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Exploitation of Tight and Unconventional Reservoirs
2026-01-11 - 2026-01-15 | Hurghada, Hurghada, Egypt
Course & Workshop
Jan 11-15, 2026
Instructor : A. SALEM, P. Eng., Ph.D.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Reservoir Engineers, Exploration team members, Production Engineers, completion engineers, stimulation engineers, geologists, and all support staff who require a more extensive knowledge of unconventional resources.
Course Description
As we deplete conventional oil and gas reserves, “unconventional” energy resources are increasingly important to international energy supplies. Today, for example, coal beds, shales, and low-permeability (tight) sandstones, combined, account for more than 40% of the U.S. natural gas supply. Moreover, in 2006, U.S. production of coalbed methane, alone, exceeded trillion cubic ft (Tcf), which was 9.5% of the total dry gas production, and coalbed methane reserves were 19.9 Tcf, which was 9.8% of the total U.S. dry gas reserves. Internationally, there are tremendous heavy oil resources in Eastern Venezuela, Western Canada, and other areas, and we are just beginning to exploit these resources.
While resources of unconventional hydrocarbons are very large, economically recoverable volumes (reserves) are much smaller, because the greater costs and additional technology required for production. Many unconventional reservoirs have low matrix permeability, and natural fractures may be necessary for economic production rates. Therefore, optimal development of many unconventional reservoirs requires knowledge of the optimal completions and stimulation methods for low-permeability reservoirs, as well as understanding of the role of natural fractures in fluid flow. Thus, understanding of the geologic and engineering aspects of gas storage reservoirs is vital for optimum resource management.
The objectives of this course are to familiarize attendees with the unique aspects of unconventional gas and oil reservoirs, including their (1) economic significance (2) geologic occurrences, (3) controls on production, (4) drilling and completion practices, (5) reservoir management, and (6) present activity.
What To Learn

Understand unconventional resource play completion options and selection processes
Use key multi-disciplinary tools for successful completions and stimulation in unconventional resources
Understand the importance of geo-mechanics and rock mechanics to the success of transverse multiple fractured horizontal wells in unconventional resources
Apply principals and design of well stimulation treatments in unconventional resources
Employ critical data needs and collection techniques with minimal operational impact
How to produce the heavy oil and produce from oi land gas shale reservoir

Course Contents
Introduction to Unconventional Energy Resources

What are unconventional resources?
Where do they occur?
Potential of the unconventional in North America and worldwide
Economic significance of each
Technical, economic, political, and
Environmental constraints on development
Low-permeability (Tight) Sands

Background and history
Extend of potential reserves of tight sands.
Geological description
Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics
Drilling and completion methods
Facilities, reservoir management, and
Limitations on development, present activity
Exploitation of tight sands; primary and secondary
Coalbed Methane (CBM)

Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics
Drilling and completion methods
Factors that affect the commerciality of CBM
Methods to estimate gas content and reserves
Laboratory tests to estimate total organic content (TOC) and maturity
Production mechanism and well productivity estimate
Facilities, reservoir management
Uncertainties of formation evaluation
Limitations on development, present activity
Water and environmental issues
Class problem example
Shale Reservoirs (Gas and Oil)

Background and history
Shale gas formation characteristics/description.
Shale maturity and methods to determine type of hydrocarbon potential
Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics
Drilling and completion methods
Typical well production profile
Pyrolysis analysis of Kerogen
Facilities, reservoir management, and
Limitations on development, present activity
Water and environmental issues
Shale oil vs Oil Shale! (production mechanism)
Heavy Oil

Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics
Drilling and completion methods
Facilities, reservoir management, and
Limitations on development, present activity
Environmental issues
Gas Hydrates

Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics
Recovery methods
Limitations on development, present activity
Environmental issues
Other Unconventional Energy Resources

Geothermal Energy
Coal – Conversion to Gas
Coal-to-gas
In-situ gasification
Multi-stage Fracture of Horizontal Wells (MFHW’s):

Benefits/applications of horizontal wells
Review of the technique of MFHW’s and frac design optimization including:
Horizontal well spacing
Frac size and the number of frac stages
Open hole vs. cased hole completion/fracturing
Taking advantage of the sweet spots – quantifying
Modeling frac geometry and dual porosity
Case studies
Applications of Mini Frac or DFIT:

Benefits/applications of Diagnostic Fracture Injection Test (DFIT)
Pre and post closure analysis
Identification of leak-off types and fracture characteristics
Case studies
Evaluation tools of tight sands/unconventional vs conventional reservoirs:

Review basic concepts of reservoir evaluation, such as flow geometry and boundary conditions.
Review of the principles and applications of the well test analysis techniques for conventional and tight sands
Natural fracture Network evaluation in tight and carbonate reservoirs
Rate Transient Analysis (RTA) tools (Type curve matching, flowing material balance, Normalized rate, etc..)
Case studies
Tipson Hydraulic Fracturing:

Well fracability, and rock geo-mechanical parameters
Frac stages: spearhead, frac pad, proppant, frac flush
Flow-back and draw-down limits (case study)
Hybrid frac and zipper frac
Frac divertors and frac hits
Frac hydration and refract techniques
Reserves Determination:

Volumetric, material balance, and probabilistic methods(class example)
Use of Arps and advanced type curve analysis for tight formations
The use of flowing material balance technique
The use of“Well Typing” and statistical analysis to evaluate uncertainties, and to generate P90, P50, and P10 production forecasts and reserves.
Use of new numerical techniques to estimate Stimulated Reservoir Volume (SRV) and Contacted Reservoir Volume (CRV), commonly used for reserves booking of tight sands and unconventional formation
Case studies
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) fortight sand and Unconventional:

Common techniques used for EOR for the Unconventional
Challenges in the EOR for the Unconventional
Techniques used to reduce water/gas breakthrough
Review of waterflood application for tight sands using MFHW’s
Application of CO2Huff-n-Puff process
LOCATION
The first day will be held at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Cairo. The participants will fly the second day to Hurghada to continue the course and return to Cairo on last day afternoon.
COURSE FEES
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and all inclusive accommodation.
INSTRUCTOR PROFILE
Dr. Adel M. Salem Ragab, Consultant Petroleum Engineer
Education

Ph.D. Nov. 2008
Ph. D. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Leoben, Austria. Dissertation Title:“Simulation of Hydrodynamic Slug Formation in Multiphase Flowlines and Separation Devices”. Supervisor: Prof. W. Brandstatter.

M. Sc. Feb 1999
M. Sc. in Petroleum Engineering, Suez Canal University.Thesis Title: “Comparative Investigation of Factors Affecting Formation Damage Caused by Completion and Workover Fluids”.

B. Sc. May 1994

Academic Experience:

2018- Present
Professor, Head of Petroleum Engineering, Suez Canal University.

Feb. 2015 – 2016
Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Future University in Egypt, FUE, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Department of Petroleum Engineering.

Sept. 2011 – Dec. 2014
Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering, American University in Cairo, AUC, School of Sciences and Engineering, Department of Petroleum and Energy Engineering.

March 2009 – Aug. 2011
Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Suez Canal University, Faculty of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Pet. Eng. Department.

Dec. 2005 – Feb. 2009
University of Leoben (Montan Universit?t Leoben), Leoben, Austria. Department of Mineral Resources and Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum Production and Processing, Austria.

Sept. 2004 – Nov. 2005
Suez Canal University: Petroleum Engineering Department, Suez, Egypt. Teaching Assistant (TA), and Researcher

Dec. 2003 – Aug. 2004
Visiting researcher, University of Bologna: Chemical, Mining and Environmental Engineering – DICMA, Viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna, Italy

1996 – Nov. 2003
Suez Canal University: Petroleum Engineering Department, Suez, Egypt. Teaching Assistant (TA), and Researcher Short Appointments:

Dec. 2003- Aug. 2004
University of Bologna: Chemical, Mining and Environmental Engineering – DICMA, Viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna, Italy. Researcher: Research Fellowship. Research Areas include: NMR Characterization of Porous Media, Core Analysis, and Transport Phenomena in Porous Media IndustrialExperiences and Consulting

Sept. 1996 – Present
Instructor and consultant for national and international Petroleum Companies.

April -Sept. 1996
Qarun Petroleum Company Western Desert – Egypt: Petroleum Production and Process Engineer. Field Engineering to monitor the producing wells and supervisor the separation processes in the field.

Research Interest:

Nanotechnology Application for EOR/IOR
Nanomaterials for Enhancing Mud Properties

Radial Drilling

Multiphase Flow Simulation in Pipes and Separation Devices,
Well Performance and Production Optimization,
Formation Damage and Remediation.
NMR Characterization of Porous Media

Research Grants

Project Title: Application of Nanotechnology for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Egyptian Oil Fields.
Date: Feb. 2013 to June 2013.
Experimental work to investigate the applications of several Nano-materials in
EOR/IOR for Egyptian Oil Fields.
Sponsored by: AUC and different Egyptian Oil Companies.
Project title: Flow Assurance Analysis of Matzen Field – Vienna -Austria
Date: Dec. 2006 to Dec. 2008.
Staring Project ROHOL, Austria about Simulation of Paraffin Deposition and Precipitation in Wellbores, the university team work is consisting of in addition to Dr. Adel Salem Ragab, Prof. W. Brandst?tter and Prof. H. Hoffst?tter.
Dr. Ragab submitted the first technical report about the Paraffin deposition in the wellbores, chemistry, causes, removal techniques, and simulation technique to simulate this phenomena under title:
1. Adel Ragab, “Numerical Simulation of Paraffin Deposition in Wellbores” January 2009

Achievements

Introduce a new technique to model crude oil production flowing in hilly terrain pipeline.
Development of Volume of Fluid-FLUENT CFD Technique to model crude oil multiphase flow production.
Develop and published a new correlation between slug and mixture velocity of multiphase flow in production and transportation pipelines. Development of NMR to characterize reservoir porous media.
A contribution of characterization of formation damage in an oil field of western desert- Egypt.
Creating a numerical CFD-Flow pattern diagram for horizontal and inclined pipe flow.

