The course is designed for Petroleum Engineers, Drilling Engineers, Geologists, Petrophysicists, Geo-modelers, and Reservoir Engineers. The main target audiences are anybody involved/interested in data acquisition planning, drilling operations, and geosteering.
| Code | Date | Location | price (€)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEO 115 | 7 – 9 Oct 2025 | Online | 1390 |
| GEO 115 | 4 – 6 Nov 2025 | Stavanger | 2990 |
* Prices are subject to VAT and local terms. Ph.D. students, groups (≥ 3 persons) and early bird registrants (8 weeks in advance) are entitled to a DISCOUNT!
Geosteering, sometimes referred to as well placement, is the art of maximizing production from a planned horizontal well by placing the well in the sweetest parts of a target reservoir using technologies, existing geological knowledge of the field, and integrated interpretation of real-time data acquired while drilling.
The aim of this practical and fruitful course is to provide you with insights into fundamentals of geosteering from different perspectives including pre-job planning, execution, and post-job. The first day of the course will provide you with the pre-required knowledge of technologies such as directional drilling, wellbore surveying, and well logging tools used for a successful placement of a planned well. On the second day, you will get familiar with well placement components, how to carry out a promising pre-job planning, and how a professional pre-job model is made and used. The last day will focus on a successful execution of geosteering along with some useful and interesting case studies.
o Drilling high angle wells: Drilling tools, applications, and challenges
o Wellbore surveying: Tools, limitations, and challenges
o TVD calculations and the underlying uncertainties
o Dogleg severity (DLS) and the problems associated
o Real-time data acquisition and transmission systems
o Logging while drilling (LWD): tools, techniques, comparison and limitations of various tools
o LWD tools (continued)
o Geosteering components
o Pre-job planning: pre-job modelling, logging tool selection, geosteering strategy, etc.
o Applied tips and tricks in pre-job planning
o Geosteering techniques: Applications, limitations, and challenges
o Operational tips and tricks in a successful execution of geosteering
o Post-job follow-ups
o Case studies: Geosteered wells in different reservoir types with different challenges
Ahmad Hossein Zadeh has over 17 years of oilfield experience as an LWD field engineer, well placement engineer, and petrophysicist. Ahmad worked in Schlumberger from 2005 to 2012, 5 years as a logging engineer and then 2 years as a well placement engineer in the Middle East and Africa. During his career in Schlumberger, he was heavily involved in leading various LWD services from pre-job planning to execution and post-job. As a well placement engineer, he was involved in various geosteering operations. Moving up, he joined Equinor (former Statoil) in 2014 in Norway as a petrophysicist. As a petrophysicist, he has been involved in several field development and modelling projects in the North Sea. Ahmad holds a BSc in Drilling Engineering, and an MSc in Reservoir Engineering from Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
The course is designed for Petroleum Engineers, Drilling Engineers, Geologists, Petrophysicists, Geo-modelers, and Reservoir Engineers. The main target audiences are anybody involved/interested in data acquisition planning, drilling operations, and geosteering.
o Intermediate
The learning objectives of the top-most level content of the course are:
o Learn how to perform a proper pre-job planning for geosteering consisting of proper pre-job modelling, logging tool(s) selection, geosteering strategy, etc.
o Learn how different components of well placement are connected and affect each other.
o Learn how an integrated interpretation of real-time data can lead to a successful placement of a well in the target reservoir.
o Become familiar with different well placemen techniques and their pros and cons.
o Learn how effectively collaborate with the service provider during pre-job planning, execution, and post-job.
Registration is now OPEN!
* Prices are subject to VAT and local terms. Ph.D. students, groups (≥ 3 persons) and early bird registrants (8 weeks in advance) are entitled to a DISCOUNT!
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