Education

CSEG DoodleTrain

Exploration: From Geology to the Seismic Section

Instructor: Bob Parker
Date: November 3 - 5, 2010
Duration: 3 days
Members (early bird/price): $1050/$1350 CDN (plus GST)
Non-Members (early bird/price): $1200/$1500 CDN (plus GST)

Venue: Shell, Classroom #1 – Calgary Place, Tower 1, 10th Floor, 330 - 5th Ave SW
Time: 8:00am - 5:00pm

Audience:

This course has been successfully presented to geological and geophysical technicians, field acquisition supervisors, landmen, research scientists, IT personnel, management, administrators and support staff, accountants, and experienced professionals entering the oil and gas industry.

Course Description:

This 3-day course takes the participants through the complete cycle of exploration geophysics. It starts with a review of geological principles – the target of the seismic tool. It then looks at seismic acquisition and processing – how the subsurface is imaged. A section on the seismic response to geology examines how these images appear on the seismic section, and looks at pattern recognition as a tool in interpreting both structural and stratigraphic features. The course ends with hands-on interpretation exercises (including some interpretation pitfalls).

Course Outline:

  • Introduction to geology
  • Basic seismic acquisition concepts
  • Data processing concepts
  • Seismic response to geology
  • Seismic interpretation

Presenter / Instructor Biography:

Bob Parker spent some seventeen years in the academic world, teaching at all levels from high school to 3rd year university in Canada and the U.K. In 1979 he joined a major oil company as a senior geophysicist and has spent the time since working for various companies in both domestic Canadian and international exploration. He has worked on data sets from every continent, in widely different geological regimes. From 1995 to 2001 he was responsible for co-ordinating and delivering technical training for an international seismic company. In July 2001 he incorporated RPGeoServices Ltd., a provider of technical training and geophysical consulting.