Publications: A) Papers in Refereed Journals (RJ Papers)
M. Salem Ragab : “Mitigation of Formation Damage by Designing a Novel Nanoparticles Mud,” Oil Gas European Magazine, page 104 – 109, Volume 40 (2), 2014.
Adel M. Salem Ragab, and Ahmed Noah: Reduction of Formation Damage and Fluid Loss using Nano-sized Silica Drilling Fluids,” Publish on Petroleum Technology Development Journal, (ISSN 1595-9104): An International Journal; Vol. 4 No. 2, July 2014.
Adel M. Salem Ragab, and Ahmed E. Hannora: “Nanotechnology Potentials for Improved Oil Recovery: Preparation by High Energy Ball Milling and Experimental Work,” Journal of Petroleum and Mining Engineering (JPME) Vol. 16 (1), June 2014.
El-Abbas Moustafa, Ahmed Noah, and Adel (M.) Salem (Ragab): “Evaluation and Analysis of Oil Shale in Quseir-Safaga and Abu-Tartur Western Desert, Egypt,” Journal of Surface Engineered Materials and Advanced Technology, April 16, 2014,Vol. 4 No.2, PP. 53-66.
Adel M. Salem Ragab and Shedid A. Shedid: “Investigation of Inflow Performance Relationship in Gas Reservoirs for Vertical and Horizontal Wells,” Petroleum Technology Development Journal (ISSN 1595-9104): An International Journal; Vol. 3 No.2, pp. 17-35, July 2013.
Amr M. Kamel, Adel M. Salem Ragab, Hamid Khattab, and Mohamed Shehata Farahat: “Production Development of Depleted Reservoirs using Radial DrillingTechnology in Egypt” Journal of Petroleum and Mining Engineering (JPME) Vol. 16 (1), June 2013.
Adel M. Salem (Ragab), A. E. Abass, and A. Elnaggar : “Geological and Petrophysical Studies of Kareem Formation, Ashrafi Field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt,” Journal of Petroleum and Mining Engineering (JPME) Vol. 16 (1), June 2013, 39-56
Adel M. Salem Ragab: “Improving Well Productivity in an Egyptian Oil Field using Radial Drilling Technique,” Journal of Petroleum and Gas Engineering, DOI 10.5897/JPGE2013.0153, Vol. 4(5), pp. 103-117, May, 2013.
Adel M. Salem (Ragab) and Shedid A. Shedid: “Variation of Petrophysical Properties due to Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Storage in Carbonate Reservoirs” Journal of Petroleum and Gas Engineering, DOI 10.5897/JPGE2013.0152, Vol. 4(4), pp. 91-102, April, 2013.
Adel (M. Salem) Ragab, W. Brand st?tter and S. Shalaby: “Numerical Simulation of Slug Flow Phenomena in Horizontal and Inclined Pipelines,” Oil and Gas European Magazine (International Edition of Erd?l Erdgas Kohle), Pages 194-199, Volume 34, Issue 4/2008, December 2008.
Adel (M. Salem) Ragab, W. Brandst?tter and S. Shalaby: “CFD-Simulation of Multiphase Flows in Horizontal and Inclined Pipelines,” Oil and Gas European Magazine, Oil Gas European Magazine (International Edition of Erd?l Erdgas Kohle), Pages 34-40, Volume 34, March 1/2008.
A. Salem (Adel M. Salem Ragab) and A. A. Ibrahim: “Evaluation of Formation Damage Caused by Completion Fluids in Bahariyia Formation, Western Desert, Egypt,” Journal of Petroleum and Mining Eng. (JPME), Vol. 2 No. 2, Dec. 1999, 39-57.
Publications: B) Invited Speechs
Egypt Oil and Gas 2015 SUMMIT: “Nanotechnology Applications in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)- Future Challenges in Egypt” 18-19 Feb.2015, Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza, Egypt. http://www.egyptsummit.com/
SPE Applied Technology Workshop: EOR: Plugging the Gap between Production and Consumption, 11 – 12 June 2013. Cairo, Egypt, Title: “Applications of Nanotechnology in the Oil & Gas Industry” D_2: Conference Presentation
Adel M. Salem Ragab : ” Innovative Drilling Fluid Design Using Nano Materials”presented at MOC 2016- 8th Mediterranean Offshore Conference & Exhibition. Egypt, 19-21 April 2016.
Adel M. Salem Ragab : “Unlocking Reservoir Potential using Robust Hybrid Nanoparticles Designed for Future Enhanced Oil Recovery” presented at MOC 2016-8th Mediterranean Offshore Conference & Exhibition. Egypt, 19-21 April 2016.
Adel M. Salem Ragab and Ahmed E. Hannora: “A Comparative Investigation of Nano Particle Effects for Improved Oil Recovery – Experimental Work” SPE-175395-MS, will be presented at the SPE Kuwait Oil & Gas Show and Conference held in Mishref, Kuwait, 11-14 October 2015.
Adel M. Salem Ragab and M. Fouad Snosy : “The Effect of Ultrasonic Waves of EOR on the Relative Permeability Curves” SPE-175410-MS, will be presented at the SPE Kuwait Oil & Gas Show and Conference held in Mishref, Kuwait, 11-14 October 2015
Adel M. Salem Ragab and Ahmed E. Hannora: “An Experimental Investigation of Silica Nano Particles for Enhanced Oil Recovery Applications” SPE – 175829-MS, presented at the SPE North Africa Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Cairo, Egypt, 14-16 September 2015.
Adel M. Salem Ragab: “Experimental Investigation of Improved Oil Recovery using Nanotechnology Potentials,” presented at the First International Conference On” Nanotechnology &Its Applications ” (ICNA ( I ) – 2014) 25 – 28 February 2014 (Qena – Luxor) – Egypt.
Adel M. Salem Ragab: “Mitigation of Formation Damage by Designing a Novel Nanoparticles Muds,” presented at the First InternationalConference On” Nanotechnology &Its Applications ” (ICNA ( I ) – 2014) 25 – 28 February 2014 (Qena – Luxor) – Egypt.
Adel M. Salem Ragab and Amr Kamel: “Radial Drilling Technique for Improving Well Productivity in Petrobel-Egypt,” SPE Paper 164773-MS, This paper was prepared for presentation at the North Africa Technical Conference & Exhibition held in Cairo, Egypt, 15-17 April 2013.
Shedid A. Shedid, and Adel M. Salem (Ragab) : “Experimental Investigationsof CO2 Solubility and Variations in Petrophysical Properties due to CO2 Storage in Carbonate Reservoir Rocks,” SPE Paper 16463-MS, This paper was prepared for presentation at the North Africa Technical Conference & Exhibition held in Cairo, Egypt, 15-17 April 2013.
Adel M. Salem Ragab and Abdel Rahman El-Diasty : “Applications of Nanotechnology in the Oil & Gas Industry: Latest Trends Worldwide & Future Challenges in Egypt,” SPE paper 164716-MS, This paper was prepared for presentation at the North Africa Technical Conference & Exhibition held in Cairo, Egypt, 15-17 April 2013.
Adel (M. Salem) Ragab, W. Brandst?tter, G. Ruthammer and S. Shalaby: “CFD- Analysis of Terrain-Induced Slug Flow Regimes in Multiphase Pipeline Systems,” Presented at the 6th International Conference on CFD in Oil & Gas, Metallurgical and Process Industries, SINTEF/NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, 10-12 June, 2008.
Adel (M. Salem) Ragab, W. Brandst?tter and S. Shalaby: “Multiphase Flows in Horizontal and Inclined Pipelines by CFD Simulations,” Presented at the 5th Mediterranean Offshore Conference and Exhibition 2008 (MOC2008), Alexandria, Egypt, 20-22 May 2008.
Adel (M. Salem) Ragab, W. Brandst?tter and S. Shalaby: “Modeling of Two-Phase Flow and Slug Flow Characteristics in Horizontal/Inclined Pipelines using CFD,” Presented at SPE Romanian Conference-150 Years of the Romanian Petroleum Industry, Tradition & Challenges, held in Athénée Hilton Hotel – Bucharest 14-17 Oct. 2007. (http://romania.spe.org).
A. (Adel M.)Salem (Ragab), A. A. Ibrahim, A. M. Attia, and E. D. Elayouty: “Mechanisms of Formation Damage and Permeability Impairment Associated with the Completion Fluids in Bahariya Formation,”Presented at the 6th International Conference on Mining, Petroleum and Metallurgy (MPM), Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Feb. 20-24, 1999.
“Comparative Investigation of Factors Affecting Formation Damage Caused by Completion and Workover Fluids,” M. Sc. Thesis, Faculty of Petroleum Engineering, Suez Canal University, Suez, Feb. 1999.

Machine Learning Integration With Seismic attributes and Inversion
2025-12-07 - 2025-12-11 | Hurghada, Hurghada, Egypt
Course & Workshop
December 7-11, 2025
Instructor : Dr. A. Ismail, Ph.D.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The course is designed for exploration geologists, geophysicists, reservoir engineers, and development geologists.
Course Outlines
The course provides attendees with detailed knowledge of Artificial Intelligent (AI) in Exploration Geology with Seismic Application.
Course Content:
1. Introduction

What are big data, data analytics, and machine learning?
History of ML.
Types of data analytics
Geoscience database (Numerical and Non-numerical data types).
Scales, resolutions, and Integration of common geologic data.
2. A brief review of statistical measures.

Random variable.
Common types of geologic data analysis.

Univariate analysis
Bivariate analysis
Time series analysis
Spatial analysis
Multivariate analysis.

3. Basic steps in ML-based modeling

Identification of the problem.
Learning Approaches.

Supervised learning
Unsupervised learning
Semi-supervised learning.
Reinforcement Learning.

4. Data Pre-processing
5. Data labeling and ML-based modeling

Data splitting and model training.
Model Validation and testing.
Model evaluation.

6. A brief review of popular ML algorithms in geosciences.

K-means clustering.
Regression (linear and logistic) (K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN)).
Terminologies used in Regression and Classification problems.
Principal Component Analysis (PCA).
Ensemble classification models (Support vector machine (SVM)).
Decision tree.
Random forest.
Convolutional neural network.
Artificial neural networks.

Shallow ANN.
Deep ANN.

7. Applications of ML in subsurface geosciences (Examples and case study)

Outlier detection.
Petrophysical log analysis.
Fracture classification.
Seismic data analysis
Use of seismic attributes in ML applications.
Use of seismic inversion in ML applications.
ML for seismic facies clustering and classification.
Fault classification.
Seismic-based rock property prediction.
Machine learning tools and software.

LOCATION
First day will be held at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel, in Cairo. The participants will fly the next day to Hurghada. The course will be continued in Hurghada.

COURSE FEES
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and accommodation in Hurghada.

INSTRUCTOR PROFILE
DR. A. ISMAIL has obtained his Ph.D. in 2020 from Helwan University. He is EREX Consultant for Seismic Interpretation and Modeling. His work involved using Neural Network Technique and Seismic Attributes for prospect identification. He is a Faculty advisor and supervisor of the AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) and has a mission to the United States for one year. He published tens of papers in reputable magazines and societies.
RECENT CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS:
1. Gammaldi, S., Ismail, A. and Zollo, A., 2022. The updated multi-2D image of the gas accumulation zone inferred by seismic attributes and AVO analysis at the Solfatara Volcano, Italy (No. EGU22-11885). Copernicus Meetings.
2. Khalil, A., Nawawy, M., Ismail, A., 2021. Shallow Offshore Seabottom Geotechnical Modeling Using One Channel Acoustic Streamer at Kuala Sanglang, Perlis, Peninsular Malaysia. In The Arab Conference on Astronomy and Geophysics (ID. 197).
3. Gammaldi, S., Ismail, A., Chiuso, T. and Zollo, A., 2020, May. The multi-2D seismic imaging of the Solfatara Volcano, Italy, inferred by seismic attributes. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (p. 16478).
4. Ismail, A., Ewida, H. F., Al-Ibiary, M. G., Gammaldi, S., & Zollo, A., 2019. Neural network technique and seismic attributes, west offshore Nile Delta, Egypt. Petroleum Geology Student Contest – 3rd edition, Calvello, Italy 2019. doi: 10.3301/ABSGI.2019.06

EFFECT OF TECTONO-STRATIGRAPHY ON BASIN DEVELOPMENT AND PETROLEUM SYSTEMS, APPLICATIONS ON EGYPT
2025-11-09 - 2025-11-13 | Hurghada, Hurghada, Egypt
Course & Workshop
November 9 – 13, 2025
Instructor : Mesbah Khalil, PH.D.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The course is designed for exploration geologists, geophysicists, reservoir engineers and development geologists.
Course Outlines

Geodynamics, development and characterizing sedimentary basins.
Characterizing structure regimes for tectono-stratigraphy analysis.
Principals of tectono-stratigraphy in carbonate and clastic sequences, implementing
paleogeography and seismic stratigraphy.
Techniques for mapping reservoir sweet spots.
Integrating tectono-stratigraphy in petroleum system analysis.
Analysis of the petroleum basins in Egypt with specific emphasis on the Western Desert.

