Geophysics Courses

  • ·      Learning objectives are at knowledge and application levels.

    ·      The participants will gain a solid understanding of the applications and role of the seismic interpreter in studies related with pre- and post-stack seismic attributes

    ·      seismic geomorphology and rock physics measurements, and multidisciplinary integrated studies.

  • Seismic exploration is one of the most powerful techniques for subsurface imaging. Through the study of acoustic waves propagated through the Earth's layers and echoed back to the surface, we can learn about the structure, Stratigraphy, and lithology of the Earth. This course will provide first-hand experience with seismic data acquisition, processing, and interpretation

    1. Acquiring the essential basics of geophysics and seismic data processing.

    2. Understanding the main elements of a seismic processing report.

    3. Evaluating the quality of a processing sequence and critically analyze the image to be interpreted and its uncertainties

    4. Proper communication with processing geophysicists

  • This course is designed to provide deep understanding of core analysis and well logging for better reservoir characterization. Accurate measurements of routine and special (RCAL&SCAL) rock properties using core analysis and well logging reveal good evidence of hydrocarbon presence, reservoir storage capacity and flow capability. Coring and well logging offer the most tangible and direct means of determining critical reservoir parameters for making important and critical decisions about reservoir management and/or development plus enhanced oil recovery projects

  • Data Coverage(Import & Export)

    •Well data visualization (Import & Export)

    •Seismic (load 2D, 3D, wells and Well tie)

    •Seismic attributes

    •Model interpretation

  • Who should attend ?

    - Professionals who want to understand what is all about Basic Seismic Survey       Techniques.

    - Junior Geophysicists, Geologists, Petroleum Engineers.

  • Seismic exploration is one of the most powerful techniques for subsurface imaging. Through the study of acoustic waves propagated through the Earth's layers and echoed back to the surface, we can learn about the structure, Stratigraphy, and lithology of the Earth. This course will provide first-hand experience with seismic data acquisition, processing, and interpretation.

  • Seismic Petrophysics is the careful and purposeful use of rock physics data and theory with well-log data in the interpretation of seismic observations. The course begins with simple commonly used models and continually expands on them to include increasingly complicated and realistic interpretations. At each step, the relationships between laboratory, theory, well-logs, and seismic data are investigated. A set of spreadsheets that incorporate many of the models, predicting fluid properties, rock properties, and seismic response.

  • Seismic processing is inherently mathematical. However, this course uses cartoons and real data examples to provide an intuitive understanding of the seismic processing procedures, resorting to an algebra-based argument on rare occasions. In total, the course contains more than one thousand illustrations, many representing the underlying mathematics.

    The course participants receive the instructor’s eBook which contains the course content, including full narratives and illustrations.

  • Objectives:

    1.      Utilize essential procedures in structural and stratigraphic interpretation

    2.      Apply fundamental principles of structural and stratigraphic interpretation

    3.      Use Geostatistical Kriging

    4.      Use S-waves in fractured reservoir interpretation

    5.      Estimate thin bed thickness with 3-D data

    6.      Make use of reservoir characterization and compartmentalization tools

    7.      Conduct risk analysis of 4-D data

  • The understanding and application of AVO and attribute analysis is vital to any seismically driven exploration or development program. This course is a MUST for all geoscientists who utilize seismic data in their interpretations. Course instructor will demonstrate key principles and pitfalls related to AVO and seismic attribute analysis including the suitability of seismic data for analysis, preserving amplitudes, properly modeling AVO/AVA and attribute response and matching the predicted response with seismic data, and avoiding pitfalls. These principles control the success or failure of AVO and seismic attributes, and with it the potential success of an exploration program.

  • The module will introduce and develop the concepts required to understand how seismic data are processed prior to interpretation and enable the trainee to understand how the data output can be affected by the methods and techniques used.

    • 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

  • Can I observe the reservoir on seismic? How large is the reservoir? Did the well cut a fault? Can seismic help me tie a set of wells? What kind of a structural trap did I drill into? Is the structure valid or a seismic artifact? Are these reflections real or multiples? How can I combine structural and stratigraphic interpretations to develop a structural and depositional history? How does seismic data acquisition and processing impact my interpretation? Will my well encounter hazards such as abnormal pressure or shallow gas? The participant learns to answer these and related questions by gaining an understanding of the seismic system, its limitations and pitfalls, and by interpreting 2D and 3D seismic examples of structural and stratigraphic features associated with actively producing hydrocarbon areas.

  • Seismic data is acquired in time - the time taken for the sound to travel from the source to reflectors and to return to receivers. However, wells are drilled in depth, not time. Variations in velocity can distort the depth, size, and shape of possible reservoirs. Therefore, conversion from time to depth is needed for a clear picture of the prospect and the risks involved. This course will teach you how to use velocity information and structural inputs to build a consistent velocity model and/or calibrate ones that have been created during seismic data processing.