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Ross Crain Petrophysics Courses on Petrolessons

About Ross Crain Petrophysics training courses: 

Ross Crain is well known SME, author and instructor who shares his vast experience with thousands of professionals from around the world through his online video training covering several petrophysics courses in Crain’s Petrophysical Handbook.

Courses are available for purchase as individual training or in 3 bundles of 13 courses each. It’s recommended that the courses are taken in sequence for better understanding. 

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Below is the breakdown of Ross Crain Petrophysics Courses available on Petrolessons. They can be purchased as individual courses and in bundles, which offer amazing cost savings. The bundles sell at $699 for 13 courses (each course comes at US$54). Our Ross Crain petrophysics courses run on a streamlined system that is super easy for companies and professionals to signup, pay, access, take quizzes, discuss and get a completion certificate! Ross Crain’s vast knowledge is just a click away. 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 1 – Introduction to Petrophysics

  • What is Integrated Petrophysics?
  • What is a Log?
  • Recording Logs at the Wellsite
  • What Do Logs Look Like?
  • What Logs Are Available?
  • What Answers Can We Get From Logs?
  • Uses of Log Analysis Answers
  • Some Real World Examples

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 2 – Logging Tool Theory 1

  • Electrical Survey
  • Spontaneous Potential
  • Induction Logs
  • Laterologs
  • Micrologs and Microlaterologs
  • Gamma Ray Logs
  • Caliper Logs
  • Thermal Decay Time Logs

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 3 – Logging Tool Theory 2

  • Sonic Logs
  • Density and PE Logs
  • Neutron Logs
  • Nuclear Magnetic Log
  • Elemental Capture Spectrography Log

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 4 – Petrophysical Analysis Concepts

  • The Basic Petrophysical Analysis Model
  • The Log Response Equation
  • Definitions Needed to Understand Petrophysics
  • Quicklook Analysis Rules
  • Archie’s Laws
  • Exercises 0

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 5 – Visual Analysis of Logs

  • Visual Analysis Basics
  • Crain’s Rules for Visual Log Analysis
  • Visual Analysis for Exercise 1
  • Rules for Picking Log Data
  • Picking Logs for Exercise 1
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ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 6 – Quantitative Analysis

·           Shale, Porosity, Water Saturation

  • Permeability
  • Cutoffs, Net Pay, Mappable Properties
  • Productivity and Reserves
  • Exercise 1

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 7 – Integrating Ground Truth

  • Case History – Exercise 1
  • Review Results for Exercise #1
  • Compare Results to Ground Truth
  • Integrate Logs, Cores, and Production History
  • Revise Log Analysis Picks and Parameters to Match Ground Truth – Calibration

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 8 – Lithology Analysis

  • Visual Analysis for Lithology
  • Compatible Scale Logs
  • Exercise 4
  • Quantitative Analysis for Lithology
  • 2- and 3- Mineral Models

·           Pickett Plots

  • Effect of Lithology on Water Saturation Parameters

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 9 – Alternate Porosity Models

  • Shale corrected sonic log model
  • Shale corrected density log model
  • Shale corrected neutron log model
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance porosity
  • Maximum porosity model
  • Water resistivity from DST or water catalog data
  • Exercise 2
  • Case History

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 10 – Analyzing Gas Sands

  • Compatible Scale Logs for Gas Identification
  • Gas Effect in Sandstones and Shaly Sands
  • Add gas correction to the shale corrected density neutron complex lithology porosity model
  • Exercise 5: Shallow Gas in Clean and Shaly Sands
  • Exercise 6: Gas, Depleted Gas, Tar Sands
  • Exercise 7: Gas in Clean Sand, Shaly Sand, and Gas Shale/Silt

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 11 – Radioactive and Low Res Sands

  • Basics of Radioactive Sands
  • Basics of Low Resistivity Pay Zones
  • Exercises 8 Radioactive Sand
  • Transition Zones
  • Exercises 9 Low Resistivity Sand

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 12 – Fractured Reservoirs

  • Fractured Reservoirs Basics
  • Definition of Fractures
  • Locating Fractures With Conventional Logs
  • Locating Fractures With Image Logs
  • Case Histories
  • Quantifying Fractures
  • Calculating Fracture Intensity
  • The Double Porosity Model in Fractured Reservoirs
  • Exercise 12

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 13 – Carbonate Reservoirs

  • Special Considerations in Carbonate Reservoir
  • Review Fracture Identification Methods
  • Secondary Porosity Index
  • Gas in Dolomite Problem
  • Exercise 3
  • Case History
  • Exercise 10

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 14 – Mechanical Properties Elastic Constants

  • Mechanical Properties Basics
  • Elastic Constants Theory
  • Log Editing Basics
  • Calculating Mechanical Properties Of Rocks
  • Shear Modulus N
  • Poisson’s Ratio PR
  • Bulk Modulus Kb
  • Bulk Compressibility Cb
  • Biot’s Constant Alpha
  • Young’s Modulus Y 
  • Modulus of Compressibility Kc
  • Pore Compressibility Kp or Kf
  • Calibrating Dynamic to Static Constants
  • Case Histories
  • Exercise 14