Course Outlines
Part-1: Theme and Introduction
Opening of Petroleum Basins:

Factors that control opening, fill and evolving basins to develop petroleum systems (Plate
tectonics, sea level changes, and sediments influx.
Summary for the main geological processes affecting the earth and their driving forces.
Origin of the energy inside the Earth.
Subsidence mechanisms to develop sedimentary basins.
Types and characteristics of sedimentary basins.
Role of mantle plumes in creating and modifying basins.
Classifications of the Earth’s lithosphere (tectonic plates), special emphasis on the basement
terranes.
Models of lithosphere thickness, corresponding subsidence and sediments thickness.
Origin of the Afro-Arabian plate.
Characteristics of the rift, passive margin, inverted basins.
Changing basin types upon changing their tectonic models.
Main basins in Egypt according to their tectonic origin.

Part-2: Characterizing Structure regimes for Tectono-Stratigraphic analysis:

Stress and strain.
Sources of stresses, stress propagation, partitioning, perturbation, and acceleration.
Plate boundary and intra-plate stresses.
Main deformation styles according to rock mechanical properties.
Strain significance of faults and fractures.
Characterizing fault, deformation bands and tri-shear zones.
Plays in extension styles; open fractures and normal faults.
Plays in compressional regimes.
Plays in strike-slip regimes.
Plays in the superimposed deformation regimes.
Plays in soft-sediments deformation regimes.

Part- 3: Fundamentals of Tectono-Stratigraphy

Integrated geodynamic and tectono-stratigraphy approaches in Abu Gharadig.
Hierarchy of tectono-stratigraphy and the corresponding depositional sequences.
Global facies pattern according to paleogeography and environments.
Elements of tectono-stratigraphy and environments of deposition.
Main types of reservoir Sweet Spots.
Role of sea levels and sediments influx.
The five elements that control the climate.
Control of orbital changes on sea-level changes (Milankovitch cycles).
Principals of carbonate and clastics influx.
Plays of dolomite and carbonate build-ups by seepage reflux model.

Part-4: Role of Tectono-Stratigraphy in Characterizing Petroleum Systems:

Conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon resources.
Energy in oil and gas, Storing the sunlight energy as chemical energy in Hydrocarbons, Gas
hydrates.
Factors that support development and characterization of petroleum resources.
Exploration for conventional petroleum resources.
Mechanisms for high organic productivity applied at North Africa.
Main characteristics of the organo-facies (source rocks).
Maturity of the organic matter, hydrocarbon migration, reservoir rocks, reservoir sweet spots.
Stress partitioning to create open fractures sweet spots.
Hydrocarbon traps.
Seals of petroleum traps.
Production mechanisms and water over run.
Some exploration and production challenges.

Part-5: Analysis of the Petroleum Basins in Egypt:

Main basins in Egypt according to their tectonic origin, architectures of the Syrian Arch
inverted basin.
Changing stress in North Africa since Early Mesozoic to Present, regional hydraulic head of the
aquifers in Egypt.
Causes for high organic productivity during Silurian and Jurassic-L. Cret. in North Egypt.
The three tectonic models in the offshore Mediterranean, Egypt (Syrian Arc, Matruh basin and
channel, Nile delta).
Inversion of the Syrian Arc in north Egypt and possible source of stresses from west Arabia
(Tabuk mantle plume).
Role of the heterogeneous basement fabric in changing structure styles in north Egypt during
the Syrian Arc inversion.
Pattern of the onshore Nile deltas since Upper Eocene to Present.
Analysis of Abu Gharadig inverted basin.
Integrated geodynamic and tectono-stratigraphy approaches in Abu Gharadig field and other
fields in the basin.
Inversion in Wadi El-Rayan and Beni Suef basin at the southern boundary of North Egypt basin
Foram basin in central Western Desert.
Basin in central and southern Western Desert (Komombo rift basin).
Regional tectonic model of Kalabsh block (Mesaha area).
Gulf of Suez active rift, Red Sea passive margin, Gulf of Aqaba passive rift.

LOCATION
The first day will be held at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Cairo. The participants will fly the second day to Hurghada to continue the course and return to Cairo on last day afternoon.
COURSE FEES
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and all inclusive accommodation.
INSTRUCTOR PROFILE
Dr. Mesbah Hussein Ibrahim Khalil has Ph.D. in 1995 in Petroleum geology. He is a senior consultant with 46 years industry experience. He is specialist in play generation, field development including using advanced tectono-stratigraphy approaches in mapping reservoir sweet spots in extension, compression, strike-slip and superimposed petroleum basins. I am a liaison, and teacher also. He has worked with Gupco, IEOC, Suadi Aramco, and Senior Consultant in Bahrain.
Mesbah created remarkable plays that led to successful discoveries and field development cases.
He also developed a special skill in satellite data interpretations to produce surface structure contour maps to support the studies. I am also an international field trips leader for AAPG, International geological union, and post international conference trips since 1984.

Advanced Structural Modeling, Facies and Petrophysics
2025-01-01 - 2025-01-05 | Hurghada, Hurghada, Egypt
Course & Workshop
May 4-8, 2025
Instructor: Dr. Saleh Hammed

LOCATION
First day will be held at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel, in Cairo. The participants will fly the next day to Hurghada. The course will be continued in Hurghada.
COURSE FEES
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and accommodation in Hurghada.

INSTRUCTOR PROFILE
EDUCATION
BSc, Geology, First Class Honours, Cairo University, Giza, 1990.
MSc in basement tectonics, Cairo University, 1995
PhD, Structural Geology, Geological institute (ETH), Zurich & Cairo University 2002
EMPLOYMENT

Demonstrator, Cairo University, Cairo, 1990-1995
Asst. Lecturer, Cairo University, Cairo, 1996-2001.
Asst. Lecturer, American University in Cairo, 1995-2000.
Asst. lecturer, ETH, Zurich, 1999-2002
Lecturer, Cairo University, Cairo, since 2002
Research scientist, and Field advisor, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland since 2002.
Principle consultant of AL Mashora Geologic consulting, Cairo-Kuwait, 1995-2005
Lecturer of petroleum geosciences program, Cairo University 2008
Visiting researcher at Geology Department, Catania, University, Italy, March 2008
E-learning scientific advisor (GNS- Egypt), 2008-11.
Consultant Integrated Geoconsultancy (IGC), Cairo-Kuwait

Geologic Software
GeoFrame – Petrel- 2D&3D Move, Kingdom, RockWorks Utilities
Image analysis software ERDASS and ENVI GIS and Map-info
Paleostress analysis (T-Tecto, Sperna, NDA, SVB, etc) Stretch (modelling and basin analysis)
RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE:

Subjects: tectonics, structural geology, basin dynamics, petroleum exploration, watershed analysis, remote sensing image analysis.
Methods: field studies (paleostress, fracture analysis), GIS modules, GPR, subsurface data analysis (Geoframe, Petrel, Rockworks, etc), numerical modelling, Matlab programming, Physical analogue modelling, digital mapping and GPS SURVEY.
Working Field: Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Kuwait, Jordan and Europe (Switzerland, Norway, Germany, Italy, Croatia, France).
Field leader, consultation and instructor for numerous oil companies and consulting companies including EREx, Transglobe, Dot Norke, North Energy, DNO, PGNiG SA, SUCO, GPC,GUPCO, INA, Petrogulf, Dara, Bapetco, RWA, OGS, Petrobel, petrosalam, Gemsa., Amapetco , and others
Involved with various geothermal energy projects in Switzerland 2002-2007.
Structural Geology consultant for Hamash Misr for gold mines
Groundwater flow in Alpine fractured crystalline massifs and their relationship with underground works, Civil Engineering Project at the Fédéral Technical School of Lausanne (Switzerland), Laboratory of Geology (GEOLEP)
Field Leader for West central Sinai Field mapping courses for students of ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Oslo University Norway, Mainz University, Germany and Catania University, Italy.
Field advisor for the annual geologic Trips (Petroleum engineering, American University).
Involved in Egyptian black shale evaluation project with (Petroleum engineering, American University).
Geologic consultant of GeoModelling Solutions GmbH, Zurich, Switzerland, since1999
We (geomodelling solution) have performed case studies for sedimentary basins worldwide, including the Gulf of Mexico, Norway-Greenland, the Barents Sea, China, Ghana, and Australia. We usually work on client specific problems and do not directly market regional reports. However, our work on the Barents, East Greenland, and V?ring basins is available through the geophysical atlases of TGS-VBPR.

TRAINER AND INSTRUCTOR OF:

Applied Subsurface Geological Mapping
Surface Geological Mapping
Field mapping and Regional Geology
Remote sensing and geologic mapping
Fracture analysis and image log interpretation
Naturally Fractured Reservoirs and their modelling
Structural Geology in Hydrocarbon Exploration and exploitation
Sedimentary Basin Analysis And Hydrocarbon Potentiality
GIS
Rock mechanics for PG
Geostatistics

RESEARCH GROUP (projects and MSc and PhD thesis)

Ichnology and Palaenvironmental reconstruction of the Lower Cambrian rocks, Um Bogma Area, Sinai, Egypt (2003)
Geological studies on carbonate rocks of Qattamyia district, and their use in Egyptian cement industry (2005) National institute of building material research.
Stratigraphic, sedimentologic and mineralogic studies on the Oligocene red beds and the associated volcanics of El Fayoum and Greater Cairo district, Egypt (2007)
Numerical Structural modeling of gravity induced folding: A case study from the Western margin of Gulf of Aqaba, (2008)
Structural and hydrocarbon habitats of Sidri-Firan Field, Gulf of Suez Rift, Egypt (2009), Petrobel Oil Company.
Structural modelling and hydrocarbon potentiality of Wadi Ghoweiba rift segment, the North-western sector of Gulf of Suez rift, Egypt (2010)
Engineering geology studies and mapping of expensive soil of Kom Oshim, Fayoum Egypt (2010)
Digital geologic mapping and genesis of Karst related features in some Egyptian territories (2012) Ministry of Environmental Affairs
Structure architecture of Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt (2008) Ganoup Oil Company
Structural and reservoir modeling of Ras Budran Oil Field, East central Gulf Of Suez Egypt (2011) Suez Oil Company.
Integrated geological modeling of Ras Fanar Oil Field, West Central Gulf Of Suez Egypt (2011) Suez Oil Company
Geologic Model of Kareem reservoir in North Zeit Bay Concession (NZBC), Gemsa Basin, Southern Gulf Of Suez, Egypt.
Tectono-Stratigraphic evolution of El Hamra and Shabrawet structures, East and West of Suez Canal, Egypt (2011)
4D Geological mapping and structural model of Hammam Faraun Block (2012)
Evaluation der Basement Reservoire der ostlichen Riftschulter des Golf von Suez, SW Sinai Geisum, ETHZ, Suco
Fracture modeling of surface and subsurface Eocene Carbonates of in NOW oil field, Petrosalam Co. and AOC

GRANTS

El Ashri Cairo University Grant best M Sc & PhD in the academic year 1995 & 2002
Swiss Grant for the best article in the Swiss tectonic meeting 2001
ETH Zurich fund for surface analogue for basement reservoir characterization project

Pore Pressure, Bore Stability and Geomechanics
2024-11-24 - 2024-11-28 | Hurghada, Hurghada, Egypt
Course & Workshop
November 24 – 28, 2024
Instructor: M. El Khawaga, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Who Should Attend
This course is aimed at reservoir, petroleum and exploitation engineers/technologists, and development geologists.
Course Objectives
The course provides understanding the fundamentals of the pore pressure, wellbore instability and applications in the oil and gas industry. This concepts and methods of pore pressure in different rocks, techniques and methods of assessment using well’s data. It also gives good understanding of elastic and strength (mechanical) properties of the rocks, with an introduction to the basics of experimental rock mechanics. The course also examines the main approaches of construction of Mechanical Earth Model (MEM) and the further application of these models to solve the most important issues of exploration and development of oil and gas fields. The course including examples of wellbore stability, modeling and forecasting abnormally high formation pressures. This course is designed for anyone involved in petroleum related exploration or well planning without detailed geomechanical experience.
(PORE PRESSURE) 1-5 Days

Drilling problems related to pore pressure.
Drilling hazard Panel
Data Requirements
Well Planning
The concept of effective stress
Modeling techniques and methods of calculating pore pressure (overburden, pore pressure and Fracture pressure)
Pore pressure prediction
Pore Pressure detection
Evaluation of the different pore pressure methods.
Uncertainty of real time methods
Leak of Test
(WBS) 1-5 Days

Introduction to geomechanics and application in the oil and gas fields
Estimation of Stresses (vertical Stress, Minimum Horizontal and Maximum horizontal Stress) magnitude
Stresses Directions two, 4 arm calipers and FMI image
Image interpretation (breakouts, induced fractures)
Mechanical Earth Model
Core testing for geomechanical modeling
Concept of Failure (Breakout Vs Depth of damage)
Wellbore Stability
Impact of pore pressure on reservoir geomechanics
Fault stability analysis
Sand production
3D Geomechanics Day 1-5 Days ( Software Course)
Complete workflow for the pore pressure and Wellbore stability
(Fundamental Geomechanical Course ) 1-5 Days
Drilling problems related to pore pressure.
PPFG Model “ pore pressure prediction and detection)
Stresses Calculations
Wellbore Stability “WBS”
Sanding production
Introduction of hydraulic fracturing
Location
First day will be held at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel, in Cairo. The participants will fly the next day to Hurghada. The course will be continued in Hurghada.

