This geomodelling course aims to give greater insight into the building of static geomodels that best replicate the true flow behaviour of wells and fields, and gain a better understanding of the complexity of reservoir geology, particularly the large number of parameters and the difficulty of capturing the key heterogeneities that affect flow behaviour.

The range of scales affecting flow behaviour is wide, ranging from the microscopic which includes: mineralogy and clay content (Vshale); pore space geometry (Porosity, Kh, Kv, Sw and Pc) to the large scale which includes: depositional environments, reservoir architecture, trapping mechanism, field geometry and faults, all of which affect connectivity and must be integrated with the microscopic parameters and captured into a geologically coherent gridblock system that it is flow simulated it can replicate accurately the flow behaviour at each well and for the field as a whole. Particular emphasis is given on fluid contacts and transition intervals. The course is split equally between teaching classes in the morning and a tutorial in the afternoon where students are split into teams of 3 or 4 and required to build a static model from scratch, which they will have to test in a flow simulator. Using this model, students will have to determine the in place and recoverable resources.
On the final afternoon of the Course, each team will be given 20 minutes to present their evaluation, results and conclusions. A dataset, together with detailed written instructions and expected deliverables are given while guidance and support are provided throughout the tutorial.