Course Objectives:

• Separate fact from artifact in seismic stratigraphy processing and interpretation
• Characterize reservoir rocks and their fluids from stacked and un-stacked (AVO) data
• Apply 3-D seismic stratigraphy to field development
• Interpret salt structures and their associated hydrocarbon potential
• Predict intra-basin reservoir and seal quality as a function of sea level positioning
• Generate seismic stratigraphy regional play concepts for a variety of tectonic-depositional settings

Course Outline:

• Introduction: Workshop strategy; historical perspectives of the science; the seismic stratigraphy algorithm
• Geophysical fundamentals: Synthetics petro physics—effects of phase and frequency
• Wavelet Analysis Optimizing exploitation (VSP and AVO analysis for rock-fluid determination)—intracratonic basins
• Wavelet Analysis (Seismic reservoir characterization)—rift basins
• Seismic Sequence Analysis I: Modus operandi—divergent-margin case study
• Seismic Sequence Analysis III: Seismic facies analysis and ABC maps—Passive Margins delta-turbidites

Who Can Benefit?

• Geophysicists, geologists, and explorationists who have completed Introduction to           Seismic Stratigraphy: An Exploration Workshop, or have comparable training and desire a challenging workshop, which will improve exploration and development skills