SCPRE10

Exploration 101: Basic Geological and Seismic Principles in the Upstream Petroleum Industry

Instructor: Easton Wren
Date: May 9, 2008 (Half day)
Max. Attendance: 50 participants
Course Fee: $25

Venue: IBM Canada – Rocky Mountain Room A, 227 11 Ave. SW, Calgary, T2T 3S7

This is a brief, yet illuminating, introduction to exploration and will take the participant through the normal progression from the origins of oil and gas to geological concept to prospect definition to drilling the exploratory well using a combination of geological and seismic tools.

There are no restrictions as to who should attend and the course should appeal to university and college students in the earth sciences, less experienced technical and non-technical people with oil companies, service company personnel looking to understand the whole process and where they fit into it, as well as government, legal and accounting professions, who interact with the oil industry but who do not have a technical background in geology or geophysics.

The course is non-mathematical in its treatment of the subject material and will explain much of the jargon that permeates the upstream business.