Course Goal:

To enhance the participants knowledge, skills in the field of exploration and production.

Course Objectives:

By the end of this course, participant will be able to:

1. Develop the basic concepts of sequence stratigraphy and apply these principles to predict the reservoir characteristics.
2. Identify stratigraphic sequences.
3. Implement seismic reflection generations.

Course Outline:

• General concepts
  1. Sequence stratigraphy
  2. Stratigraphy
  3. Seismic stratigraphy
  4. Seismic sequence stratigraphy
• Cyclostratigraphy
  1. Types of Cycles
  2. Duration of Stratigraphic Cycles
  3. Events
  4. Amplitudes and scales
  5. Causes of Cycles
  6. Climatic Effect
• The Making of a stratigraphic sequence
  1. Interglacial Warm Period –Sea Level High stand
  2. Glacial Cooling Period – falling Sea Level
  3. Glacial Maxims- Sea Level low stand
  4. Global Warming Period – Rising Sea level
• Sequence stratigraphy
  1. Relative Sea Level Components and Accommodation Space
  2. Depositional Geometries of Stratigraphic Sequences
  3. Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphic Models
  4. Classic Sequence Stratigraphic Model
  5. Chronostratigraphic and Lithostratigraphy
• Interpretation of Stratigraphic Sequences
  1. Integrated Interpretation Procedures
  2. Seismic Profiles
  3. Well Logs and Cores
  4. High – resolution Biostratigraphy
  5. Sea Level Cycle Charts
  6. Prediction of Lithofacies and Depositional Environments
  7. Reservoir Exploration and Production
• Conclusions
  1. The Model
  2. Nomenclature
  3. Sea level Curves and Global Eustasy

Who Can Benefit?

Geophysicists, Geologists, Explorationists, petroleum and Reservoir engineers, Supervisors conserved with basin analysis and reservoir evaluation.