Introduction to Seismic Stratigraphy: A Basin Scale Regional Exploration Workshop - ISS

Posted by PetroSkills on Thursday, March 18, 2010

Start Date Monday, June 07, 2010
End Date Friday, June 11, 2010

Location
Lon'

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DESIGNED FOR

Geophysicists, geologists, explorationists, and managers who are interested in an introduction or review of the theory and application of contemporary seismic stratigraphic techniques to exploration



YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO

Apply geophysical fundamentals to uncovering the geological information embedded within seismic

Understand the premises behind the “Vail” seismic sequence paradigm

Construct and interpret chronostratigraphic charts, sea level curves, and seismic facies maps

Interpret clastic and carbonate depositional system responses to allocyclic and autocyclic processes and the effects upon reservoir architecture and seal potential

Systematically reconstruct a basin’s Geohistory which provides the critical foundation for its petroleum system analysis and effective exploration



ABOUT THE COURSE

One of the most revolutionary, most effective, yet most under-utilized tools introduced into exploration this century is that of seismic stratigraphy. It is not a tool exclusive to geophysicists; nor is it a tool only for geologists. Seismic stratigraphic techniques are based upon an integration of firm, well-established geological and geophysical fundamentals. When properly applied, seismic stratigraphy provides a powerful foundation for geohistory analysis, helping describe a basin’s evolution and the resulting effects upon its spatial and temporal variation in hydrocarbon potential. Seismic stratigraphy chronostratigraphically constrains both the sedimentological and fault-mechanical stratigraphy of a basin. Furthermore, it can provide a predictive model extrapolated beyond the borehole as to aspects of the quality of potential reservoirs and seals, their sedimentary environments of deposition, and in some cases, even their paragenesis. In this rigorous workshop, pragmatically the seismic stratigraphic method to optimizing their exploration efforts by working in teams on projects selected from diverse settings around the world. Areas for the projects include borehole-constrained seismic data drawn from such regions as the Alaska North Slope, Gulf of Mexico, Red Sea, Southeast Asia, South America and Western Africa.



COURSE CONTENT

Introduction: Philosophy and History

Geophysical Fundamentals

Breaking Out Operational Sequences

Introduction to Fault Interpretation

Chronostratigraphy Construction and Interpretation

Sea Level Curves, Accommodation Space, and Cycle Orders

Vail Sequence Theory and Sequence Hierarchy

Carbonate Sequences

Siliciclastic Sequences

Seismic Facies

Paleo-Environmental Analysis

Geohistory Reconstruction

Optimizing Exploration


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