Geologists have been exposed for many years to the tools of the geophysicist and have developed an understanding of the fundamentals such as the seismic section display and the synthetic seismogram. Many geologists actively interpret seismic data and others also seek to enhance their exploration skill-set by acquiring a basic familiarity with 2D and 3D seismic data. This can be overwhelming because of the vagaries of acquisition and processing, coupled with a complex and somewhat intimidating workstation environment.

This course was originally developed at the request of the CSPG to address a perceived need. It provides a “hands-on” introduction to the workstation world, tutorial-style, with walk-through explanations and demonstrations of how to start up, pick and map seismic events, calibrate seismic data with well control, analyze spectral character, tie seismic lines both spatially and spectrally and define prospects with actual data sets. The advantages and limits of workstation interpretation will be discussed along with relevant aspects of acquisition and processing. The emphasis will be on the effective integration of geological insight with seismic data.

The workstations used for this course will run the EarthWorks Exploration System. The intelligently-integrated, real time processing and 3D visualization capabilities of this workstation allows class participants to immediately see the results of their efforts while they interpret seismic data. Developments that make EarthWorks a prestack interpretation workstation enable the course to introduce advanced topics such as AVO analysis and seismic processing quality control. As such, geoscientists of any experience level will benefit from this course.

Prior workstation experience is not a prerequisite. Geologists who have taken Easton Wren's course "Geophysics for Geologists" will have been exposed to the conceptual aspects of the course but, again, this is not a prerequisite as these concepts will be clearly explained using real-time workstation features.

At course completion, you will have a good understanding of what constitutes basic seismic interpretation and how to complete these tasks accurately and effectively.

We invite you to join us at our next session and take the first step to becoming what the petroleum industry is clearly demanding: complete explorationists!

Call us at 1-888-263-2212 or e-mail us at info@genetek.com for details.

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