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SCPRE08

Concepts, Models, and Case Studies of Dolomitization – with Applications to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Development

Instructors: Hans Machel and Jay Gregg
Date: May 8 - 9, 2008
Max. Attendance: 20 participants
Course Fee: $950

Venue: ERCB Core Research Centre – Room 200 Section 20, #3545 Research Way NW Calgary, T2L 1Y7

This course summarizes the major advances and current controversies in dolomite research. It begins with a brief review of the chemical (thermodynamic and kinetic) conditions that favor dolomitization, including mass balance considerations for the generation of massive dolostones. Classifications for dolomite textures and pore spaces in dolostones are presented, which serve as a basis for a discussion of the porosity evolution during or as a result of dolomitization. A major part of this course deals with the various dolomitization models, from early to late and from shallow to deep, from hypersaline reflux to hydrothermal dolomitization and MVT mineralization. These concepts will be applied to hydrocarbon exploration and development, with specific reference to the Devonian of Western Canada.