Geology Rocks! OilSim Geology for Non-Geologists

Stavanger 5-7 June 2012

Participate in our Geology for Non-Geologists course and get a practical understanding of the principles used by petroleum geologists in exploration and development of oil and gas fields. 
 

Where, When & How?

The 3-day geology course will be held in Stavanger, Norway on 5-7 June 2012. From 09:00 to 16:00 hrs each day. 

Price Structure and Registration:

• REGISTER HERE
  
• Price is 13000NOK per participant
  
• Special offer '3 for 2 discount' only 26000NOK for three participants

Registration will be confirmed on a first come, first served basis

Who should participate?

Engineers, geophysicists, and other professionals that need a basic understanding of geology in order to better communicate with geologists.

Please review the testimonials from the January participants .

Learning Objectives?

On completion of this course, participants are expected to be able to:

• Communicate better with geologists. Explain and identify the difference between igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, and metamorphic rocks.
• Understand basic concepts of structural geology and tectonics.
• Explain the origins of oil and gas.
• Evaluate the key elements in sedimentary basins.
• Participate actively in a prospecting process.
• Understand how core samples are taken and the significance of porosity and permeability.
• Understand enhanced recovery, injection, hydro-fracturing, and geo-steering

Course content

Participants are grouped in teams and each team acts as a virtual petroleum company in the business simulation OilSim.  The participants will study geological surveys and solve geological challenges in the whole upstream value chain. A petroleum geologist guides the participants through the whole process.

The course includes a half day field trip to Sola Beach or core examination (Norwegian Petroleum Directorate) depending on the weather.

The course covers the following areas: 

• Rocks and rock forming minerals
• Rock forming minerals
• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic

• Geological time
  • The age of rocks
  • The geological time scale
  • Time aspects of geolgical processes

• Fundamental processes of the earth
  • Plate tectonics - formation and destruction of the earths crust
  • Erosion, transport & deposition of sediments

• Sedimentary basins
  • Different types of sedimentary basins
  • Tectonics and sedimentation
  • Sedimentary basins and petroleum formation

• The petroleum system
  • Source, maturation & migration
  • Reservoir
  • Trap
  • Seal

• Play and prospect analysis
  • Play fairways
  • Prospect evaluation
  • Volumes
  • Geological risk and chance of success
  • Data types (2D seismic, basin modelling, pockmark surveys, seaps, offset well data)

• Prospect derisking and making a drill decision
  • Data types (3D seismic, EM ++)
  • Selecting a well location
  • Well planning?

• Discovery, appraisal and development
  • Evaluating the new data
  • Appraisal program and strategies
  • Depletion strategy
  • Development
  • Enhanced oil recovery

Method

Participants are grouped in teams and each team acts as a virtual petroleum exploration company in the business simulation OilSim. The team challenge is to discover economically viable volumes of oil or gas in a new petroleum area. An experienced OilSim facilitator guides the participants through the process.

Scenario

You are an oil and gas company in a new petroleum province, which has just opened up for exploration. Your overall task is to find commercial quantities of oil and gas in the subsurface using the least funds possible, whilst acting in a social and environmentally responsible way.

Facilitators

Prof. Haakon Fossen is professor at the University of Bergen. He is affiliated with the Department of Earth Science, Center of Integrated Petroleum Research (CIPR) and Bergen Museum, all part of the University of Bergen. He holds a PhD in structural geology (1992) from University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. 

Dr. Rotevatn holds a cand. scient. degree from the University of Oslo (2004) in structural geology  and tectonics, and a PhD from the University of Bergen (2007) in structural-/reservoir geology. During and following my PhD he has worked for a period as an exploration geologist in the oil and gas industry before returning to become a full time researcher (2010).

Technology

You need to bring an internet-enabled computer to participate. Please visit check.oilsim.com to see if your computer can be used with OilSim. If you don't have a computer, one will be provided for you at an extra fee.

Payment for Courses

Cancellations Policy

Simprentis reserve the right to cancel a course should the number of bookings fall below the minimum number of delegates required per event.  In the event of Simprentis cancelling a course, liability will be limited to the refund of the course fee only, if paid.

A cancellation fee of NOK 850 will be charged for participant cancellations received more than 10 working days before the commencement of a course.  Notification less than 10 working days prior to the commencement of the course will result in a cancellation fee of 50% of the course price.  Cancellations made less than five working days prior to the commencement of a course will result in a cancellation fee of the full course price being charged unless the place can be allocated to another participant.