Basic Geosciences

This course comprises six main areas. Earth physical & chemical characteristics: main parts of the earth & main earth characteristics. Minerals: natural elements & compounds, physical properties of minerals and classification of minerals. Rocks: group of rocks, igneous rock, sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks. Geological time: concept & geological time scale, fossil and fossil application. Surface processes: weathering, surface water & underground water and sediment transportation & deposition. Geological structure: mechanical deformation, stress and strain, fault, fold and joint.

Participants will be introduced to all of these concepts as they are applied to the process of coming up with basic concepts of geology and geological operations. This course will acquaint engineers, geoscientists, and operating personnel with the basic techniques.

Audience

This course is designed for:

Geologists
Petroleum Geologists
Geophysicists
Wellsite geologists
Drilling engineers
Stratigraphers
Geochemists,
Petroleum engineers
Production Engineers
Petrophysicists.

Course objectives

By end of the course participants will learn :

Fundamentals of basin analysis, petroleum systems and play concepts
Key controls including tectonics, climate and eustacy
Petroleum systems active on a number of global basins
Case studies of basin plays how new play types have been developed that have rejuvenated basins, and the flaws of chasing the wrong play, or a step too far
Key techniques to analyse sedimentary basins including:
How the mechanism of formation controls the structural style and sedimentary fill.
Deconstruct a basin through space and time and build predictive basin models useful in exploration
Evaluate seal/trap quality
Construct and analyze petroleum events chart
Classify basins for exploration and development
Determine within a basin the optimal stratigraphic and spatial location for exploring conventional and unconventional resources

Course contents

Module 1: Introduction to Sedimentary Basins

Main parts of the earth
Main earth characteristics
Natural elements & compounds
Physical properties of minerals
Classification of minerals.
Classification of Rocks.
Igneous rock
Sedimentary rocks
Metamorphic rocks.

Module 2: Sources of data

Seismic as a framework
Lithology from log data
Core

Module 3: Geological time and Chronostratigraphy

Concept & geological time scale.
Different Time scales
Different types of fossils
Fossils application.
Thermal Maturity indicators.

Module 4: Surface Processes and Diagenesis

Surface water and weathering
Underground water
Sediment transportation & deposition
The concept of facies’
Depositional environments
Different Diagenetic Factors.

Module 5: Geological structures

Chemical and mechanical deformation,
stress and strain,
Unconformities
faults,
folds
Fractures and joint.
Hydrocarbon traps.

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