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 15 – Pressure / Closure Stress

  • Calculating Normal Pore Pressure Gradient
  • Calculating Abnormal Pressure Gradient
  • Calculating Overburden Pressure Gradient
  • Calculating Fracture Pressure and Closure Stress Gradient
  • Calibrating Pressure Gradients
  • Calculating Fracture Extent
  • Gamma Ray Logging to Confirm Fracture Placement
  • Fracture Orientation from Caliper
  • Case Histories
  • Exercise 15

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 16 – Ancient Logs

  • Introduction To Ancient Logs
  • Electrical Survey (FS Log)
  • Normal Curve
  • Lateral Curve
  • Spontaneous Potential (SP)
  • Laterolog (LL3, LL7)
  • Microlog (MLC)
    Microlaterolog (MLLC)
  • Gamma Ray Log (GR)
  • Neutron Log (GNT)
  • Density Log
  • Sonic Log 
  • Shale Volume, Porosity, Water Saturation
  • Case Histories
  • Exercise 16

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 17 -Russian-Style Logs

  • Introduction To Russian-Style Logs
  • Electrical Survey (BKZ)
  • Normal Curve (Potential, PZ)
  • Lateral Curve (Gradient, GZ)
  • Russian Core Analysis
  • Gamma Ray Log (GK)
  • Neutron Log (NGK)
  • Density Log (GGK)
  • Sonic Log (AK)
  • Shale Volume, Porosity, Water Saturation
  • Case Histories
  • Exercise 17

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 18 -Dipmeter and Image Logs

  • Introduction To Dip and Image Logs
  • Evolution of the Dipmeter Concept
  • Modern Dipmeters
  • Basic Continuous Dipmeter Calculations
  • High Resolution Dipmeter
  • Determining Dip By Clustering and Pooling
  • Pattern Recognition Dip Calculations
  • Stratigraphic High Resolution Dipmeter
  • Formation Imaging From Dipmeters
  • Resistivity Microscanner Imaging
  • Dipmeter Advisor – An Expert System
  • Auxiliary Dipmeter Presentations
  • Dip Subtraction and Rotation
  • True Stratigraphic and True Vertical Thickness
  • True Vertical Depth
  • Exercise 18

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 19 – Analysis of Structure

  • Plate Tectonics – The Big Picture
  • Diastrophism – The Regional Picture
  • Subsidence and the Creation of Geosynclines
  • Folds and Faults
  • Petroleum Traps Formed By Structures
  • Analysis of Dipmeter Data For Structural Features
  • Choosing and Using Regional Dip
  • Deciding What The Patterns Mean
  • Classic Dipmeter Patterns On Arrow Plots ——– The Cook Book
  • Case Histories
  • Exercise 19

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 20 – Analyzing Stratigraphy

  • Depositional Environments
  • Stratigraphic Traps
  • Grain Size
  • Dip Spread
  • Current Bedding
  • Curve Shape Analysis
  • Dipmeter Patterns in Sedimentary Structures
  • Choosing Regional Dip
  • Subtracting Regional Dip
  • Deciding What The Patterns Mean
  • Sedimentary Models
  • Classic Dipmeter Patterns For Stratigraphy – The Cookbook
  • Case Histories
  • Exercise 20

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 21 – Seismic Petrophysics

  • Seismic Petrophysics Basics
  • Seismic Modeling
  • Log Modeling
  • Logs Used in Seismic Interpretation
  • The Shared-Earth Concept
  • Exercise 21

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 22 – Editing Logs foe Seismic

  • Log Editing Concepts
  • Modeling Sonic and Density with Response Equation
  • Seismic Check Shots
  • Editing Sonic Logs With SRS and VSP Data
  • Modeling Sonic and Density Logs With Trend Data
  • Modeling Sonic and Density Logs From Resistivity
  • Modeling Sonic and Density Logs From Neutron and Gamma Ray
  • Modeling Sonic and Density Logs With Regression
  • Modeling the Sonic Log Response From Biot-Gassmann Equations
  • Gardner’s Model for Density from Sonic
  • Exercise 22

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 23 – Seismic Modeling

  • Seismic Modeling Basics
  • Step By Step Procedure for Modeling
  • Integrating the Sonic Log
  • Acoustic Impedance and Reflection Coefficients
  • Calculating Seismic Wavelets
  • Convolution of Wavelet & Reflection Coefficients
  • Case Histories: Synthetic Seismograms
  • Exercise 23

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 24 – Seismic Inversion, VSP, AVO

  • Seismic Attributes Basics
  • Seismic Inversion Procedures
  • Capturing Low Frequency Components
  • Displaying Seismic Inversion Traces
  • Case Histories: Seismic Inversion
  • Porosity/Lithology From Shear Seismic
  • Case Histories: Porosity/Lithology
  • Vertical Seismic Profile Concepts
  • Vertical Seismic Profiles On Wireline
  • Vertical Seismic Profiles While Drilling
  • Case Histories: Vertical Seismic Profiles
  • Amplitude Versus Offset (AVO)
  • Case Histories: Amplitude Versus Offset
  • Exercise 24

