Carbonate Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy

Oil, Gas & Petroleum · 5 Days · Public · Al-Khobraa certified · From USD 2,500

Overview

This five-day course covers the basic concepts of carbonate sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy with emphasis on their practical applications for oil and gas exploration, appraisal and production. All concepts are illustrated with examples of outcrop well-log, core, and seismic data.

Learning Objectives

• The ultimate objective of the course is to provide the geologists, geophysicists, and engineers with tools and methodologies of carbonate sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy to effectively predict the presence and quality of the reservoir, source rock, and seal.

Who Should Attend

Designed for geologists, geophysicists, and engineers actively working in the exploration and production of carbonate rocks.

• Designed for geologists
• Engineers actively working
• Professionals in Oil & Gas

Course Outline

Day 1 — Principles of Carbonate Production Modes of marine…

• Differences with clastic sedimentation. Carbonate mineralogy and diagenesis.
• Classification of carbonate rocks.

Day 2 — Marine Modern Carbonate Environments and Facies Models

• Carbonate Depositional Systems: Marine shallow-water and deep-water carbonates
• Non-marine (lacustrine) Carbonates

Day 3 — The geometry of carbonate accumulations: ramp,…

• Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy Systems tracts: lowstand (LST) transgressive (TST) and highstand (HST) system tracts.
• Relative sea level changes deduced from seismic. Shoreline Trajectory.

Day 4 — The catch-up and keep-up highstand platform models

• Lowstand deposits: allochthonous wedges, autochthonous wedges and platform/bank margin wedges
• Selected Examples Anatomy of a reef: The Capitan Reef (Permian), Texas, USA

Day 5 — An Isolated carbonate platform: the supergiant Tengiz…

• A seismically well-imaged, back-stepping platform, the Tertiary of the Maldives Islands
• Microbial limestones as reservoirs: the pre-salt (Cretaceous) of offshore Brazil

Accreditation

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

Dates & Venues

Dates	Venue	Delivery	Duration	Fee (USD)
14–18 September 2026	Luanda, Angola	Public	5 days	4,500
11–15 October 2026	Riyadh, KSA	Public	5 days	3,900
16–20 November 2026	Kigali, Rwanda	Public	5 days	4,500

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