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Exploration and Seismic Surveying

How prospects are found and evaluated before a well is drilled. Covers the exploration workflow and play concepts, seismic acquisition onshore and offshore, processing and interpretation, prospect risking and volumetrics, and the HSE and environmental management of survey operations.

Taught by Icompetent Solutions

Modules
7
Lessons
30
Duration
5h 57m
Level
Intermediate
Quizzes
7 graded
Enrolled
3
Industries

Course content

7 modules · 30 lessons · 5h 57m

The geology and rock physics that every exploration decision rests on: the petroleum system, reservoir rocks, trap types and how rock properties create seismic reflections.

  • The Petroleum System: Source, Reservoir, Seal, Trap and Timing
    Preview
    11 min
  • Reading the Rocks: Depositional Environments and Reservoir Quality11 min
  • Trap Types: Structural, Stratigraphic and Combination11 min
  • Rock Physics Basics: Velocity, Density and Acoustic Impedance12 min
  • Petroleum systems and subsurface basics quiz9 questions · pass 70%

Topics covered

Exploration
Seismic Survey
Geophysics
Prospect Evaluation
Subsurface

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