Face-to Face Course
July 8 to 12, 2024
Duration : 5 days
Level : Basic – Intermediate
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Although the focus of the course is structural geology, the topics covered are essential to understanding the inter-dependency across Geophysics, Geology, Reservoir Engineering and the economics that underlies the decision making process throughout the petroleum exploration lifecycle. The course is therefore required training for anybody working and utilizing subsurface data in these disciplines.
The course is devised to be flexible around the experience of the participants and will be tailored to either entry level and intermediate level. It can also be delivered to include an advanced option
OBJECTIVES:
The aim of this course is to consider how the interpretation of seismic reflection data can be used within hydrocarbon exploration of complex sedimentary basins with a focus on the interaction of sedimentary and structural evolution and the impact on hydrocarbon systems. It will provide an overview of the fundamentals of geophysical data interpretation and then consider the application in a suite of sedimentary basin settings. It will consider fault geometry, basin fill and implications for reservoir distribution and deformation. The class is taught through integrating recent advances in understanding of structural geology in the context of Basin Analysis, the integration of sedimentary deposition and structural geology and can be applied to both exploration and production settings.
BENEFITS:
You will be aware of the importance of structural mapping in frontier exploration, trap identification and reservoir modelling
You will apply fundamental restoration techniques to constrain seismic interpretation
You will be able to define mega-sequences in unconstrained basin settings
You will be to assess the evolution of normal faults and importance of developing a conceptual model for interpretation
You will be to assess the Interaction of normal faults and basin fill
You will be able to constrain reverse fault geometry from fold identification – impact on reservoir distribution
You will be able to understand Salt tectonics – spatial and temporal evolution
You will be able understand Strike slip tectonics in 3D
You will Inversion tectonics – unravelling multi-phase fault evolution
Course content includes:
Seismic interpretation fundamentals – what are you going to use the interpretation for?
Importance of understanding geo-history at basin, prospect and reservoir scale
Extensional systems – normal fault and rift basins
Compressional systems – reverse faults, and faults systems in 3D
Complex multi-phase deformation – inversion tectonics and strike slip
Salt tectonics
