Fundamental Skills for Petroleum Geoscientists

The course will help you build a solid understanding of the elements of the petroleum systems, and introduce key data types and methods of analysis. You will understand key language used, worflows and the extensive practicals give you introductory experience of using and interpreting typical oilfield data. Examples are taken from global petroleum systems, drawing on the experience of the tutor.

This course is designed for you, if you are a new hire graduate geologist, geophysicist or an engineer with limited experience of hydrocarbon exploration

The course will help you build a solid understanding of the elements of the petroleum systems, and introduce key data types and methods of analysis. You will understand key language used, worflows and the extensive practicals give you introductory experience of using and interpreting typical oilfield data. Examples are taken from global petroleum systems, drawing on the experience of the tutor.

By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:
• The context of world oil, and a critical assessment of current estimates of remaining world resources
• Typical workflows and drivers in the oil industry
• The hydrocarbon habitat and basic techniques used in exploration, appraisal and production
• The key elements of the petroleum system: reservoirs (including unconventional), seal, source and trap
• The types, usage and display of subsurface geological data and its acquisition, and the limits on the reliability of such data
• The qualitative interpretation of basic wireline log data
• Basic facies interpretation from wireline data
• The subsurface environment and the implications for the petroleum system
• What causes variations in subsurface temperature and how to interpret temperature data from well data
• How to calculate geothermal gradients and understand the control temperature has on hydrocarbon generation and reservoir quality
• How pressure is developed in the subsurface
• The interpretation of pressure data acquired from wells to assess overpressure and the fluids present in the subsurface
• Seismic acquisition and processing and basic seismic facies interpretation
• What petroleum systems are
• How to map play fairways
• Leads and prospect definition
• How to calculate deterministic reserves

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