| High Level Agenda  Terrigenous clastic and carbonate systems  The importance of organisms in carbonate systems  What controls carbonate production and sedimentation  The effect of water depth and sedimentation  Variations in carbonate production and accretionary systems  Carbonate deposition in both cool and warm areas  Carbonate production rate variation within platforms  The carbonate platform response to sea level rise  Carbonate sequence stratigraphy  The drowning of carbonate platforms  Highstand shedding and re-deposition  Carbonate depositional environments  Pelagic carbonate deposition  Basin margin carbonate deposition  Reef and fore-reef slope carbonate deposition  Bank margin carbonate deposition  Shelf and middle shelf carbonate deposition  Beach and tidal flat carbonate deposition  Eolian carbonate deposition sub-aerial exposure and secondary process deposition  Lacustrine carbonate deposition  Carbonate petrography and diagenesis  Depositional models for the Natih, Shuaiba and Buah carbonates of Oman and the UAE. What are the Goals?  Understand what are the different types of carbonate hydrocarbon reservoir and the different palaeoenvironments in which they are deposited  Be able to integrate sedimentary core, sidewall core and log data for carbonate facies  Be able to recognize and interpret the petrography of the main carbonate reservoir types  Be able to identify the main sequences on seismic  Be able to integrate other geological data and then identify sequences and parasequences on well logs  Be conversant with the terms and definitions used in carbonate sequence and seismic stratigraphy  Be able to use sequence and seismic stratigraphytowards new play definition and as an aid in play and prospect risking  Understand the processes that control carbonate deposition  Understand what controls porosity and therefore reservoir development in carbonate rocks  Be able to conceptualize geological models for the deposition of the Natih, Shuaiba and Buah hydrocarbon reservoirs  Be able to understand the complex controls on the deposition of carbonate rocks and both primary and secondary depositional environments Module Outline Module 1: An Introduction to Carbonate Reservoirs  Terrigenous clastic versus carbonate systems  Organisms that form carbonate reservoirs and their geological history  Calcareous microfossils their presence in carbonates and use for age dating  The different types of carbonates and the different types of carbonate rocks  Electric log characteristics of carbonate rocks  Stratigraphic Terminologies. Lithostratigraphy – short duration physical event-range zones-surface well correlationsubsurface well correlation.  Well correlation Well correlation-How to correlate well logs- Lithostratigraphic correlation-chronostratigraphic correlation-. Module 2: Component and Classification of Carbonate Rocks  Sedimentary Rocks.  Carbonate Origin.  Carbonate Rock Constituent.  Classification of Carbonate Rocks  Carbonate Diagensis Cementation-Microbial Micritization-Neomorphism-Dissolution-Compaction  Carbonate Porosity.  Worldwide Carbonate Environments. Areas of Modern Carbonate Production-Basins (Sedimentary-Hydrocarbon)-Marine Sedimentation- Carbonate Shelves-Biogenic deposits-Silica productivitycarbonate productivity. Module 3: Carbonate Depositional Environments  Classification of Depositional Environments.  Continental Margins Sedimentation.  Carbonate Depositional Setting.  Reef and fore-reef slope carbonate deposition  Basins and Slope. Pelagic Sediments- Turbidite and Debris flow.  Platform Interior Epeiric sea- lagoon or bay- tidal flats.  Terrestrial.  Platform Margin. Reefs and organic buildups-Sand shoals. Module 4: The Main Controls on Carbonate Deposition  The importance of organisms in carbonate systems  What controls carbonate production and sedimentation  The effect of water depth and sedimentation  Variations in carbonate production and accretionary systems  Carbonate deposition in both cool and warm areas  Carbonate production rate variation within platforms  The carbonate platform response to sea level rise Module 5: Types of Carbonate Platforms.  Carbonate Ramps.  Rimmed Carbonate Shelves.  Non-Rimmed Carbonate Shelves. Module 6: Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy  History of Sequence Stratigraphy.  Sequence Stratigraphy Definitions.  Basin Forming Processes  Order of Cyclicity.  Parasequence Sets  Systems Tracts  Controls in Carbonate Sedimentation.  Organic and Inorganic Carbonate Production.  Highstand Sheeding  Carbonate Platform Drowning.  Carbonate Plate Form Exposure.  Carbonate Slope, Platform Classification.  Sequence Stratigraphiy Models for CarbonatePlatform. Ramps Rimmed Shelves. Escapment Margins. Isolated Platforms. Module 7: Carbonate Platforms Examples and Exercises |