fundamentals of exploration for hydrocarbons
Course Description
Finding new oil and gas reserves is core business for all oil & gas companies as well as for government petroleum organisations. Geologist working in exploration teams need to have a thorough grasp of the geological processes that are relevant for the formation of oil and gas pools. Also they must have skills in, and awareness of the multitude of tools used in petroleum exploration. This course discusses the fundamentals of all aspects of petroleum exploration.
The course is designed around the workflow of any exploration venture: from the collection of regional data and assessment of plate tectonic setting, to prospect and play analysis. One large exercise will run through the 5-day course; in addition many smaller exercises are used to practice tools, techniques, and concepts that have been discussed in the lectures.
Audience
Geologists and Geophysicists involved in Exploration and Appraisal
Prerequisites
Basic Applied Petroleum Geology and exposure to Exploration
Course Schedule
| 1 | Focus on basins & screening tools • Introduction: the exploration work flow & Global distribution of oil & gas • Exercise: testing the geological knowledge • Basin formation & type • Exercise: basin type and structural style • Non seismic methods • Exercise: using surface geochemistry • Interpreting basin stratigraphy • Exercises: stratigraphy and prospectivity |
| 2 | Focus on seismic, logs, source & clastics • The seismic method • Exercise: interpretation of seismic data 1 • Source rocks • Exercise: interpreting source rock data • Siliciclastic reservoirs • Exercise: Interpretation of seismic data 2 • Geology from wireline logs • Exercise: well correlation |
| 3 | Focus on carbonates, traps & facies • Carbonate reservoirs • Exercise: • Trapping geometries • Exercise: interpretation of seismic data • Seal • Exercise: clay smear potential • Facies mapping • Exercise: facies map construction |
| 4 | Focus on kitchen & prospect • Burial history reconstruction • Exercise: create burial history • Generation & migration of hydrocarbons • Exercise: effective drainage area construction • Kitchen mapping • Exercise: maturity data and kitchen map • Prospect mapping • Exercise: Assess prospect risk & uncertainty |
| 5 | Focus on plays, prospects, and volumes • Plays and petroleum systems • Exercise: play maps • Volumetrics, risk & uncertainties • Exercise: calculate volumetrics in prospect • Exploration economics • Exercise: data integration • Wrap-up & evaluation |
Instructor
Dr. Wiekert Visser
Instructors may vary based on location and schedule.
Classes
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Oct 18 - Oct 22 2010 - 5 Days
Houston, TX, United States - USD 3,750
Instructor(s): Wiekert Visser