• Recognition of the main sedimentary structures and processes and ability to relate them to the original depositional environment
• Ability to recognize, from the available data of outcrops and well logs, the depositional architectures and to reconstruct the depositional scenarios in time and space
• Ability to reconstruct and correlate at small and large scale the sedimentary sequences
• Ability to extrapolate from the available data of outcrops (surficial analogous) the subsurface geology
• To link the acquired knowledge to exploration petroleum geology

Individuals in sedimentary geology and petroleum geology who are currently involved in development or exploration of carbonate reservoirs e.g. geologists, geophysicists, drilling engineers, reservoir engineers

Carbonate Diagenesis

• Processes and products
• Early and burial diagenesis
• Cement recognition
• Dolomitization processes
• Main dolostone textures

Textures of carbonate rocks and their influence on reservoir quality

• Primary and secondary Porosity in Carbonate rocks.
• Fabric selective and not fabric selective porosity
• Intercrystalline porosity (dolostone)

Carbonate sediments and rocks

• Textural carbonate classification
• Main constituents of carbonate rocks.

Carbonate factories

Carbonate production and origin of carbonate sediments;carbonate depositional settings and facies architecture

Facies distribution and facies assemblages and sequence stratigraphy

• Sedimentary processes and deposits; inner shelf, shelf margin, platform slope and basin depositional settings.
• Ancient and modern examples: Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy and Its Application to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Development

RECTUS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration