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Seismic Interpretation - Robertson

This course assumes a basic knowledge of seismic interpretation and concentrates on the role of the seismic interpreter in the search for oil and gas. In addition to workshop exercises focused on the traditional mapping of subsurface structures, we also look at direct indicators of hydrocarbons using techniques such as AVO and Seismic Inversion. The focus is on real hands-on exercises, which should reinforce the contents of the course.

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Seismic Interpretation - Robertson

This course assumes a basic knowledge of seismic interpretation and concentrates on the role of the seismic interpreter in the search for oil and gas. In addition to workshop exercises focused on the traditional mapping of subsurface structures, we also look at direct indicators of hydrocarbons using techniques such as AVO and Seismic Inversion. The focus is on real hands-on exercises, which should reinforce the contents of the course.

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Basic Seismic Interpretation

Who should attend:


Exploration and production geophysicists, exploration geoscientists.

Overview:
This course assumes a basic knowledge of seismic interpretation and concentrates on the role
of the seismic interpreter in the search for oil and gas. In addition to workshop exercises
focused on the traditional mapping of subsurface structures, we also look at direct indicators
of hydrocarbons using techniques such as AVO and Seismic Inversion. The focus is on real
hands-on exercises, which should reinforce the contents of the course.

Contents:
Module 1: Seismic Data

Seismic sections on paper

Seismic data on the workstation

Well data

Non-seismic geophysical data

Special seismic and attribute data

Module 2: Basic reflection theory

Seismic waves

P and S waves

Normal reflection

Acoustic Impedance, Reflection Coefficients

Wavelets

Vertical resolution

What are the thinnest beds that can be resolved, and how does this change with depth?

Horizontal resolution

What scale of features can be seen?

Module 3: Acquisition & Processing

Acquisition of seismic data

Prestack processing

Poststack processing

Module 4: Incorporating Geological information

Surface geology and other geophysical methods

The integration of well data

Module 5: Picking and mapping horizons

Choice of reflection

Following reflections

Sources of error

Mapping by hand

Computer mapping

Module 6: Structural interpretation

Structural geology terminology

Classification of structures

Stress fields (simple strain ellipsoid)

Seismic interpretation pitfalls (problems)

Module 7: Sequence Stratigraphy

Controls and basic concepts

Parasequences, parasequence sets and flooding surfaces

Sequences and systems tracts

Application of sequence stratigraphy

Module 8: Seismic stratigrahic analysis

Recognition of Sequences in Seismic

A Seismic Sequence Analysis Process Workflow

Module 9: Advanced seismic interpretation techniques

Attributes and other techniques can help in the search

Post-stack amplitude analysis

Seismic attributes

Surface attributes

Other techniques

AVO

Impedance inversion

Geostatistics

4D and 4C

Module 10: depth conversion

The need for depth conversion

Rough estimates of depth on seismic data

Time / depth data from wells

Time / depth data from stacking velocities

Integrating both kinds of data

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