Course Details

This course is appropriate for a wide range of professionals but not limited to:

• Geologists and Geoscientists
• Reservoir and Exploration Engineers
• Geophysicists and Subsurface Professionals
• Stratigraphers and Sedimentologists
• Technical Staff involved in reservoir modeling and field development
• Anyone who needs advanced knowledge in sequence stratigraphic interpretation

• Expert-led sessions with dynamic visual aids
• Comprehensive course manual to support practical application and reinforcement
• Interactive discussions addressing participants’ real-world projects and challenges
• Insightful case studies and proven best practices to enhance learning

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Apply advanced sequence stratigraphic principles in reservoir characterization
• Identify key stratigraphic surfaces and systems tracts in well logs, cores, and seismic data
• Interpret shoreline trajectories and predict facies shifts
• Integrate stratigraphic concepts with seismic geomorphology
• Use sequence stratigraphy for reservoir correlation and depositional modelling
• Improve reservoir prediction and uncertainty reduction in subsurface studies

DAY 1

Foundations of Advanced Sequence Stratigraphy

• Welcome and Introduction
• Pre-Test
• Review of Fundamental Concepts: Sequences, Systems Tracts, Key Surfaces
• Base Level Changes, Accommodation Space, and Sediment Supply
• Depositional Cycles and Stratigraphic Hierarchy
• Applications in Exploration and Reservoir Development
• Exercise

DAY 2

Systems Tracts and Key Stratigraphic Surfaces

• Lowstand, Transgressive, and Highstand Systems Tracts
• Maximum Flooding Surfaces (MFS) and Sequence Boundaries
• Parasequences and Stacking Patterns
• Recognizing Systems Tracts from Logs, Cores, and Seismic Data
• Exercise

DAY 3

Well Log and Core Interpretation in Sequence Stratigraphy

• Identifying Sequence Boundaries and Flooding Surfaces on Logs
• Log Motifs and Facies Interpretation
• Core-Based Stratigraphic Analysis
• Integration of Logs, Cores, and Outcrop Analogues
• Vertical and Lateral Correlation Methods
• Exercise

DAY 4

Seismic Stratigraphy and Depositional Architecture

• Seismic Facies, Reflection Terminations, and Stratal Patterns
• Linking Seismic Geometry to Depositional Models
• Shoreline Trajectories and Their Stratigraphic Significance
• Stratigraphic Trapping Mechanisms
• Constructing Stratigraphic Cross-Sections and Models
• Exercise

DAY 5

Integrated Stratigraphic Modeling

• Building Sequence Stratigraphic Frameworks
• Predicting Reservoir Distribution and Heterogeneity
• Using Sequence Stratigraphy in Field Development Planning
• Managing Uncertainty in Stratigraphic Interpretation
• Post-Test
• Certificate Ceremony