a Chairman's Award for Excellence from Larry Fuller, Chairman, Amoco, Corporation, Chicago, for my continued contribution to the company. Co-Chairman of the Geo-Triad 1998 Convention representing the CWLS. I was nominated president of the Canadian Well Logging Society (CWLS) 1995 – 1996.

Nominated Vice President of the CWLS 1994 – 1995. Worked as technical chairman for numerous conventions for the CWLS from 1985 – 1994.

A graduate of the N.A.I.T., Edmonton, 1972, Mining Option. Attained professional status as a geologist within the Amoco Corporation in 1988. Hobbies are gardening, reading, and travelling the world, to see the sites and explore other culture's and investigate their various historical digs.