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Integrated Stratigraphic Methods (GEO57)

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    Description

    This course addresses the fundamentals and practical applications of integrated stratigraphic methods. It covers the concepts, methods, and applications of modern stratigraphy, with a focus on geological resource exploration, facies modelling, and applied sequence stratigraphy. Particular emphasis is placed on the integration of multiple stratigraphic disciplines to improve the characterisation of sedimentary basins and reduce geological uncertainty.
    The course is designed to describe and analyse both clastic and carbonate deposits and their internal facies architectures, using case studies and exercises based on field analogues. Well-log data, core examples, and correlation exercises will support and reinforce learning.

    Course Level: Skill / Advanced
    Duration: 5 days

    Designed for you, if you are...

    • A geologist, geophysicist or reservoir engineer, interested in applying integrated stratigraphic methods to correlation, facies analysis and the identification of stratigraphic traps

    How we build your confidence

    • Overview of key principles and methodologies
    • Discussion of recent developments and significant applications
    • Exercises and case studies demonstrating the effectiveness of integrated stratigraphic techniques

    The benefits from attending

    By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:

    • Principles and practical applications of integrated stratigraphic methods in geological resource exploration
    • Recognition of facies assemblages from outcrops and core data, and reconstruction of depositional architectures
    • Limitations of lithostratigraphic correlation and the advantages of integrated approaches
    • Relative sea-level changes and their impact on the distribution of source rocks, reservoirs, and seals
    • Applications of sequence stratigraphy to both carbonate and clastic systems, using outcrop descriptions and core data to predict the distribution of source rocks, reservoirs, and seals within a sedimentary basin
    • Evaluations of diagenetic processes affecting carbonate and clastic sediments, and how integrating diagenesis with sequence stratigraphy improves prediction of reservoir quality

    Topics

    • Introduction
      - Applications of modern stratigraphy in hydrocarbon exploration and development
    • Fundamental concepts of stratigraphy
      - Principles of stratigraphy
      - Walther’s Law
    • Facies concept
      - Spatial and temporal distribution of facies associations and their application to defining petroleum system elements: source rocks, seals, and reservoirs (hydrocarbon, geothermal, and CO2 sequestration targets)
    • Stratal geometry and stratal terminations
      - Types of unconformities
      - Correlative conformities
    • Integrated stratigraphic methods
      - Lithostratigraphy
      - Biostratigraphy
      - Chronostratigraphy
      - Geomagnetic polarity time scale
      - Radiogenic isotope geochronology
      - Chemostratigraphy (Carbon, Oxygen and Strontium isotope stratigraphy)
      - Cyclostratigraphy
    • Sequence stratigraphy: concepts and applications
      - Systems tracts, sequence boundaries and depositional sequences
      - Hierarchy of sequences and identification criteria
      - Interactions among tectonics, sea level, and sediment supply
      - Applications in siliciclastic and carbonate depositional systems
      - Recognition of depositional sequences and their components in outcrops and cores
      - Overview of carbonate systems and controls on carbonate production and sedimentation
      - Sequence stratigraphy of carbonates and relative sea-levels
      - Linking diagenesis to sequence stratigraphy as integrated tool for understanding and predicting reservoir quality distribution

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    Customer Feedback

    "The course is excellent. It provides the requisite background and classroom basics. It helps connect theory and application." - Geoscientist at Seplat

    "Very complete, good understanding of how to include all elements/methods during my integrated stratigraphic evaluations, including pitfalls and best practices." - Geoscientist at EBN

    "The class was well delivered and informative. The hands-on exercises were helpful and made the class relatable." - Sr. Production Geologist at Seplat

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