Basic concepts for exploration and productionElements of petroleum systems Source rocks
Reservoir rocks
Hydrocarbon maturation
Trapping and preservation
Reservoir characteristics
Which laboratory analyses to perform for exploration and/or production ?

Exploration Laboratory Analyses
Geochemical rock analyses
Geochemical fluid analyses
Biostratigraphy for age dating
Biostratigraphy for paleo-environments
Mineralogy and diagenesis
Application to play and prospect evaluation

Exploration Laboratory Analyses
Core sedimentological analysis
Integration and prospect evaluation
A Study case in exploration
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Production Laboratory Analyses – Rocks
Conventional Core analyses (CCAL)
> porosity, permeability, saturation)
Elements of rock mechanics

Production Laboratory Analyses – Fluids
Special Core Analyses (SCAL)
> capillary pressures, wettability
PVT analyses
> Fluid indices, viscosity, miscibility
Core Flooding experiments (monophasic, polyphasic)

Some examples and study case in reservoir and field appraisal

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