Course Fees
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and accommodation in Hurghada.

Instructor Profile
Dr. Eng M. El Khawaga obtained his Ph.D. on Rock Mechanics in 2017. He is a senior reservoir geomechanics geologist with reservoir management and geological operations background. Mohamed’s work has centred on 3D Geomechanical modelling to support the fault seal analysis including the mechanical properties distribution through fault plane and extends to reservoir production profiles to control the fault leakage through reservoir life. In addition, he proceed sand production studies for different fields in the Gulf of Suez with supporting critical drawdown pressures along the different reservoir pressures in its whole life. As a geomechanics specialist in GUPCO, he is responsible for pore pressure prediction, detection, wellbore stability, mud weight design and selecting casing criteria in the Gulf of Suez, which considered one of the most complex rift basins structure in the world. In addition, his experience is extended to the Nile delta and western desert basins. He has the following Publications:
1) ” 3D Geomechanical Earth Model Based on Well Logs in Edfu and Saqqara Fields, Gulf of Suez, Egypt ” New York Science Journal (2017).
2) ” Define the Geo-pressure Ramps Based on Well Logs in Edfu and Saqqara Oil Fields, Gulf of Suez- Egypt New York Science Journal (2017)
3) ” Geo-pressure evaluation using integrated basin modeling, well-logging and reservoir data analysis in the northern part of the Badri oil field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt” Journal of African Sciences (2019)
4) “Geomechanical Modeling using the Depth of Damage Approach to Achieve succefuly underbalance Drilling in the Gulf of Suez Rift Basin”. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (2020)
5) Present – day in situ stresses in Southern Gulf of Suez, Egypt: insights for stress rotation in an extensional rift basin. Journal of Structure Geology (2021)
6) “Impact of high resolution 3D Geomechanics on well optimization in the southern Gulf of Suez, Egypt”. SPE, Dubai (2021).,
Project Experience:
• 3D Geomechanical modeling for fault seal analysis projects including prediction of complete lithological facies in the different wells in the project, properties distribution along the different formations and faults, distribute the mechanical properties and the stresses through the fault plane and the adjacent areas
• Pore Pressure and Geomechanical studies for more than 20 models (high pressure and highly deviated wells) in different provinces in Gulf of Suez.
• Pore Pressure and Geomechanical studies for 20 wells in East Mediterranean, Egypt.
• Sand Management studies for more than 10 fields in the Gulf of Suez which helped in sustaining the production during the reservoir life
• Maintain the production in highly week sand by applying oriented perforation techniques.
• Developing a new approach for UCS measurements of sand and shale. Two hundreds core samples measured to remodel the results and creating a strong relationship between the lab results and well logs. These results directly affected the 3D sand failure and 3D geomechanics models.
Software Knowledge:
• Petrel (3D Geomechanics)
• Visag 3D Geomechanics simulator
• Techlog
• Petromod.

Economic Feasibility analysis of Upstream Petroleum Projects
2024-06-02 - 2024-06-06 | Hurghada, Hurghada, Egypt
Course & Workshop
June 2 – 6, 2024
Instructor: Dr. Ismael Mahgoub

Who Should Attend

• Senior level of Petroleum Engineers, Geoscientist, and Finance Managers.
Newly appointed managers.

Master Workshop Objectives

Preparation of economic feasibility studies of petroleum reservoir development plans for management approval is a challenging responsibility. This is achieved in this workshop by learning how to :-

Establish effective multi-disciplinary teams of senior staff to developing petroleum reserves, particularly in the nature of the volatile petroleum market.
Secure the decision analysis through carrying out sensitivity study since the upstream petroleum system is subject to considerable risk & uncertainty environment.

This multi-disciplinary team approach would promote the technical & finance efforts for securing managerial approval.

The workshop is designed primarily for those professionals whose responsibility during the carrier will include any of these essential aspects of the above sited components.

Workshop Objectives
1- To develop an understanding of the HC field life cycle.
2- To promote an international reservoir engineering techniques and best practice relating to the development of HC field, reserve estimate, production forecast, etc……..
3- To gain insight & knowledge of economic evaluation process to establish cash flow model of a development plan to evaluate its profitability.
4- Provide knowledge of how to carry out sensitivity analysis of the generated cash flow model.
5- Integrate the generated cash flow model into the business FiscalRegim of the Corporate.
Methodology
The workshop is focusing on in–classes excel sheet application to promote the participants practical skills. Accordingly the time allocation is divided into :

50 % for lectures
50 % for practical sessions

Accordingly:-
1- The participants will be distributed into multi-disciplinary, roundtable teams.
2- Every participant is to bring with him his Lap-Top to effectively carry out the practical sessions.
Location
First day will be held at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel, in Cairo. The participants will fly the next day to Hurghada. The course will be continued in Hurghada.

Course Fees
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and accommodation in Hurghada.

Instructor Profile

Head of Pet. Eng. Dept, FUE.
Ex associate Professor, Cairo University.
More than 25 years of practical experience in upstream petroleum industry.
About 10 years of leading multi-national JV Operations along which multi-phase upstream projects in Oil & Gas business has been carried out and successfully implemented.
More than 10 years in teaching technical, and business courses, in the Gulf countries, North Africa, and Asia.
SPE member.

Water Flooding Management and EOR For Improving Hydrocarbon Recovery
2024-04-07 - 2024-04-11 | Hurghada, Hurghada, Egypt
Course & Workshop
April 7-11, 2024
Instructor: A. Salem, P. Eng., Ph.D

Who Should Attend
This course is aimed at reservoir, petroleum and exploitation engineers/technologists, and geologists who are involved in the area of EOR schemes.
Course Objectives
This course provides a complete review of the waterflood scheme being the most proven, lowest cost, and applicable to various types of reservoirs. The various steps of waterflood implementation including cursory screening of candidate fields, scheme planning, design, and the estimation of the expected recovery using the most common methods in the industry.
Additional improvements in oil recovery using the most common secondary and tertiary methods are also discussed. Method mechanism, limitations, expected performance, and estimation of the expected recovery, are discussed. Design procedures and laboratory tests required are reviewed for the various EOR schemes including the application of CO2, miscible gas, steam, and chemical floods. Interesting class examples using actual field data will be presented. A detailed course hand-out which is an excellent reference, will be provided.

Course Agenda
Petroleum Geology:

Main elements of petroleum reservoirs: hydrocarbon migration & traps

Depositional environment and impact on reservoir quality

Reservoir facies and heterogeneity

Rock Properties:

Porosity types, permeability: relative, absolute, effective

Rock wettability and capillary pressure

Fluid Properties:

Hydrocarbon classifications

Fluid behaviors; oil and gas physical properties (class problem)

Fluid sampling and PVT analysis

Reserves Determination:

Volumetric, material balance, and probabilistic methods (class problem)

Decline analysis

Empirical method (Russian method !)

Waterflood Schemes:

Review and screening of EOR schemes

Waterflood displacement mechansim (fractional flow, Buckley Leverett) Scheme planning and design Factors that impact oil recovery

Prediction of recovery effeciency using Dykstra and Parsons, Stiles method and other empirical techniques

EOR schemes:

Scheme screening and limitations

Laboratory tests to define key parameters to optimize scheme design

Physical properties of injected fluids

Expected incremental oil recovery

Scheme planning and design

Performance monitoring

CO2 flooding
Gas miscible flooding
Chemical flooding
Steam flooding

Location
First day will be held at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel, in Cairo. The participants will fly the next day to Hurghada. The course will be continued in Hurghada.

Course Fees
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and accommodation in Hurghada.

Instructor Profile
Dr. Adel M. Salem Ragab, Consultant Petroleum Engineer
Education

Ph.D. Nov. 2008
Ph. D. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Leoben, Austria. Dissertation Title:“Simulation of Hydrodynamic Slug Formation in Multiphase Flowlines and Separation Devices”. Supervisor: Prof. W. Brandstatter.

M. Sc. Feb 1999
M. Sc. in Petroleum Engineering, Suez Canal University.Thesis Title: “Comparative Investigation of Factors Affecting Formation Damage Caused by Completion and Workover Fluids”.

B. Sc. May 1994

Academic Experience:

2018- Present
Professor, Head of Petroleum Engineering, Suez Canal University.

Feb. 2015 – 2016
Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Future University in Egypt, FUE, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Department of Petroleum Engineering.

Sept. 2011 – Dec. 2014
Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering, American University in Cairo, AUC, School of Sciences and Engineering, Department of Petroleum and Energy Engineering.

March 2009 – Aug. 2011
Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Suez Canal University, Faculty of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Pet. Eng. Department.

Dec. 2005 – Feb. 2009
University of Leoben (Montan Universit?t Leoben), Leoben, Austria. Department of Mineral Resources and Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum Production and Processing, Austria.

Sept. 2004 – Nov. 2005
Suez Canal University: Petroleum Engineering Department, Suez, Egypt. Teaching Assistant (TA), and Researcher

Dec. 2003 – Aug. 2004
Visiting researcher, University of Bologna: Chemical, Mining and Environmental Engineering – DICMA, Viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna, Italy

1996 – Nov. 2003
Suez Canal University: Petroleum Engineering Department, Suez, Egypt. Teaching Assistant (TA), and Researcher Short Appointments:

Dec. 2003- Aug. 2004
University of Bologna: Chemical, Mining and Environmental Engineering – DICMA, Viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna, Italy. Researcher: Research Fellowship. Research Areas include: NMR Characterization of Porous Media, Core Analysis, and Transport Phenomena in Porous Media IndustrialExperiences and Consulting

Sept. 1996 – Present
Instructor and consultant for national and international Petroleum Companies.

April -Sept. 1996
Qarun Petroleum Company Western Desert – Egypt: Petroleum Production and Process Engineer. Field Engineering to monitor the producing wells and supervisor the separation processes in the field.

Research Interest:

Nanotechnology Application for EOR/IOR
Nanomaterials for Enhancing Mud Properties
Multiphase Flow Simulation in Pipes and Separation Devices,
Well Performance and Production Optimization,
Formation Damage and Remediation.
NMR Characterization of Porous Media

Machine Learning Integration with Seismic Attributes and Inversion
2023-10-22 - 2023-10-26
Course & Workshop
October 22-26, 2023
Instructor: Dr. Amir Ismael, Ph.D.