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 25 – Seismic Data Processing

  • Seismic Concepts for Non-Geophysicists
  • Seismic Data Acquisition
  • Seismic Velocity Analysis Techniques
  • Calculating Seismic Velocity From Logs
  • Calculating Interval Velocity From Seismic
  • Time to Depth Conversions
  • Seismic Velocity and Dipping Beds
  • Exercise 25 (Self Exam for COURSE 21 thru 25)

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 26 – Cement Integrity Logs

  • Introduction
  • Types of Cement Integrity Logs
  • Temperature Logs
  • Cement Bond Logs (CBL)
  • Cement Bond-Variable Density Logs (CBL-VDL)
  • Cement Mapping Logs (CMT, CET, PET)
  • Ultrasonic Imaging Logs (USI, RBT)
  • Casing / Tubing Inspection
  • Ultrasonic Methods
  • Electromagnetic Methods
  • Multi-Finger Caliper Methods
  • Case History
  • Exercises 26

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 27 – Total Organic Carbon (TOC)

  • Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Basics
  • Visual Analysis of TOC
  • Passey’s “DlogR” TOC Method
  • Issler’s TOC Method
  • TOC Analysis Examples
  • Exercise 27

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 28 – Analyzing Coal Beds

  • Coal Basics
  • Proximate Analysis
  • Visual Analysis of Coal
  • Coal Analysis Models
  • Calculating Coal Properties from Logs
  • Coal Analysis Examples
  • Exercise 28

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 29 – Coal Bed Methane (CBM)

  • Coal Bed Methane Basics
  • Sorption Isotherms For Coal Bed Methane
  • Gas Content from Core or Samples
  • CBM Gas In Place
  • CBM Gas Content Models
  • CBM Analysis Example
  • Exercise 29

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 30 – Shale Gas

  • Shale Gas Basics
  • Sorption Isotherms For Shale Gas
  • Adsorbed Gas In Place
  • Log Analysis Model for Gas Shale
  • Shale Volume in Gas Shale
  • Kerogen Voplume in Gas Shale
  • Effective Porosity in Gas Shale
  • Water Saturation in Gas Shale
  • Calibration to Core Data
  • Free Gas in Place
  • Multi-Mineral Model for Gas Shales
  • Gas Shale Analysis Example
  • Exercise 30

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 31 – Oil Shale

  • Oil Shale Basics
  • Classifying Oil Shales
  • Oil Yield from Fischer Assay
  • Oil Yield From Log Analysis
  • Multiple Regression Models
  • Multi Mineral Models
  • Oil Shale Analysis Examples
  • Exercise 31

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 32 – Tar Sands

  • Tar Sand Basics
  • Tar Sand Math Models
  • Dean Stark Core Analysis
  • Tar Sand Permeability
  • Tar Cutoffs and Pay Flags
  • Tar In Place
  • Tar Sand Analysis Examples
  • Exercise 32

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 33 – Laminated Reservoirs

  • Laminated Reservoir Basics
  • Resistivity in Anisotropic Reservoirs
  • 3-D Induction Logs
  • Alternate Models – Laminated Shaly Sands
  • Laminated Shaly Sand Quality Indicators
  • Reservoir Quality from Hester’s Number
  • Laminated Sand Analysis Example
  • Exercise 33

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 34 – Tight Oil Reservoirs

  • Tight Oil Basics
  • Shale Volume
  • Porosity
  • Water Saturation
  • Permeability
  • Lithology
  • Pyrite Corrections
  • Reservoir Quality in Tight Oil
  • Tight Oil Examples
  • Exercise 34

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 35 – Tight Gas Reservoirs

  • Tight Gas Basics
  • Tight Gas Geology
  • Shale Volume
  • Porosity
  • Porosity
  • Water Saturation
  • Permeability
  • Lithology
  • Pyrite Corrections
  • Tight Gas Examples
  • Exercise 35

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 36 – Gas Hydrate Reservoirs

  • Permafrost Basics
  • Gas Hydrate Basics
  • Drilling and Production Hazards
  • Log Analysis in Gas Hydrates
  • Gas Hydrate Volume
  • Gas Hydrate Example
  • Exercise 36

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 37 – Igneous / Metamorphic Reservoirs

  • Igneous and Metamorphic Basics
  • Metamorphic Rocks
  • Igneous Rocks
  • Metamorphic Sand / Granite Example
  • Porous Fractured Granite Example
  • Exercise 37

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 38 – Geothermal Reservoirs

  • Geothermal Reservoir Basics
  • Types of Geothermal Reservoirs
  • Geothermal Reservoirs in Canada and USA
  • Log Analysis In Geothermal Reservoirs
  • Geothermal Examples
  • Exercise 38

 

ROSS CRAIN PETROPHYSICS COURSE 39 – Analyzing Potash Beds

  • Potash Basics
  • Properties of Potash
  • Potash Analysis Concepts – Older Logs
  • Potash Ore Grade from Gamma Ray Logs
  • Potash Analysis Models – Older Logs
  • Potash Analysis Models – Modern Logs
  • Potash Analysis Examples –
  • Exercise 39
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