CDL's Technical Studies Library

With over $30 million invested to date, CDL's Technical Studies Library represents a unique and invaluable resource for the E&P industry. From full petroleum systems and basin analysis, to basin hydrogeology and petroleum migration modeling, along with unconventional resource play assessment and play-specific analysis, this collection encompasses virtually every play and area in the WCSB, Williston Basin and beyond!

• Hundreds of Relevant Projects – Extensive coverage of virtually every play and area across the WCSB, Williston Basin and beyond!
• Varying Scope – Full petroleum systems and basin analysis, basin hydrogeology and petroleum migration modelling, unconventional resource play assessment and play-specific analysis.
• Recognized Expertise – CDL is a long-standing leader in the identification and assessment of unconventional petroleum resources. Until 2005, when it purchased and merged with CDL, RPCL was a world-renowned, international hydrodynamics consultancy.

Projects can include: 

• Reservoir Characterization – stratigraphy, facies, core, SEM/XRD, cross-sections, isopach and structure maps
• Petrophysics – models, interpreted logs, net reservoir, porosity, water saturation and resource maps
• Hydrogeology – pressure, fluid chemistry, geothermics, hydraulic systems, edges, migration modelling
• Geochemistry – TOC, Tmax, wet gas indices, liquids yields, acid gases, oil gravity/viscosity
• Production – mapping, horizontal vs vertical, identification of perforated intervals
• Geomechanics/Stress – fracture analysis, stress gradient mapping, drilling and completion analysis
• Geophysics – interpretation, seismic model integration