Course Objectives and Items You Will Learn About:

• Outcrop exposures and geometries of deepwater sands.
• Known occurrences globally of hydrocarbons in deepwater siliciclastics, including seismic and log expressions.
• Depositional processes and environments of deepwater sediments.
• Sequence and seismic facies analysis of deepwater environments.

Overview:

The course is an advanced level course utilizing seismic, well log, and outcrop photography to improve predictions for drilling for siliciclastic sediments deposited in deepwater environments. Sharply different opinions on mechanisms of deposition in deepwater effect exploration efforts. Deepwater sediments provide the best opportunities for new giant field discoveries (e.g. Gulf of Mexico, West Africa).

The North Sea has extensive discoveries of Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary deepwater fields. Seismic, core, and well log data are utilized to study modes of deposition and reservoir geometries. A workshop using seismic and well data will allow you to predict and then verify your prognostications.

The Gulf of Mexico is the second area for analysis. Recent published studies have greatly expanded our knowledge of deepwater reservoirs and trap styles. The excellent seismic databases from the Gulf of Mexico and seismic and coring studies from the Mississippi Fan are used to predict the depositional mode and seismic expression of potential new discoveries in this basin.

Further afield, data sets from east and west Africa for example, are used as predictive exercises in prospecting for deepwater reservoirs. Some of these are unconventional.

Each day a series of photographic slides will be used to illustrate outcrops of deepwater sediments of the seismic scale. These include areas in both North America and Europe. A comprehensive manual summarizes both knowledge of modern deepwater processes and discoveries, and reservoirs worldwide.

Duration: Five Days

Attendees: Experienced Interpreters and Deepwater Enthusiasts