Applied Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy in Oil Exploration & Development

This Applied Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy in Oil Exploration & Development training course will be based around PowerPoint presentations for each module followed by interactive and participative individual and team exercises. There will also be workshop sessions based around real exploration and development examples to get participants to actively become aware of the predictive capabilities of applied biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy. Training course participants are also encouraged to bring along biostratigraphic data, logs and seismic where appropriate from their own companies so that real working examples can be interpreted.

By the end of this Applied Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy in Oil Exploration & Development training course, participants will be able to:

• Have knowledge of the different microfossil groups and in which ages of sediment and palaeoenvironment of deposition they can be utilized
• Develop an understanding of how biostratigraphical data can be integrated with other geological data to optimize its use as an interpretative tool
• Develop an enhanced interpretation skill to recognize key seismic markers and how to interpret these as a geological sequence by integrating biostratigraphical data
• Interpret palaeoenvironment of deposition by using biostratigraphical assemblages
• Use biostratigraphy as a predictive tool in exploration and development

This Gulf Rowad Applied Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy in Oil Exploration & Development training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Exploration Geologists
• Development Geologists
• Seismic Interpreters
• Sedimentologists
• Petrographers
• Upstream subsurface professionals who are interested in optimally utilizing geological data as a predictive tool in sedimentary basins and for identifying hydrocarbon plays in active petroleum systems

Organisational Impact

For the organisation, the benefits will include:

• Optimum use of biostratigraphical data that is often acquired by an organisation but not fully utilized
• Planning of biostratigraphical analyses and programs for best results at a minimum cost
• Higher resolution reservoir correlations from exploration through to development situations (flow unit correlations for static models)
• Sequence and then facies interpretations and better reservoir prediction capabilities after integration with the seismic
• New play definitions and ultimately to new lead and prospect determination
• Rejuvenation of mature exploration areas with new ideas to find missed oil accumulations
• Generation of new exploration plays and concepts for wildcat drilling

Personal Impact

The non-specialist geoscientist is often at a loss with how to best use biostratigraphical data from company reports. This Applied Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy in Oil Exploration & Development training course will provide the necessary technical know-how for the individual to feel comfortable with the utilization and the integration of this data into their everyday work flows. This will aid their efforts in both the exploration for new hydrocarbons and in the development of existing fields.

• Provision of a practical working knowledge of different biostratigraphical techniques
• Understanding of how to plan and optimize a biostratigraphical program from which microfossils to process for, to optimum sample spacing
• Learn how to use best use biostratigraphical data in well to well correlations
• Learn how to identify the pitfalls in the use of biostratigraphical data and therefore to optimize its use in sediments of different ages and in different palaeoenvironments
• Learn how to use biostratigraphical data to identify sequences and sequence boundaries and how to integrate it with other geological and seismic data
• Learn how to use biostratigraphical data for new play definitions in exploration areas and how also it can be used for facies interpretations and reservoir correlations in appraisal and development situations