Who Should Attend
The course is designed for geologists, geophysicists and reservoir engineers and exploration development staff.
Course Content

Introduction

1.1. What are big data, data analytics, and machine learning?
1.2. History of ML.
1.3. Types of data analytics
1.4. Geoscience database (Numerical and Non-numerical data types).
1.5. Scales, resolutions, and Integration of common geologic data.

2. A brief review of statistical measures.

2.1. Random variable.
2.2. Common types of geologic data analysis.
2.2.1. Univariate analysis
2.2.2. Bivariate analysis
2.2.3. Time series analysis
2.2.4. Spatial analysis
2.2.5. Multivariate analysis.

3. Basic steps in ML-based modeling

3.1. Identification of the problem.
3.2. Learning Approaches.
3.2.1. Supervised learning
3.2.2. Unsupervised learning
3.2.3. Semi-supervised learning.
3.2.4. Reinforcement Learning.

4. Data Pre-processing
5. Data labeling and ML-based modeling

5.1. Data splitting and model training.
5.2. Model Validation and testing.
5.3. Model evaluation.

6. A brief review of popular ML algorithms in geosciences.

6.1. K-means clustering.
6.2. Regression (linear and logistic) (K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN)).
6.3. Terminologies used in Regression and Classification problems.
6.4. Principal Component Analysis (PCA).
6.5. Ensemble classification models (Support vector machine (SVM)).
6.6. Decision tree.
6.7. Random forest.
6.8. Artificial neural networks.
6.8.1. Shallow ANN.
6.8.2. Deep ANN.
6.9. Convolutional neural network.

7. Applications of ML in subsurface geosciences (Examples and case study)

7.1. Outlier detection.
7.2. Petrophysical log analysis.
7.3. Fracture classification.
7.4. Seismic data analysis
7.5. Use of seismic attributes in ML applications.
7.6. Use of seismic inversion in ML applications.
7.7. ML for seismic facies clustering and classification.
7.8. Fault classification.
7.9. Seismic-based rock property prediction.
7.10. Machine learning tools and software.

Location
First day will be held at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel, in Cairo. The participants will fly the next day to Hurghada. The course will be continued in Hurghada.

Course Fees
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and accommodation in Hurghada.

Instructor Profile
DR. A. ISMAIL
has obtained his Ph.D. in 2020 from Helwan University. He is EREX Consultant for Seismic Interpretation and Modeling. His work involved using Neural Network Technique and Seismic Attributes for prospect identification. He is a faculty advisor and supervisor of the AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists). He published tens of papers in reputable magazines and societies.
RECENT CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS:
1. Gammaldi, S., Ismail, A. and Zollo, A., 2022. The updated multi-2D image of the gas accumulation zone inferred by seismic attributes and AVO analysis at the Solfatara Volcano, Italy (No. EGU22-11885). Copernicus Meetings.
2. Khalil, A., Nawawy, M., Ismail, A., 2021. Shallow Offshore Seabottom Geotechnical Modeling Using One Channel Acoustic Streamer at Kuala Sanglang, Perlis, Peninsular Malaysia. In The Arab Conference on Astronomy and Geophysics (ID. 197).
3. Gammaldi, S., Ismail, A., Chiuso, T. and Zollo, A., 2020, May. The multi-2D seismic imaging of the Solfatara Volcano, Italy, inferred by seismic attributes. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (p. 16478).
4. Ismail, A., Ewida, H. F., Al-Ibiary, M. G., Gammaldi, S., & Zollo, A., 2019. Neural network technique and seismic attributes, west offshore Nile Delta, Egypt. Petroleum Geology Student Contest – 3rd edition, Calvello, Italy 2019. doi: 10.3301/ABSGI.2019.06

Depositional Regimes and Reservoir Architectures Using Seismic Techniques
2023-05-20 - 2023-05-25 | Hurghada, Hurghada, Egypt
Course & Workshop
May 20 – 25, 2023
(Six Days)
Instructor: Dr. Mohamed Darwish (Ph.D)

Who Should Attend
The course is designed for all geologists, geophysicists, petrophysicists and reservoir engineers.
Course Content
The course throws light on the concept of sequence stratigraphy and the configuration of different siliciclastic depositional regimes in response to the seal level changes, sediments influxes and wave and tidal energy. Coastal, shallow marine, and deep marine depositional settings are discussed and illustrated with examples of modern depositional regimes (photos), seismic, well-logs, and outcrop data (photos).
Learning Outcomes:

Learn to recognize in well logs the various systems tracts, sequence boundaries, transgressive surfaces, maximum flooding surfaces, and maximum regressive surfaces.
Learn to interpret the most likely depositional regimes from well logs and prediction of laterally preserved sedimentary facies.
Learn to identify on seismic the different types of systems tracts, sequence boundaries, maximum flooding surfaces, and stratal termination patterns.
Learn to recognize in outcrops (photos) the significant surfaces: SB (sequence boundaries), MFS (maximum flooding surfaces), and MRS (maximum regressive surfaces)

Fundamental Concepts

Controls on relative sea level change, accommodation space and clastic input.
Sequence boundaries: definitions and types. Maximum flooding surfaces, transgressive surfaces, and other surfaces of sequence stratigraphic significance.
Seismic stratal termination patterns and seismic facies.
Progradation, aggradation and retrogradation, shoreline trajectories.

Depositional Environments and Systems Tracts

The falling stage systems tract related depositional regimes:

Forced regression, submarine canyons, mass flow complexes, shelf margin deltas, submarine fans and channel levee complexes.

The lowstand systems tract related depositional regimes:

Incised valleys and incised valley fills, fluvial depositional systems, lowstand wedges and shelf margin deltas.

The transgressive systems tract related depositional regimes:

Back barrier complex regime, estuarine depositional systems, bayhead deltas, and transgressive open coastal shorelines.

The highstand systems tract related depositional regimes:

Strand plains and beach ridges, inner shelf deltas, and normal regressive open coastal shorelines.

Main delta types in response to dominant processes.

Location
First day will be held at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel, in Cairo. The participants will fly the next day to Hurghada. The course will be continued in Hurghada.

Course Fees
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and accommodation in Hurghada.

Instructor Profile
DR. M. DARWISH
Has obtained his B.Sc. in 1968 from Cairo University and Ph.D. in 1979 from Bucharest University. He is EREX Consultant for Sedimentology and Professor in Cairo University for Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology. Dr. Darwish has extensive experience on the Gulf of Suez, Red Sea either in stratigraphic studies, geological field trips or supervising MSc and Ph.D Thesis. During the last thirty years, Dr. Darwish has offered appreciated consulting services with EREX on field geology, sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy for the oil companies in Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Yemen, Chad, Mauretania, India and others.

Field Seminar Southern Gulf of Suez and Northern Red Sea, Egypt Petroleum System, Plays, Structures and Reservoirs
2023-03-19 - 2023-03-23 | Quseir, Egypt
Course & Field Trip
March 19-23, 2023
Instructor : Dr. M. Darwish & Dr. Raed Badr

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Geologists, Geophysicists, Reservoir engineers, supervisors and managers
Course Organization
This course is tailored to provide and support an in-depth working knowledge considering the petroleum systems elements in the Gulf of Suez and northern Red Sea region. Having in consideration the rifting stages and sediment fill within the Gulf of Suez Petroleum Province, highlighting the pre- and syn-rift sequences, structural style, reservoirs and source rock.
This region will be shown and presented through the main tectono-stratigraphic events and their impact on accommodation and facies preservation. The sequence stratigraphic framework will be addressed through well defined field analogues. Petroleum Systems including source/reservoir and trap styles will be discussed.

Field Trip location Map
Course & Field Seminar Outlines
Day -1: Travelling Cairo – Quseir with short Stops.
Meeting Point: Infront of EREX Office at 6.00am, El Salam Tower, 115 Misr Helwan Street, Maadi, Cairo.
On Road From Cairo to Quseir.
The first day covers the onshore geology of the western side of Gulf of Suez, Pre-Rift and Syn-Rift Succession along the main Galala Road (Short Stops for Paleozoic, Triassic, Cretaceous and Eocene new road cuts)
Zaafarana Accommodation Zone where Zaafarana (Warda) Oil Field encompassing Miocene Clastics derived from the main Wadi Araba incised systems.

St. Paul area, depending on timing to reach Quseir before Sunset, as an example of Pre-Rift (N-S) Structural Patterns where Nubia-type sandstones are seen as potential sedimentologic. Structural plays in the offshore settings. On Road Issran Field (Oil from fractured carbonates, Miocene and Eocene ) will be overviewed.
(Overnight at Quseir)
Day 2: Quseir area (Sourthern Reaches of Gebel Duwi)

Wadi Ambagy across Pre-Cambrian Basement rocks, that onlapped by the Syn-Rift Miocene Systems.
Basement/Nubia sandstones, outcrops and contacts.
Upper Cretaceous-Lower Tertiary sequences
Duwi Phosphates
Dakhla shales (oil source rocks)
Tarawan chalk
Thebes Formation (deep water turbidites)

(Overnight at Quseir)
Day 3: Quseir – Safaga (northern reaches of Gebel Duwi)

Um El Huetat area
Pre-Rift – Syn-Rift analogues and facies models.
Model of alluvial fan/fan delta complex, developed during the different stages of eustatic sea level falls (Possible grading to deep water fan system, offshore part)

(Overnight at Quseir)
Day 4: Wadi Hamadat (South of Quseir)

An Example of doubly plunging hanging-wall synclines.
Pre-Rift sequences enhanced the accommodation of fault progradation folding (Khalil and McClay, 2002).

Day 5: Travelling Day back to Cairo, stop at southern reaches of Gebel El Zeit to be exposed on Gemsa oilseeps.

Number of Participants: (15 persons), 3 Persons in each car.
EREX (3 persons; 2 instructors and one logistics) plus vehicle’s Drivers

LOCATION
Quseir Town, Red Sea. The participants will drive to Cairo-Quseir-Red Sea in the first day and the return will be in afternoon of the last day.

COURSE FEES
Inclusive of All Inclusive Accommodation in Flamenco Beach Hotel Quseir, refreshment and lunch at the field. Accommodation in single rooms. Transport by 4X4 vehicles to/from Cairo-Quseir-Red Sea/Return, three persons per car..

The cost is includes:

The preparation and reproduction of the guide book for the theoretical part and field seminar.
Fees for the Instructors and logistics arrangements.
The issue of the Necessary military and desert permits.
Hotel accommodation in single rooms on All Inclusive.
Field lunch and refreshments.

Note:

It is advised to get approval to the earliest convenience to apply for the military and desert permits and to prepare the Field Trip manual, and arrange hotel booking and other logistics.
We need to get the ID card copy, Mobile number and one photo for each participant.
We will advise the participants about the necessary safety requirements before the field trip.

INSTRUCTOR PROFILE
DR. M. DARWISH
Has obtained his B.Sc. in 1968 from Cairo University and Ph.D. in 1979 from Bucharest University. He is EREX Consultant for Sedimentology and Professor in Cairo University for Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology. Dr. Darwish has extensive experience on the Gulf of Suez, Red Sea either in stratigraphic studies, geological field trips or supervising MSc and Ph.D Thesis. During the last thirty years, Dr. Darwish has offered appreciated consulting services with EREX on field geology, sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy for the oil companies in Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Yemen, Chad, Mauretania, India and others.

