Course Value

The course is designed to familiarize anyone using seismic data with the nature of the data and what it exactly represents. One of the key goals of the course is to explain the large and confusing amount of “jargon” that is used by the Geophysical community when they use seismic data as a communication vehicle.

Course Participants

Geoscientists, Engineers, Team Leaders, Geoscience Technicians, Asset Managers, and anyone involved in using seismic data that needs to understand and use this data as a communication vehicle.

Course Contents（Essential）

Optional Course Module

• Acquisition and processing

1D & 2D forward modeling （3 days）

3D seismic survey planning methodology （3 days）

Fundamentals of seismic acquisition and processing （5 days）

Seismic acquisition and survey design （3 days）

• Geophysics

Borehole geology; dip and image interpretation （5 days）

Fundamentals of carbonate sequence stratigraphy and application to petroleum reservoirs （5 days）

Fundamentals of rock physics （5 days）

Fundamentals of seismic acquisition, processing and interpretation （5 days）

Basic Geophysics （5 days）

Fundamentals of seismic E&P （5 days）

• Interpretation

Exploring with seismic （5 days）

Seismic Interpretation （5 days）

Basics: geological controls on the propagation, reflection, and refraction of seismic waves

Data acquisition and processing with emphasis on its potential impact on interpretation

2-D and 3-D interpretation techniques

Seismic interpretation of different structural styles: extensional, compressional, strike-slip, inverted, salt and gravity dominated basins

Seismic velocities

Sequence stratigraphy and seismic facies analysis

Acoustic impedance

DHIS

AVO

Seismic stratigraphy & attributes for field exploration and development （5 days）

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

Sequence Hierarchy

Carbonate Sequence

Siliciclastic Sequences

Seismic Facies

Paleo-Environmental Analysis

Geohistory Reconstruction

Optimizing Exploration

Seismic structural interpretation （5 days）

Course Contents （Intermediate）

Optional Course Module

• Geophysics

Introduction to borehole seismic （5 days）

• Interpretation

1D and 2D seismic modeling （3 days）

Application and interpretation of seismic converted waves （5 days）

Carbonate seismic reservoir analysis （5 days）

Deepwater seismic interpretation （4 days）

Seismic attribute and image interpretation （5 days）

Seismic petrophysics （5 days）

Seismic reservoir analysis （5 days）

Seismic reservoir characterization, hydrocarbon detection & modeling （5 days）

Seismic sequence analysis and structural geology on workstations （4 days）

Seismic stratigraphy interpretation （5 days）

Seismic techniques for drilling and production （5 days）

Worldwide comparisons of deepwater reservoirs: seismic data interpretation （5 days）

Course Contents （ Advanced/Specialized）

Optional Course Module

• Acquisition and processing

Seismic inversion (pre and post stack) （5 days）

• Geophysics

Time lapse – 4D seismic （5 days）

• Interpretation

2D&3D seismic reservoir analysis （5 days）

Advanced seismic interpretation （4 days）

Advanced sequence stratigraphy and seismic restoration on workstations （5 days）

Advances in seismic reservoir characterization （2 days）

AVO Analysis （4 days）

Deepwater seismic interpretation on workstations （5 days）

Direct hydrocarbon indicators and 4D seismic （5 days）

Seismic attributes and AVO analysis （5 days）

Seismic fundamentals as they relate to defining the appearance of hydrocarbons in the data

An inventory of direct hydrocarbon indicators, including AVO

Risk rating prospects that display AVO anomalies

Understanding rock properties and the effect of pore filling material

AVO and how it relates to the typical production zones around the world with various ages and depths of burial

Various methods of displaying AVO effects in the seismic data

Acquisition and processing considerations to display hydrocarbons as a pore filling material

Various approaches to seismic modeling and fluid replacement

Rock properties and pore filling material from seismic inversion

Spectral decomposition and seismic attributes as other ways of extracting reservoir information from the seismic image.