COURSE TITLE: Foundation Practical Earth Science Training For Oil Industry Professional

• FULL TIME Mon-Fri; 8am - 5pm; 2 Months)

  WEEKENDS (Saturday; 8am – 4pm; 8 WEEKENDS),

  TOPICS
    -   Basic Petroleum Geology –classroom
    -   Seismic Expression of Niger Delta Structural Styles –classroom
    -   Petrophysics -workstation
    -   Seismic Interpretation -workstation
    -   Subsurface Mapping -classroom and workstation

  TRAINING CONTENT

  BASIC PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
    -   Introduction to petroleum geology
    -   Hydrocarbon Occurrence
    -   Reservoirs
    -   Hydrocarbon Formation and Migration
    -   Hydrocarbon trapping

  SEISMIC EXPRESSION OF NIGER DELTA STRUCTURAL STYLES
    -    Growth faults
    -    Graben systems
    -    Crestal-collapse
    -    Channels
    -    Toe thrusts
    -    Shale diapirs

  PETROPHYSICS
    -   Review of different log types: Gamma ray, SP, Resistivity, Neutron, etc,
    -   Familiarization with different curves on paper Logs
    -   Lithology differentiation and hydrocarbon indication on log curves
    -   Evaluation of basic Petrophysical parameters, porosity, water saturation
        permeability and pay on workstation
    -   Log correlation on workstation

  SEISMIC INTERPRETATION
    -   Introduction to seismic acquisition, processing and interpretation
    -   Data loading and project set-up on workstation
    -   Picking, assigning and correlation of faults
    -   Horizon interpretation

  SUBSURFACE MAPPING)
    -   The philosophy of subsurface mapping
    -   Types of subsurface maps
    -   Contouring techniques and integration of well data
    -   Time and depth mapping
    -   Prospect generation
    -   Volumetrics

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