Dr. RAED BADR
Senior Sedimentologist, obtained B.SC on geology in 2008 and Ph.D on 2021 from Cairo University. He is a Lecturer at Geology department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University. Teaching Sedimentary petrology, Sedimentology, Field Geology, Subsurface geology, Sedimentary basin analysis, Sequence stratigraphy, Geostatistics, Clay mineralogy, Petroleum Geology, Photogeology and Field mapping. He works as a Sedimentologist and Reservoir Geologist at EREX Petroleum Consultants (EREX) since September 2013 until now. He has worked on several studies for many oil and gas companies in Egypt in the Western Desert, Gulf of Suez, Nile Delta and South Sudan. Experience also includes sedimentary facies analysis for surface and subsurface successions, High resolution sequence stratigraphy of clastic and carbonate sequences, petrography, reservoir characterization and rock typing and FMI interpretation for several projects in the Western Desert and Nile Delta.

Advanced Pore Pressure Estimation Integrated with Sealing Capacity for HPHT Wells
2023-03-12 - 2023-03-16 | Hurghada, Hurghada, Egypt
Course & Workshop
March 12 – 16, 2023
Instructor : Stephen Occoner (Ph.D.)
Geopressure Advisor UK

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Geologists, geophysicists, petrophysicists, engineers and drillers
Course Outlines
The principal objective of the course is to teach participants how pressure data relate to the safe and efficient exploration and exploitation of petroleum reservoirs. The course teaches participants:
• Pore pressure estimation – methods and limitations.
• Recognition of abnormal pressures and principal causes
• Influence of abnormal pressures on trap integrity, sealing efficiency for HPHT wells, reservoir quality and maturation/migration efficiency in petroleum systems.
The course is a mixture of short lectures, with sample exercises and “hands on” with pressure data and case studies. Material for the course will include many of the classic overpressure area such as Levant Basin, Nile Cone and Red Sea.
Course Content
Session 1
• Introduction
• Definitions, data datums
• Pressure-Depth Plots
• Reservoir Pressure Data
• Overburden – importance and how to generate
• Fracture Pressures
Session 2
• Overpressure generating mechanisms
• Pore pressure prediction and methods
• Relationship between shale and reservoir pressures
• Tools for Pore Pressure Prediction
– Drilling data
– Logs
– Seismic velocities
– Basin Models
Session 3
• Hydraulic Seal Failure – HPHT and Seal Capacity
LOCATION
First day will be held at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel, in Cairo. The participants will fly the next day to Hurghada. The course will be continued in Hurghada.

COURSE FEES
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and accommodation in Hurghada.

INSTRUCTOR PROFILE
Steve is a GeoPressure domain expert who has also been involved in many 100’s of projects globally, ranging from basinal studies and exploration risking to well planning/design and field assessments. He has extensive experience in SE Asia.
He has been involved in knowledge transfer and has taught more than 70 courses including bespoke courses for companies focused on integrating G&G, asset and drilling teams.
He has been instrumental in developing “Best Practice” workflows, has been involved in R&D to help reduce uncertainty in pore pressure prediction, and has integrated pore pressure with other disciplines such as rock physics and geomechanics.
He has written and been co-author on over 50 published papers.
Core Competencies:
Seal breach analysis – risking of top-seals (dry hole vs discovery analysis),
Identifying the evidence for hydrodynamic flow and the effects of lateral drainage and tilted contacts, migration and reserve estimation during field development and production,
Derivation of well plans for HP/HT drilling, as well as for sub-salt, deep-water, carbonate and other drilling environments,
Understanding shale and reservoir pore pressures and their common differences,
Identifying regional pressure trends and wildcat drilling,
Modeling the effects of secondary overpressure mechanisms and quantifying their contributions,
Overburden management and development drilling,
Predicting pore pressure in unconventional plays

Siliciclastic Depositional Regimes and Facies architectures in response to eustatic sea level changes and Sediment influx.
2023-01-22 - 2023-01-26 | Hurghada, Hurghada, Egypt
Seismic, Well-logs and Outcrop Data
Course & Workshop
January 22-26, 2023
Instructor : Dr. Tarek Bayoumi

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The course is designed for all geologists, geophysicists, petrophysicists and reservoir engineers.
Course Content
The course throws light on the concept of sequence stratigraphy and the configuration of different siliciclastic depositional regimes in response to the seal level changes, sediments influxes and wave and tidal energy.Coastal, shallow marine, and deep marine depositional settings are discussed and illustrated with examples of modern depositional regimes (photos), seismic, well-logs, and outcrop data (photos).
Learning Outcomes:

Learn to recognize in well logs the various systems tracts, sequence boundaries, transgressive surfaces, maximum flooding surfaces, and maximum regressive surfaces.
Learn to interpret the most likely depositional regimes from well logs and prediction of laterally preserved sedimentary facies.
Learn to identify on seismic the different types of systems tracts, sequence boundaries, maximum flooding surfaces, and stratal termination patterns.
Learn to recognize in outcrops (photos) the significant surfaces: SB (sequence boundaries), MFS (maximum flooding surfaces), and MRS (maximum regressive surfaces)

Fundamental Concepts

Controls on relative sea level change, accommodation space and clastic input.
Sequence boundaries: definitions and types. Maximum flooding surfaces, transgressive surfaces, and other surfaces of sequence stratigraphic significance.
Seismic stratal termination patterns and seismic facies.
Progradation, aggradation and retrogradation, shoreline trajectories.

Depositional Environments and Systems Tracts

The falling stage systems tract related depositional regimes:
Forced regression, submarine canyons, mass flow complexes, shelf margin deltas, submarine fans and channel levee complexes.
The lowstand systems tract related depositional regimes:
Incised valleys and incised valley fills, fluvial depositional systems, lowstand wedges and shelf margin deltas.
The transgressive systems tract related depositional regimes:
Back barrier complex regime, estuarine depositional systems, bayhead deltas, and transgressive open coastal shorelines.
The highstand systems tract related depositional regimes:
Strand plains and beach ridges, inner shelf deltas, and normal regressive open coastal shorelines.
Main delta types in response to dominant processes.

LOCATION
First day will be held at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel, in Cairo. The participants will fly the next day to Hurghada. The course will be continued in Hurghada.

COURSE FEES
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and accommodation in Hurghada.

INSTRUCTOR PROFILE
Dr. Tarek Bayoumi, About 35 years of experience in the field of oil and gas upstream activities with a proven track record of pronounced discoveries and achievements with many reputable oil & gas companies such as Shell, Sipetrol, Hellenic, OMV, Kuwait Energy and Dana Petroleum.
Accountable for delivery of all exploration & development related business (regional geological studies, exploration strategies, prospects generation, ranking and risk assessments, budget, drilling campaigns, field development plans, etc…).
Capability to integrate all geological concepts to identify possible opportunities, backed up by appropriate surface and subsurface analogues.

Field Seminar, Western Desert, Structural & Sedimentological Applications
2022-05-22 - 2022-05-26 | Bahariya Oasis, Bahariya Oasis, Egypt
Course and Field Seminar
May 22 -26, 2022
Instructor : Dr. M. Darwish/ Raed Badr

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Managers, exploration and development geologists, geophysicists, exploration supervisors and petroleum engineers.

Course Organization
This course and field seminar is tailored to provide an in-depth working knowledge considering the petroleum systems elements in the Western Desert highlighting the structural and sedimentologists. Hydrocarbon source potential and Reservoir systems (Rocks, Traps and Seals) will be addressed.

Field Program:
DAY 1: TRAVEL TO BAHARIYA DEPRESSION (360 KM)
6:00 Meeting point at EREX office
6:30am Drive via West of Cairo through El Giza-Bahariya Road.
Short stops for Oligo-Miocene sandstones with silicified wood. Drive to El Bahr Depression, a narrow area for the old eroded Delta (NW-SE trend)
Lunch. Stop and Break at a Desert Rest House.
Drive to Eocene Plateau where a spectacular landscape (Karst landforms) where iron ores of Gidida area were developed. Notices playa lakes around the road, closed to the sloping margins of the Depression.
(Hamra and Qazzan formations (Eocene Plateau), Ghazia strike slip fault system
Overnight at Bahariya Hotel
DAY 2 : BAHARIYA FORMATION: (TYPE SECTION)
Scope: Sedimentologic approaches and sequence stratigraphy applications vertical and lateral facies distribution at El Dist locality. (Measuring Sections) Boundaries definition (sedimentologic vs. stratigraphic)
Overnight at Bahariya Hotel
DAY 3: BAHARIYA FORMATION (EL MAGHARAFA HILL)
Measuring section for correlation and lateral continuity of the Bahariya Fm. with section at Dist area.
Elements and Parameters for correlation (Physical and Biogenic sedimentary structures)
El Mandisha Basalt, G. Al Englise volcanics , Segam well.
Overnight at Bahariya Hotel
DAY 4: NAQB EL HARRA AREA
Building a tentative 3D model.
Do we have tectonics control for short-distance facies changes.
Black Desert, G. El Marsous ring complex, Naqb El Selllem, White Desert if possible due to military station and security issue for 4X4 vehicules, Qaret El Sheikh Abdallah.
Panel open discussion
Overnight at Bahariya Hotel
DAY 5: DRIVE BACK TO CAIRO
Short stops for Eocene/Cenomanian Angular unconformity at Nabq El Harra
Arriving Cairo In the Afternoon

LOCATION
The field seminar is for five days in the Bahariya Oasis. The accommodation stay will be in Bahariya Oasis.

COURSE FEES
The cost covers a comprehensive manual, accommodation, meals and refreshments with transport by 4X4 vehicles during the field seminar.

INSTRUCTOR PROFILE
DR. M. DARWISH has obtained his B.Sc. in 1968 from Cairo University and Ph.D. in 1979 from Bucharest University. He is EREX Consultant for Sedimentology and Professor in Cairo University for Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology. During the last thirty years, Dr. Darwish has offered appreciated consulting services with EREX on sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy for the oil companies in Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Sudan, Mauretania, Chad.

Integration of Petrophysics and Core Analysis, including One Practical Day
2022-05-08 - 2022-05-12 | Hurghada, Hurghada, Egypt
Course & Workshop
May 8-12, 2022
Instructor : Dr. Ahmed Abdel Karim

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Petrophysicists, Geologists, Engineers, Geoscientists petroleum, reservoir or drilling engineer and in general, any oil & gas industry professional who is involved in logging data interpretation and validation. You must have already basic knowledge in using open hole logs and doing basic interpretation.
Course Objective
This course will teach you how to evaluate reservoirs and identify the robust results, reserves and simulation are achieved by the logical, systematic integration of all relevant data. A quality interpretation is extremely cost-effective compared with data acquisition or development mistakes and essential with today’s complex reservoirs and data sets.
This course focuses also on open hole data acquisition, interpretation, routine and special core analysis (RCA, SCAL) procedures. The course covers all the basics of log data acquisition and interpretation as well as identify the petrophysical parameters from both core and systematic work flows of log data. New high technology tools will also be reviewed and the applications of those tools described.
Integration between the core-log will often replace the need to run expensive, irrelevant logs, explain apparent data conflicts and provide the correct answer faster, strengthening your position as an operator. By contrast, stand-alone log analysis often results in wrong decisions and weakens your technical position from your partners point of view.
This course, evolved over 25 years of petrophysical consulting and lectures, demonstrates how robust answers are achieved by the logical integration of diverse data. Integrated Petrophysics was one of the best petrophysics integration course and remains the top Benchmarking Petrophysics Course today
Course Content
Coring and core Analysis

Objectives of coring and Core Analysis
Core handling and preparation
Core Samples
Sidewall Coring

Types of Core Analysis

Conventional Core Analysis
Special Core Analysis (SCAL)

Core Analysis Procedures
Reservoir Rock Properties

Porosity
Permeability
Permeability and Porosity Relationships
Grain Density
PVT, Wettability, Capillary Pressure,
Pore Volume Compressibility

Basics of Logging Measurements

Introduction
Logging Environments

Open Hole Logging Tools

Lithology Tools
Porosity Tools
Resistivity Tools
Dipmeter Tools

Core – Log Petrophysical Parameter Relationship

Core – Log Gamma
Core – Log Porosity
Permeability – Porosity Relationship
Permeability – Resistivity Relationship

Petrophysical Parameters from Core and Log

From Core Measurement
Parameters ‘a’, ‘m’ & ‘n’ from “SCAL” Data
Effects of ‘m’ on ‘Sw’
From Log Measurements
Parameters ‘m’, ‘Rw’ &’ ‘n’ from Pickett’s Plot
Parameter ‘m’ from Logs using Core Data

Application of Core-Log Relationship for Formation Evaluation

Water Saturation in the uninvaded zone.
Water Saturation in the invaded zone.
Basic Relations of ‘Sw’ Determination
Dipmeter Relation with Core Data
Fullbore Formation Microlmager
Sedimentary Features
Structural Analysis
Depositional Environment and Sedimentary Sequences from Core and Log
Rock Typing from Core and Log
Training Examples.

