Predictive Stratigraphy in the Field (Spain)
When Outstanding Outcrops Carry all the Concepts that are needed in E&P Projects
- Course Type
Field Course - Duration
5 days - Thematic
Geosciences - Location
- Country
Spain -
Satisfaction rate
Highlights:
- During this 5-day course, participants are trained in all the best practices for description and prediction of reservoirs in order to reduce E&P risk.
- This course alternates a review of a selection of outstanding easy-access outcrops with poster sessions on the field, in order to introduce the concepts of how field observations can be applied to the business.
- Practical exercises in the evenings will reinforce the applicability of the concepts to the daily life of geoscientists.
- Carbonates and clastic sedimentology, including deepwater settings based upon facies analysis and their stacking patterns, are the foundation of sequence analysis.
- Both autocyclicic and allocyclic controls are presented and discussed to highlight their impact on reservoir architecture, and the heterogeneity that can be predicted once “good geology” rules have been applied.
Objectives:
- To introduce the concepts of gravity processes, facies, their reservoir architecture and characteristics
- To present and apply the techniques and tools used in deepwater E&P projects
- To illustrate best practices using case studies.
Location
- The course is run in Andalucía, Southern Spain, offering a mix of fantastic outcrops along the coast and exposures in the desert.
- Meeting point is in Almeria Airport, easily connected to Madrid Barajas Int. Airport.
- Comfortable hotels in this area.
Who Shoud Attend?
- This course is mostly dedicated to young professionals and experienced geologists.
- Geophysicists and reservoirs modellers willing to sharpen their skills are also welcome but basic geological knowledge is recommended.
Physical Demands
- Very few up- and downhill. All outcrops are accessible by asphalt road and dirt roads. Reduced driving time.
- Sun and heat in desert-like conditions might be an issue, though largely compensated by the scenery and adequate clothing.
Program:
- Review of basic principles of stratigraphy
- Earth cycles and effect on climates, relative sea level and stratigraphic record and emphasis of development of deepwater geobodies
- Late Miocene carbonate depositional environments and facies associations. Ecological accommodation
- Interactions between depositional environments and diagenesis processes
- Stacking patterns and sequence analysis
- Significant stratigraphic surfaces
- Correlations of surfaces and sequences
- Prediction of thickness and facies changes of the main depositional systems
- Where to drill next and impact on drilling success (including exploration games)
- Case studies
Prerequisites
This course is mostly dedicated to young professionals and experienced geologists.
Geophysicists and reservoirs modellers willing to sharpen their skills are also welcome but basic geological knowledge is recommended.
