• Seismic Rock Properties which will be the key for all Seismic Reservoir characterization workflow.
• 2D/3D/4D Onshore/Offshore Conventional & Broadband Seismic data Acquisition.
• Geo-Hazard Analysis & Seabed Imaging.
• Relation between Vertical Resolution & Lateral Resolution.
• Determining Seismic data Phase & Polarity Convention.
• Bore-Hole Seismic Imaging & its role for Reservoir Characterization.
• Seismic Wavelet determination for Reservoir Characterization.
• Drift Analysis & Sonic TDR Upscaling.
• Seismic to Well Tie Sensitivity Analysis.
• RGB Color-Blending Spectral Analysis vs. Full Bandwidth Conventional Seismic Attributes.
• Spectral Decomposition Analysis.
• Velocity Analysis & Velocity Models building.
• Depth Conversion using different Methodologies.
• Depth Conversion Sensitivity analysis.
• Deterministic & Stochastic HCIIP calculation.
• Risk Assessment, COS & POS estimation.
• AVO, Inversion & Fluid-Lithology Separation.
• Conversion of Seismic cube to Impedance cube to Facies cube (Gas Sand, Water Sand & Shale/background).
• Generating Gas-Sand & Water-Sand Geobodies.
• Geophysical characterize reservoirs for optimizing Exploration /Development Wells.
• Evaluate and mature new Plays & Prospects.
• Searching for new opportunities in Brown fields.

By the end of this training course, participants will learn to:

• Determine Seismic data Phase & Polarity Convention.
• Determine Seismic Wavelet Sensitivity Analysis.
• Determine Seismic to Well Tie Sensitivity Analysis.
• Apply RGB Color-Blending Spectral Analysis vs. Full Bandwidth Conventional Seismic Attributes.
• Analyze VSP data & Make Velocity Analysis.
• Build Velocity Models & Make Depth Conversion Sensitivity Analysis.
• Estimating HCIIP, COS & POS.
• Separating between Fluid & Lithology using different methodologies; AVO, Inversion and other techniques.
• Generate Seismic Impedance Cube & Facies Cube (Gas Sand, Water Sand & Shale/Background).
• Extract a Gas-Sand & Water-Sand Geobodies from Seismic data.
• Analyze all the data to optimize the best Well location.
• Evaluate and mature new Plays & Prospects.
• Search for new Opportunities in Brown Fields.

This course will help not only the employee but also will help the company, as follow.

• The company will get a high-level employee’s competency.
• The company will increase the employee’s proficiency and experience.
• The company will gain the latest updates for Seismic approaches in Oil industry.
• The company will gain a high-level workflow to be applied to its data.
• The company will have sufficient experience in Seismic Exploration & Development.
• The company will have sufficient experience to search for new opportunities in brown fields.
• The company will have sufficient experience to evaluate and mature new Plays & Prospects.

This course will help not only the company but also will help the employee, as follow.

• The participant will get a high-level competency.
• The participant will increase his/her proficiency and experience.
• The participant will gain the latest updates for Seismic approach in Oil Industry.
• The participant will gain a high-level workflow to be applied to his/her data.
• The participant will have sufficient experience in Seismic Exploration & Development.
• The participant will have sufficient experience to search for new opportunities in brown fields.
• The participant will have sufficient experience to evaluate and mature new Plays & Prospects.
• The participant will have the complete workflow for Seismic Reservoir Characterization.

This course is designed for all Oil industry Technical Professionals, which will cover from fundamental theoretical background to high-level real work information/techniques/workshop.

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Seismic Interpreters
• Geophysicists
• Geologists
• Geo-Modelers
• Petro physicists
• Drilling Engineers
• Reservoir Engineers
• Technical Support Personnel
• Team Leaders
• Managers

The course will not only be presented by showing and interpreting the material in detail, but also the participants will work together using a real Seismic data to apply all the workflow and to project their previous knowledge and experience onto the course, they also encouraged to bring their own data so that real working examples can be reviewed and interpreted.

Day One: Seismic data Concepts/ Fundamentals

• Seismic Waves (Wave Propagation – Wave fronts & Ray-paths for Isotropic/Anisotropic medium– Wave Types – Basic Seismic Principles & Laws).
• Seismic Rock Properties (Elastic Properties – Seismic Properties – Anisotropic Properties).
• Seismic Methods (Seismic Reflection & Seismic Refraction).
• Seismic Wavelet (Seismic Wave Elements – Wavelet Types).
• Seismic data Phase & Polarity Convention.
• Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators (DHI).
• Vertical Resolution, Tuning Thickness & Detectability.
• Lateral Resolution & Fresnel Zone.

Day Two: 2D/3D/4D Conventional - Broadband Seismic Data Acquisition & Processing

• 2D/3D/4D Onshore Conventional & Broadband Seismic data Acquisition
• 2D/3D/4D Offshore Conventional & Broadband Seismic data Acquisition.
• Undershooting & Ocean Bottom Cable (OBC).
• NAZ, MAZ, WAZ, RAZ, AAZ & FAZ Surveys.
• Offshore Geo-Hazard Site Survey & Seabed Imaging.
• Bore-Hole Seismic & Vertical Seismic Profiling (VSP).
• Convolutional Model of the Earth.
• Seismic Processing Workflow & main concepts.

Day Three: Seismic Reservoir Characterization Part-1 (Seismic Wavelet Determination & 3D Full - Specific Bandwidth Seismic Attributes)

• Statistical & Deterministic Wavelet Determination.
• Wavelet Extraction Sensitivity Analysis.
• Check shot (CS) data QC & Velocity Analysis.
• Well to Seismic Tie (Synthetics) Sensitivity Analysis.
• Structural & Stratigraphic Interpretation.
• Full Band-Width Conventional Seismic Attributes & DHI Analysis.
• Specific Band-Width Spectral Decomposition Analysis.
• Red-Green-Blue (RGB) Color-Blending.         

Day Four: Seismic Reservoir Characterization Part-2 (Time to Depth Conversion, HCIIP Estimation, AVO, Inversion & Fluid-Lithology Separation)

• Depth Conversion using different methods, Velocity Models building & Sensitivity Analysis.
• Statistical & Deterministic Volumetrics / Hydrocarbon-In-Place (HCIIP) estimation.
• Prospect Evaluation & Chance/Probability of Success (COS/POS) determination.
• Risked & Recoverable Hydrocarbon-In-Place (HCIIP) estimation.
• Amplitude Variation with Offset (AVO) Analysis.
• Rock-Physics Cross Plots & Inversion Feasibility Study.
• Pre-Stack Inversion & Post-Stack Inversion Analysis.
• Fluid & lithology Separation.

Day Five: Seismic Reservoir Characterization Part-3 (From Seismic cube to Facies cube to generate Gas-Sand & Water-Sand Geobodies)

• Converting Seismic Cube to Inverted Impedance Cube.
• Converting Inverted Impedance cube to Seismic Facies Cube (Gas Sand – Water Sand – Shale /background).
• Generating Gas Sand & Water-Sand Geobodies from Seismic data.
• Geo-Hazard Analysis over proposed well location.
• Optimizing the best Well Location using integrated geophysical tools.
• Round Table & Discussion.

Rectus attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.