Short Course

SC-04: Well Logging and Petrophysics for Geologic Carbon Sequestration

Sunday, 24 August | 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | George R. Brown Convention Center

Sponsored by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

Course modules will center on a few essential elements:
• Overview of geologic carbon sequestration
• Revisiting regulations and petrophysical requirements of CO2 injection wells (e.g., Class VI wells in the US)
• Controls of rock types and rock properties on CO2 injectivity, storage, and confining capacity
• Basics of relevant well logging tools
• Application of well logs and core data to delineate and map CO2 storage window, confining zones, and risks
• Static carbon storage capacity vs. pressure-space-based CO2 storage capacity estimates
• Overview of geophysical and downhole logging tools for subsurface monitoring in near-surface and deep subsurface
• Overview of simple rock physics response of CO2-brine mixture, with implications on monitoring

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The course is aimed at those who would like to understand the petrophysical problems related to geologic carbon sequestration and the application of rock physics and downhole geophysical logs to subsurface characterization and monitoring. The course is designed for those who desire a foundation in general log analysis and petrophysics, with relevant applications to geologic carbon sequestration. This course is for students and early and mid-career geologists, geophysicists, petrophysicists, and reservoir engineers.
The course aims to impart the necessary knowledge relevant to various kinds of petrophysical problems relevant to geologic carbon sequestration and how to use downhole geophysical logs and core data to address those. The course will also cover some of the basic principles of open hole and cased hole logging tools, physics of measurements, and interpretations.