Applied Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy in Oil Exploration and Development

Mechanical, Maintenance & Reliability · 5 Days · Public · Al-Khobraa certified · From USD 3,900

Overview

Biostratigraphy is often run as a service in petroleum exploration & development for age and palaeoenvironmental interpretation. It can also provide critical insight of the data generated for detailed sequence analysis including unconformities and sedimentation breaks in addition to the identification of flooding surfaces and condensed sequences. It can also be used to characterize facies (reservoir and non-reservoir). The integration of biostratigraphical data with seismic interpretation and sedimentological and petrographical data utilizes biostratigraphy’s potential most efficiently.

Learning Objectives

• To gain knowledge of the different microfossil groups and in which ages and palaeoenvironments they can be utilized
• To explore the concepts and applications of chrono-, litho-, biostratigraphy and geochronology.
• To develop an understanding of how biostratigraphical data can be integrated with other geological data to optimize its use as an interpretative tool
• To interpret palaeoenvironment of deposition by using biostratigraphical assemblages
• To use biostratigraphy as a predictive tool in exploration and development

Who Should Attend

This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit: Exploration Geologists Development Geologists Seismic Interpreters Sedimentologists Petrography’s Upstream subsurface professionals who are interested in optimally utilizing geological data as a predictive tool in sedimentary basins and for identifying hydrocarbon plays in active petroleum systems

• Exploration Geologists
• Development Geologists
• Seismic Interpreters
• Sedimentologists
• Petrography’s

Course Outline

Day 1 — Stratigraphy and an Introduction to Micropaleontology

• The Laws of Stratigraphy
• Age dating methods for sediments and igneous rocks
• The stratigraphical column and Chronostratigraphic
• The different microfossil groups and preparation techniques

Day 2 — Biostratigraphy

• Microfossil evolution through the stratigraphical Column
• Building stratigraphical range charts
• First downhole occurrence, last downhole occurrence, fossil assemblages
• Numerical methods, abundance increases, and maxima

Day 3 — Biostratigraphical correlations and correlation techniques

• Pitfalls using biostratigraphical data, downhole caving, reworking, contamination
• Definition of biozones
• Integration of sedimentological and petrographical data
• The integration of geochemical information

Day 4 — Biostratigraphy, paleoenvironments and Sequence Stratigraphy

• Using Micropalaeontology for palaeoenvironmental interpretation
• Marine microfossils vs. non-marine microfossils
• Preservation of microfossil groups and different lithologies
• Definition of water depth from the different fossil groups

Day 5 — Play definition using Play Based Exploration techniques

• Hydrocarbon Play definition
• Integrated biostratigraphy and its use in Play-based exploration techniques
• The deltaic to marine Cretaceous Alagamar Play in Potiguar Basin, Equatorial Marginal of Brazil
• The Cenozoic deep-water turbidites and associated salt play, Lower Congo Basin, Angola

Accreditation

Al-Khobraa certified. On completion delegates receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of achievement.

Dates & Venues

Dates	Venue	Delivery	Duration	Fee (USD)
20–24 September 2026	Al-Khobar, KSA	Public	5 days	4,500

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