Reservoir quality—the ability of a rock to store and transmit fluids—is one of the primary controls on subsurface uncertainty, risk, and ultimate economic value. Whether evaluating a new exploration opportunity, estimating reserves, planning a development strategy, or optimizing production, understanding reservoir quality is fundamental to informed subsurface decision-making.

This course delivers a rock-based framework that helps subsurface professionals move beyond purely empirical or log-based property interpretations. By integrating depositional fabric with diagenetic history, the course bridges the gap between what we observe (the Product) and the physical and chemical mechanisms that shaped the rock (the Processes). This understanding provides the foundation for predicting reservoir quality away from well control (the Prediction), one of the most critical challenges in exploration, appraisal, and field development.

The goal of this course is not to memorize diagenetic processes, but rather to understand which geological factors matter most, how they interact, and how they influence reservoir performance and asset value.

Participants will develop practical conceptual models that can be applied across carbonate, clastic, and unconventional reservoirs to reduce uncertainty, improve subsurface predictions, and support better technical and business decisions throughout the asset life cycle.

Who Is This Course For?

This course is designed for reservoir quality non-specialists working within exploration, appraisal, development, and asset teams. Because predicting reservoir quality is inherently an interdisciplinary effort, the material provides valuable insights for:

• Petrophysicists and Geophysicists seeking deeper core-to-log and core-to-seismic calibration, as well as a stronger understanding of the geological drivers behind petrophysical responses.
• Reservoir Engineers looking to better understand the geological controls on pore systems, flow units, permeability architecture, and production behaviour.
• Exploration and Development Geologists aiming to refine play fairway definitions, optimize well placement strategies, and reduce volumetric uncertainty.