The Fun of Chemistry
July 16, 2020
Reservoir and Production
Geochemistry
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Exploration-Production staff, geologists, geophysicists and engineers in charge of basin exploration and prospect evaluation with a previous knowledge geochemistry a the petroleum system scale
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The first part of the course intends to provide an understanding of the geochemical processes which can alter the hydrocarbon in reservoirs impacting their composition. It introduces the practical geochemistry tools complementing the reservoir characterization workflow: understanding spatial variation of fluid properties in a field, helping in defining permeability barrier. The second part is designed to review the contribution of the geochemical approach to production problems such as suggesting occurrence and composition of fluids while drilling (eventually avoiding by-pass), production monitoring and allocation, and flow insurance by assessing and understanding the types of organic deposits.
The course includes extensive practical exercises
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Acquiring the ability to evaluate the geochemical processes affecting the hydrocarbon composition in a field (when occurring)
Integrating geochemical information in the workflow of reservoir characterization
Integrating geochemical input for production monitoring and for allocating productive flow units
Identify the origin of organic deposits, contributing to remediation decision and predicting their occurrence at the regional scale
COURSE CONTENT
RESERVOIR FLUIDS IN THE CONTEXT OF A PETROLEUM SYSTEM 1 day
- Petroleum system (a reminder)
- Composition of hydrocarbon fluids and introduction to biomarkers
HYDROCARBON ALTERATION PROCESSES 1 day
- Biodegradation
- Thermal cracking
- Thermal Sulfates Reduction
- Water Washing
- Evaporative Fractionation, gas washing
- Thermodynamic disequilibrium and deasphalting
GEOCHEMISTRY APPLIED TO RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION 1 day
- Reservoir filling history
- Compartments and permeability barriers
- In-reservoir bitumen
PRODUCTION GEOCHEMISTRY 1 day
- Assessing reservoir fluid composition
- Production monitoring and allocation
- Flow insurance: organic deposits (asphaltenes, pyrobitumen, diamondoids, paraffins)
About the Instructor
Alain-Yves Huc
Alain-Yves Huc has a MSc from Nancy University, France (1973) a PhD in Geosciences from Strasbourg University, France (1978) and a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA (1979-1980).
From 1980 to 1981 he worked as Associate Researcher at “Laboratory of Applied Geology”, CNRS, Orléans, France
He joined IFPEN group in 1981, successively as Researcher, Project Manager and Head of the geochemistry department (1992), Director of the Exploration Centre at IFP School (2000-2004), Deputy Manager of the Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry Division at IFPEN (2004-2013), and Scientific Senior Advisor (2000-2013). During its career Alain-Yves Huc was involved in numerous industrial projects with National and International Oil Companies.
Alain-Yves Huc is currently Associate Professor at Sorbonne University in Paris (ISTeP), Associate Professor at IFP School, and independent consultant.
Specialist in petroleum geology, Alain Huc is author of 158 published articles in journals and books, 113 Presentations at conferences. Scientific Editor or Author of 7 books on topics covering Petroleum system, source rocks, Unconventional Resources and reservoir geochemistry and holder of 3 Patents. (Google Scholar: 5150 citations, h Index: 39, i10: 87; Research Gate Score: 40.89)
He lectured in Algeria, Angola, France, Germany, India, Iran, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, RDC, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, UAE, UK, Venezuela and Yemen. He teaches in French and International universities.