Designed for: Geophysicists, Geologists, Petroleum Engineers, Professionals who want to understand what is all about basic as well as advanced Seismic Exploration.

Course Content:

- Seismic Response to Geology.

• Introduction
• Elasticity Terms
• The Wave Equation
• Resolution
• Refraction
• Diffraction
• Multiple Generations
• In the Stratigraphic Regime
• The Unconformity.
• The Shale Sequence.
• The Sand Sequence.
• The Channel.
• The Reef.
• The Diapir.
• In the Structural Regime
• Fault Recognition.
• The Normal Fault.
• The Growth Fault.
• The Reverse Fault.
• Definitions

- Seismic Interpretation.

• Introduction.
• Well Logging Tools for the Geophysicist.
• The Sonic and Density Logs.
• The Synthetic Seismogram.
• The Checkshot Survey.
• The Vertical Seismic Profile (VSP).
• Polarity and Its Importance.
• The Stack vs. the Migrated Section.
• Time Tying Seismic Data.
• Unconformities and Their Seismic Expression.
• Faults and Their Seismic Expression.
• Reefs and Their Seismic Expression.
• Time Structure Mapping.
• The Importance of the Isochron.
• Interpretation Exercises.
• Definitions.

- 3d Seismic Interpretation.

• Color: Concepts, Uses and Perceptions.
• Software Capabilities.
• to Get Started.
• Pattern Recognition Using 2d Examples.
• Structural Interpretation.
• Stratigraphic Interpretation.
• Depth Imaging.
• Attributes.
• Reference.