With time oil companies became under increasing pressure from investors to translate discoveries into cash-flow as quickly as possible. In addition, growing the field complexity in many parts of the oil sector has made the principles and basics increasingly difficult to formulate and execute.

This course covers advanced topics in sedimentology, stratigraphy, structural geology and rock typing. Emphasis is given on applying concepts to the interpretation of the subsurface on scales that are relevant to the exploration and production of both conventional and unconventional petroleum resources. The attendees will feel that they became more professional, and know more about the source rocks and their maturation, migration and accumulation of hydrocarbons, reservoir rocks as well as cap rocks, their properties, occurrences and characterization. Participants will be introduced to all of these concepts as they are applied to the process of coming up with basic concepts of petroleum geology and the petroleum system components. This course will acquaint engineers, geoscientists, and operating personnel with the basic techniques.