LOCATION
First day will be held at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel, in Cairo. The participants will fly the next day to Hurghada. The course will be continued in Hurghada.

COURSE FEES
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and accommodation in Hurghada.

INSTRUCTOR PROFILE
Ahmed Abdelkarim is currently a Senior Consultant Petrophysicist specialized in HPHT wells, petrophysics, QI and Rock Physics technical training courses for the oil and gas companies.
Also provide the Tuition for the faculty of Science, Cairo university, Petroleum Geoscience program, introduction to well logging , Formation Evaluation and Petrophysics, Advanced Petrophysics and well correlation for Year 2,3,4 and graduation projects.
Also providing petrophysical, rock physics studies, well onshore/ offshore operations support ( Shallow/ Deep/ HPHT) as well as the technical training courses in a number of petroleum societies.
Ahmed has solid experience of working nationally and internationally, he has held different senior Technical positions last permanent position was Consultant Petrophysicist for North Africa (BG Egypt, Tunisia) and Aphrodite Project (Cyprus), and Subject matter Expert of LWD/WL Acoustic Tools, Rock Physics and QI. Ahmed has robust experience in HPHT, Rock Physics analysis, Rock Properties, QI for AVO modelling and seismic attribute, gained from working on different basins around the world for different countries as Brazil, Trinidad & Tobago, Australia, North Sea UK, Norway, Egypt, Tunisia and Tanzania. Ahmed also has significant experience in analysing well log data, and performing integrated evaluations for clastics and Carbonate, Planning, Execution of Extreme HPHT wells with different service contractors including the latest high technology LWD/WL tools. Ahmed working with Shell Egypt, BG UK, Egypt, Tunisia, Aphrodite (Cyprus) with 28 years of experience in Oil and Gas industry Ahmed is an active member of LPS, SPE and SPWLA.

Professional Petrophysicist with 28 years of experience, employed with various multinational oil and gas companies such as BG Group (UK head office, Egypt, Tunisia) and Shell Egypt.in a number of roles in exploration and development with both onshore and offshore experience.
Strong HSSE background including regulations and compliance, Contractor inspection and Audit.
Mastery of global group technical authority of LWD/WL acoustic tools, QAQC Sonic Processing for latest technology acoustic tools.
High experience in planning and executing extreme HPHT wells with different service contractors including the latest high technology LWD/WL tools in Egypt and UK.
Robust experience in Rock Physics analysis, Rock Properties, QI for AVO modelling and seismic attribute.
Significant experience in analysing well log data, and performing integrated evaluations for Clastics and Carbonate reservoir for exploration, development and appraisal wells including SCAL analysis, Core log integration, Saturation height function, NMR and thin beds interpretation, using Low Resistivity Pay.
Solid background in project initiation notes (PIN),field development plans (FDP), new opportunities, bid rounds, farm in/out,
High communication, negotiation, project and time management skills
Latest paper was presented in 2015 in SPWLA 56 Th Symposium at USA, Long Beach California on QAQC Acoustic log and processing.

Areas of Expertise

Acoustic Tools (GTA)
Analysing Well Log Data
Field Development Plan (FDP) Study
HPHT Wells
Clastics and Carbonate Reservoir
Rock physics & QI
NMR and Thin Beds
Exploration, Development and Appraisal Wells

Publications:

QAQC ACOUSTIC LOG AND PROCESSING (Ahmed Abdelkarim 1 And Tim Pritchard 2) SPWLA 56th Annual Logging Symposium, July 2015
QAQC Acoustic Log and Processing, Integrated and Enhanced Workflows
BG Group Subsurface Technical Forum -Twickenham-UK October 2013
Solving Shaly Sand Fluid Substitution Pitfalls Using An Adaptive Gassmann’s Model
Shear Magic: The applications of full waveform acoustic logging
LPS One Day Seminar (London Petrophysics Society)- March 2013

Performance Evaluation for Oil and Gas Brown Field
2022-02-12 - 2022-02-17 | Hurghada, Hurghada, Egypt
Course & Workshop
February 5-10, 2022
Instructor : A. SALEM, P. Eng., Ph.D.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Reservoir Engineers, Exploration team members, Production Engineers, completion engineers, stimulation engineers, geologists, and all support staff who require a more extensive knowledge of unconventional resources.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
As we deplete conventional oil and gas reserves, “unconventional” energy resources are increasingly important to international energy supplies. Today, for example, coal beds, shales, and low permeability (tight) sandstones, combined, account for more than 40% of the U.S. natural gas supply.
Moreover, in 2006, U.S. production of coalbed methane, alone, exceeded trillion cubic ft (Tcf), which was 9.5% of the total dry gas production, and coalbed methane reserves were 19.9 Tcf, which was 9.8% of the total U.S. dry gas reserves. Internationally, there are tremendous heavy oil resources in Eastern Venezuela, Western Canada, and other areas, and we are just beginning to exploit these resources.
While resources of unconventional hydrocarbons are very large, economically recoverable volumes (reserves) are much smaller, because the greater costs and additional technology required for production. Many unconventional reservoirs have low matrix permeability, and natural fractures may be necessary for economic production rates. Therefore, optimal development of many unconventional reservoirs requires knowledge of the optimal completions and stimulation methods for low permeability reservoirs, as well as understanding of the role of natural fractures in fluid flow. Thus, understanding of the geologic and engineering aspects of gas storage reservoirs is vital for optimum resource management.
The objectives of this course are to familiarize attendees with the unique aspects of unconventional gas and oil reservoirs, including their (1) economic significance (2) geologic occurrences, (3) controls on production, (4) drilling and completion practices, (5) reservoir management, and (6) present activity.

What To Learn:
Understand unconventional resource play completion options and selection processes Use key multi-disciplinary tools for successful completions and stimulation in unconventional resources Understand the importance of geo-mechanics and rock mechanics to the success of transverse multiple fractured horizontal wells in unconventional resources Apply principals and design of well stimulation treatments in unconventional resources
Employ critical data needs and collection techniques with minimal operational impact
How to produce the heavy oil and produce from oi land gas shale reservoir

COURSE CONTENTS

Introduction to Unconventional Energy Resources
What are unconventional resources?
Where do they occur?
Potential of the unconventional in North America and worldwide
Economic significance of each
Technical, economic, political, and
Environmental constraints on development
Low-permeability (Tight) Sands
Background and history
Extend of potential reserves of tight sands.
Geological description
Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics
Drilling and completion methods
Facilities, reservoir management, and
Limitations on development, present activity
Exploitation of tight sands; primary and secondary
Coalbed Methane (CBM)
Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics
Drilling and completion methods
Factors that affect the commerciality of CBM
Methods to estimate gas content and reserves
Laboratory tests to estimate total organic content (TOC) and maturity
Production mechanism and well productivity estimate
Facilities, reservoir management
Uncertainties of formation evaluation
Limitations on development, present activity
Water and environmental issues
Class problem example
Shale Reservoirs (Gas and Oil)
Background and history
Shale gas formation characteristics/description.
Shale maturity and methods to determine type of hydrocarbon potential
Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics
Drilling and completion methods
Typical well production profile
Pyrolysis analysis of Kerogen
Facilities, reservoir management, and
Limitations on development, present activity
Water and environmental issues
Shale oil vs Oil Shale! (production mechanism)
Heavy Oil
Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics
Drilling and completion methods
Facilities, reservoir management, and
Limitations on development, present activity
Environmental issues
Gas Hydrates
Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics
Recovery methods
Limitations on development, present activity
Environmental issues
Other Unconventional Energy Resources
Geothermal Energy
Coal ¡V Conversion to Gas
Coal-to-gas
In-situ gasification
Multi-stage Fracture of Horizontal Wells (MFHW¡¦s):
Benefits/applications of horizontal wells
Review of the technique of MFHW¡¦s and frac design optimization including:
Horizontal well spacing
Frac size and the number of frac stages
Open hole vs. cased hole completion/fracturing
Taking advantage of the sweet spots ¡V quantifying
Modeling frac geometry and dual porosity
Case studies
Applications of Mini Frac or DFIT:
Benefits/applications of Diagnostic Fracture Injection Test (DFIT)
Pre and post closure analysis
Identification of leak-off types and fracture characteristics
Case studies
Evaluation tools of tight sands/unconventional vs conventional reservoirs:
Review basic concepts of reservoir evaluation, such as flow geometry and boundary conditions.
Review of the principles and applications of the well test analysis techniques for conventional and tight sands
Natural fracture Network evaluation in tight and carbonate reservoirs
Rate Transient Analysis (RTA) tools (Type curve matching, flowing material balance, Normalized rate, etc..)
Case studies
Tipson Hydraulic Fracturing:
Well fracability, and rock geo-mechanical parameters
Frac stages: spearhead, frac pad, proppant, frac flush
Flow-back and draw-down limits (case study)
Hybrid frac and zipper frac
Frac divertors and frac hits
Frac hydration and refract techniques
Reserves Determination:
Volumetric, material balance, and probabilistic methods(class example)
Use of Arps and advanced type curve analysis for tight formations
The use of flowing material balance technique
The use of¡§Well Typing¡¨ and statistical analysis to evaluate uncertainties, and to generate P90, P50, and P10 production forecasts and reserves.
Use of new numerical techniques to estimate Stimulated Reservoir Volume (SRV) and Contacted Reservoir Volume (CRV), commonly used for reserves booking of tight sands and unconventional formation
Case studies
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) fortight sand and Unconventional:
Common techniques used for EOR for the Unconventional
Challenges in the EOR for the Unconventional
Techniques used to reduce water/gas breakthrough
Review of waterflood application for tight sands using MFHW¡¦s
Application of CO2Huff-n-Puff process

LOCATION:
First day will be held at Holiday Inn (Former Sofitel Hotel), in Cairo. The participants will fly the next day to Hurghada. The course will be continued in Hurghada.

COURSE FEES:
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn (Former Sofitel Hotel). Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and accommodation in Hurghada.

