Predictive Stratigraphy is a method developed to support geoscientists in the geologic interpretation of subsurface data, with the objective of predict play elements presence and quality before drilling. The method can be applied to cores, well logs, seismic lines (2-D and 3-D) and outcrops and in all depositional environments. The course will review the basic terminology of surfaces and stratigraphic units relevant for petroleum exploration, and their definitions. The method will be described and applied in training sketches and datasets to later be used to interpret subsurface data in non-marine, shallow marine and deep marine depositional settings. The emphasis will be in the recognition and mapping of play elements from exploration to production scales.
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General Info
Course Code: W103
Duration: 5 days
Type: Classroom
CEU: 4.0 Continuing Education Units
PDH: 40 Professional Development Hours
Certificate: Certificate Issued Upon Completion
Designed for
Graduate students and geoscientists working in geologic interpretation.
Instructor
Vitor Abreu, PhD
Consultant, ACT-Geo
Objectives
- How the concepts of predictive stratigraphy were developed.
- What is the basic terminology and definitions of stratigraphic surfaces.
- The main controls on depositional sequences.
- The accommodation Succession Method and Stratigraphy Hierarchy.
- To interpret cores, well-logs, seismic lines and outcrops.
- How to use the concept of facies, facies stacking and shoreline trajectory to define surfaces and to identify trends in accommodation creation and destruction.
- To apply the stratigraphic method in non-marine, shallow marine and deep marine environments.
- To recognize and map hydrocarbon play elements in different settings.
- To use the method and concepts in sequence stratigraphy to define play, prospects and predict play elements presence and quality in seismic data.
Course Content
- History of Stratigraphy
- Difference between Lithostratigraphy and Chronostratigraphy
- The stratigraphic method applied to cores and well logs, with interpretation of vertical stacking, surfaces and systems tracts
- Basic terminology and definitions
- Fundamentals of Seismic Stratigraphy
- Seismic response of stratigraphic surfaces
- Seismic reflection terminations mapping and seismic facies analyses
- The Accommodation Succession Method
- The Stratigraphy Hierarchy
- Predictive Stratigraphy in non-Marine, shallow marine and deep marine settings
- Hydrocarbon Play element recognition and mapping
- Interpretation and mapping techniques from Exploration to Production business scales
- Recognition criteria and mapping strategies for play elements in non-marine, shallow-marine, and deep-marine depositional settings
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