HGS Short Course: Carbonate Reservoir Characterization with Lucia Petrophysics (1 Day)

HGS Short Course:  Carbonate Reservoir Characterization with Lucia Petrophysics

Dr. Bill Raatz, Occidental Petroleum

May 19, 2025 | 9am - 5pm
Oxy at  5 Greenway Plz Ste 110, Houston, TX 77046
Attendees will receive a Certificate of Continuing Education for 8 PDH

HGS Members $280.00 
HGS Student / In Transition Members $50.00

Emeritus $140.00 
Non-members $350.00 

Registration will close Monday, May 12, 2025 at 5:00 pm.**Non-Members can submit an application and pay their dues before registering to get the member price. Please call the HGS office at 713-463-9476 to be registered only AFTER your application and dues are submitted.

Course Description:

Course Description: This one day course uses lecture and group exercise format to introduce the basics of carbonate reservoir characterization.  It emphasizes rock typing and integration of Geology with quantitative petrophysical techniques.  Although the principles taught are critical for geological modeling, it is not a modeling course.  Time constraints also limit extensive integration of seismic datasets.  The course sections include:

• Controls over Carbonate Deposition and Diagenesis
• Carbonate Classification (Dunham) and Rock Typing (Lucia)
• Carbonate Porosity Types (Choquette & Pray, Lucia)
• Connected vs Nonconnected Porosity (Lucia)
• Permeability and Saturation (Lucia, Leverett J Functions)

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Bill Raatz, Occidental Petroleum

Bio:  Bill Raatz is currently an Oxy Fellow with Occidental Petroleum.  Past positions with Oxy include Worldwide Chief Geologist and Director of Geosciences.  Bill’s specialties are carbonate depositional systems, stratigraphy and reservoir characterization, which he has applied extensively in the Permian Basin and Middle East. He teaches short courses in reservoir characterization, sedimentary petrography, core interpretation, and field trips to New Mexico, West Texas, and Oman.

Bill has served AAPG as a Search and Discovery editor and as a member of the Corporate Advisory Board.  He has published numerous papers and edited special publications on the geology of the Permian Basin region.

Bill previously worked for ARCO International Exploration, ARCO Alaska, Phillips Alaska, and New Mexico Tech University.  He received his BS and MS in Geology from the University of Iowa, and his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.