INSTRUCTOR PROFILE:

Dr. Adel M. Salem Ragab, Consultant Petroleum Engineer

Education
Ph.D. Nov. 2008Ph. D. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Leoben, Austria. Dissertation Title:”Simulation of Hydrodynamic Slug Formation in Multiphase Flowlines and Separation Devices”. Supervisor: Prof. W. Brandstatter.M. Sc. Feb 1999M. Sc. in Petroleum Engineering, Suez Canal University.Thesis Title: “Comparative Investigation of Factors Affecting Formation Damage Caused by Completion and Workover Fluids”.B. Sc. May 1994
Academic Experience:
2018- PresentProfessor, Head of Petroleum Engineering, Suez Canal University.Feb. 2015 – 2016Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Future University in Egypt, FUE, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Department of Petroleum Engineering.Sept. 2011 – Dec. 2014Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering, American University in Cairo, AUC, School of Sciences and Engineering, Department of Petroleum and Energy Engineering.March 2009 – Aug. 2011Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Suez Canal University, Faculty of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Pet. Eng. Department.Dec. 2005 – Feb. 2009University of Leoben (Montan Universit?t Leoben), Leoben, Austria. Department of Mineral Resources and Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum Production and Processing, Austria.Sept. 2004 – Nov. 2005Suez Canal University: Petroleum Engineering Department, Suez, Egypt. Teaching Assistant (TA), and ResearcherDec. 2003 – Aug. 2004Visiting researcher, University of Bologna: Chemical, Mining and Environmental Engineering – DICMA, Viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna, Italy1996 – Nov. 2003Suez Canal University: Petroleum Engineering Department, Suez, Egypt. Teaching Assistant (TA), and Researcher Short Appointments:Dec. 2003- Aug. 2004University of Bologna: Chemical, Mining and Environmental Engineering – DICMA, Viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna, Italy. Researcher: Research Fellowship. Research Areas include: NMR Characterization of Porous Media, Core Analysis, and Transport Phenomena in Porous Media IndustrialExperiences and ConsultingSept. 1996 – PresentInstructor and consultant for national and international Petroleum Companies.April -Sept. 1996Qarun Petroleum Company Western Desert – Egypt: Petroleum Production and Process Engineer. Field Engineering to monitor the producing wells and supervisor the separation processes in the field.
Research Interest:
Nanotechnology Application for EOR/IOR
Nanomaterials for Enhancing Mud Properties
Radial Drilling
Multiphase Flow Simulation in Pipes and Separation Devices,
Well Performance and Production Optimization,
Formation Damage and Remediation.
NMR Characterization of Porous Media
Research Grants
Project Title: Application of Nanotechnology for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Egyptian Oil Fields.
Date: Feb. 2013 to June 2013.
Experimental work to investigate the applications of several Nano-materials in
EOR/IOR for Egyptian Oil Fields.
Sponsored by: AUC and different Egyptian Oil Companies.

Project title: Flow Assurance Analysis of Matzen Field – Vienna -Austria
Date: Dec. 2006 to Dec. 2008.

Staring Project ROHOL, Austria about Simulation of Paraffin Deposition and Precipitation in Wellbores, the university team work is consisting of in addition to Dr. Adel Salem Ragab, Prof. W. Brandst?tter and Prof. H. Hoffst?tter.
Dr. Ragab submitted the first technical report about the Paraffin deposition in the wellbores, chemistry, causes, removal techniques, and simulation technique to simulate this phenomena under title:
1. Adel Ragab, “Numerical Simulation of Paraffin Deposition in Wellbores” January 2009
Achievements
Introduce a new technique to model crude oil production flowing in hilly terrain pipeline.
Development of Volume of Fluid-FLUENT CFD Technique to model crude oil multiphase flow production.
Develop and published a new correlation between slug and mixture velocity of multiphase flow in production and transportation pipelines. Development of NMR to characterize reservoir porous media.
A contribution of characterization of formation damage in an oil field of western desert- Egypt.
Creating a numerical CFD-Flow pattern diagram for horizontal and inclined pipe flow.
Publications: A) Papers in Refereed Journals (RJ Papers)
M. Salem Ragab : “Mitigation of Formation Damage by Designing a Novel Nanoparticles Mud,” Oil Gas European Magazine, page 104 – 109, Volume 40 (2), 2014.
Adel M. Salem Ragab, and Ahmed Noah: Reduction of Formation Damage and Fluid Loss using Nano-sized Silica Drilling Fluids,” Publish on Petroleum Technology Development Journal, (ISSN 1595-9104): An International Journal; Vol. 4 No. 2, July 2014.
Adel M. Salem Ragab, and Ahmed E. Hannora: “Nanotechnology Potentials for Improved Oil Recovery: Preparation by High Energy Ball Milling and Experimental Work,” Journal of Petroleum and Mining Engineering (JPME) Vol. 16 (1), June 2014.
El-Abbas Moustafa, Ahmed Noah, and Adel (M.) Salem (Ragab): “Evaluation and Analysis of Oil Shale in Quseir-Safaga and Abu-Tartur Western Desert, Egypt,” Journal of Surface Engineered Materials and Advanced Technology, April 16, 2014,Vol. 4 No.2, PP. 53-66.
Adel M. Salem Ragab and Shedid A. Shedid: “Investigation of Inflow Performance Relationship in Gas Reservoirs for Vertical and Horizontal Wells,” Petroleum Technology Development Journal (ISSN 1595-9104): An International Journal; Vol. 3 No.2, pp. 17-35, July 2013.
Amr M. Kamel, Adel M. Salem Ragab, Hamid Khattab, and Mohamed Shehata Farahat: “Production Development of Depleted Reservoirs using Radial DrillingTechnology in Egypt” Journal of Petroleum and Mining Engineering (JPME) Vol. 16 (1), June 2013.
Adel M. Salem (Ragab), A. E. Abass, and A. Elnaggar : “Geological and Petrophysical Studies of Kareem Formation, Ashrafi Field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt,” Journal of Petroleum and Mining Engineering (JPME) Vol. 16 (1), June 2013, 39-56
Adel M. Salem Ragab: “Improving Well Productivity in an Egyptian Oil Field using Radial Drilling Technique,” Journal of Petroleum and Gas Engineering, DOI 10.5897/JPGE2013.0153, Vol. 4(5), pp. 103-117, May, 2013.
Adel M. Salem (Ragab) and Shedid A. Shedid: “Variation of Petrophysical Properties due to Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Storage in Carbonate Reservoirs” Journal of Petroleum and Gas Engineering, DOI 10.5897/JPGE2013.0152, Vol. 4(4), pp. 91-102, April, 2013.
Adel (M. Salem) Ragab, W. Brand st?tter and S. Shalaby: “Numerical Simulation of Slug Flow Phenomena in Horizontal and Inclined Pipelines,” Oil and Gas European Magazine (International Edition of Erd?l Erdgas Kohle), Pages 194-199, Volume 34, Issue 4/2008, December 2008.
Adel (M. Salem) Ragab, W. Brandst?tter and S. Shalaby: “CFD-Simulation of Multiphase Flows in Horizontal and Inclined Pipelines,” Oil and Gas European Magazine, Oil Gas European Magazine (International Edition of Erd?l Erdgas Kohle), Pages 34-40, Volume 34, March 1/2008.
A. Salem (Adel M. Salem Ragab) and A. A. Ibrahim: “Evaluation of Formation Damage Caused by Completion Fluids in Bahariyia Formation, Western Desert, Egypt,” Journal of Petroleum and Mining Eng. (JPME), Vol. 2 No. 2, Dec. 1999, 39-57.

Publications: B) Invited Speechs
Egypt Oil and Gas 2015 SUMMIT: “Nanotechnology Applications in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)- Future Challenges in Egypt” 18-19 Feb.2015, Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza, Egypt. http://www.egyptsummit.com/
SPE Applied Technology Workshop: EOR: Plugging the Gap between Production and Consumption, 11 – 12 June 2013. Cairo, Egypt, Title: “Applications of Nanotechnology in the Oil & Gas Industry” D_2: Conference Presentation
Adel M. Salem Ragab : ” Innovative Drilling Fluid Design Using Nano Materials”presented at MOC 2016- 8th Mediterranean Offshore Conference & Exhibition. Egypt, 19-21 April 2016.
Adel M. Salem Ragab : “Unlocking Reservoir Potential using Robust Hybrid Nanoparticles Designed for Future Enhanced Oil Recovery” presented at MOC 2016-8th Mediterranean Offshore Conference & Exhibition. Egypt, 19-21 April 2016.
Adel M. Salem Ragab and Ahmed E. Hannora: “A Comparative Investigation of Nano Particle Effects for Improved Oil Recovery – Experimental Work” SPE-175395-MS, will be presented at the SPE Kuwait Oil & Gas Show and Conference held in Mishref, Kuwait, 11-14 October 2015.
Adel M. Salem Ragab and M. Fouad Snosy : “The Effect of Ultrasonic Waves of EOR on the Relative Permeability Curves” SPE-175410-MS, will be presented at the SPE Kuwait Oil & Gas Show and Conference held in Mishref, Kuwait, 11-14 October 2015
Adel M. Salem Ragab and Ahmed E. Hannora: “An Experimental Investigation of Silica Nano Particles for Enhanced Oil Recovery Applications” SPE – 175829-MS, presented at the SPE North Africa Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Cairo, Egypt, 14-16 September 2015.
Adel M. Salem Ragab: “Experimental Investigation of Improved Oil Recovery using Nanotechnology Potentials,” presented at the First International Conference On” Nanotechnology &Its Applications ” (ICNA ( I ) – 2014) 25 – 28 February 2014 (Qena – Luxor) – Egypt.
Adel M. Salem Ragab: “Mitigation of Formation Damage by Designing a Novel Nanoparticles Muds,” presented at the First InternationalConference On” Nanotechnology &Its Applications ” (ICNA ( I ) – 2014) 25 – 28 February 2014 (Qena – Luxor) – Egypt.
Adel M. Salem Ragab and Amr Kamel: “Radial Drilling Technique for Improving Well Productivity in Petrobel-Egypt,” SPE Paper 164773-MS, This paper was prepared for presentation at the North Africa Technical Conference & Exhibition held in Cairo, Egypt, 15-17 April 2013.
Shedid A. Shedid, and Adel M. Salem (Ragab) : “Experimental Investigationsof CO2 Solubility and Variations in Petrophysical Properties due to CO2 Storage in Carbonate Reservoir Rocks,” SPE Paper 16463-MS, This paper was prepared for presentation at the North Africa Technical Conference & Exhibition held in Cairo, Egypt, 15-17 April 2013.
Adel M. Salem Ragab and Abdel Rahman El-Diasty : “Applications of Nanotechnology in the Oil & Gas Industry: Latest Trends Worldwide & Future Challenges in Egypt,” SPE paper 164716-MS, This paper was prepared for presentation at the North Africa Technical Conference & Exhibition held in Cairo, Egypt, 15-17 April 2013.
Adel (M. Salem) Ragab, W. Brandst?tter, G. Ruthammer and S. Shalaby: “CFD- Analysis of Terrain-Induced Slug Flow Regimes in Multiphase Pipeline Systems,” Presented at the 6th International Conference on CFD in Oil & Gas, Metallurgical and Process Industries, SINTEF/NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, 10-12 June, 2008.
Adel (M. Salem) Ragab, W. Brandst?tter and S. Shalaby: “Multiphase Flows in Horizontal and Inclined Pipelines by CFD Simulations,” Presented at the 5th Mediterranean Offshore Conference and Exhibition 2008 (MOC2008), Alexandria, Egypt, 20-22 May 2008.
Adel (M. Salem) Ragab, W. Brandst?tter and S. Shalaby: “Modeling of Two-Phase Flow and Slug Flow Characteristics in Horizontal/Inclined Pipelines using CFD,” Presented at SPE Romanian Conference-150 Years of the Romanian Petroleum Industry, Tradition & Challenges, held in Athénée Hilton Hotel – Bucharest 14-17 Oct. 2007. (http://romania.spe.org).
A. (Adel M.)Salem (Ragab), A. A. Ibrahim, A. M. Attia, and E. D. Elayouty: “Mechanisms of Formation Damage and Permeability Impairment Associated with the Completion Fluids in Bahariya Formation,”Presented at the 6th International Conference on Mining, Petroleum and Metallurgy (MPM), Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Feb. 20-24, 1999.
“Comparative Investigation of Factors Affecting Formation Damage Caused by Completion and Workover Fluids,” M. Sc. Thesis, Faculty of Petroleum Engineering, Suez Canal University, Suez, Feb. 1999.
