Description
SUITABLE:
Oil company staff with little or no technical background in geosciences including administrative, human resources, accounting, legal, finance and technical support personnel.
OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the course, delegates will:
- Know how to recognise the components of the structure of the Earth;
- Know how to identify the main rock types, their origins and roles in petroleum generation and entrapment;
- Be able to describe the main features of geology;
- Know basic principles of petroleum generation, hydrocarbon migration, etc.
SUMMARY:
- Geological characteristics of the Earth
- Sedimentary rock fill of depositional basins
- Fundamental principles of petroleum geology
- Different settings in which accumulations of conventional oil and gas are found
- Migration pathways and reservoir traps
- Procedures adopted for assessing resources and reserves
- How exploration and production are undertaken, etc.
