Petrophysics of Unconventional Reservoirs

Instructors:Â Robert Cluff, The Discovery Group, Inc.; Michael Holmes, Digital Formation, Inc.
The fee includes refreshments, workbook, and PDH certificate
The course will cover the petrophysical approaches to the evaluation of Shale Oil, Tight Gas Sands, and Shale Gas Techniques using both open and cased hole logs. Attendees will learn basic interpretation procedures to determine porosity, hydrocarbon saturation, TOC, volumes of in-place hydrocarbons, recoverable hydrocarbon estimates, and net… Show more pay criteria. Worked examples from a number of North American reservoirs will be part of a comprehensive workshop manual to be provided to all attendees.Â
The Instructors:
Bob Cluff is a geologist and petrophysicist with over 35 years experience in oil and gas exploration, development, and research. His principal areas of expertise are petrophysics, petroleum geology of carbonate and clastic reservoirs, and the integration of petrophysical data with geological data in detailed reservoir studies. Bob received his BS degree in Geology from the University of California at Riverside (high honors) and an MS in Geology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He founded The Discovery Group in 1987.
Bob is active in several professional societies including the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (past-President 2006), the Denver Well Logging Society (past-President), and the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (Vice President Technology; Vice President Membership, Regional Director North America.
Dr. Michael Holmes worked with British Petroleum, Shell Canada and was a Research Scientist in Marathon Oil Company's Denver Research Center. He served as Exploration and Production Manager for Berry Wiggins in London and was the Vice President in Charge of North America Consulting Activities with H.K. van Poollen & Associates, Petroleum Consultants. He served as an instructor of various petroleum courses including geology, well logging and petroleum economics. Dr. Holmes formed Digital Formation, Inc. in 1992, which is owned and operated jointly with his sons, Antony and Dominic. They offer software and consulting services in the oil and gas, environmental and related industries.
 Dr. Holmes education includes a B.Sc., Geology, University of London, 1957; M.Sc., Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines; Ph.D., Hard Rocks and Geology, University of London, 1961.

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