Seismic Quantitative Interpretation (QI) & Rock Physics

Overview

This advanced 5-day course provides geophysicists, petrophysicists, and reservoir engineers with an integrated approach to quantitative seismic interpretation (QI) and rock physics modeling, enabling participants to link seismic data to rock and fluid properties with confidence. Participants will learn to perform rock physics analyses, build forward models, perform inversion, and interpret elastic attributes for reservoir characterization, lithology prediction, and fluid discrimination.

Emphasis is placed on practical workflows and hands-on exercises using real datasets to build rock physics models, generate synthetic seismograms, perform AVO and elastic inversion, and integrate QI results with well data and reservoir models.

Dates	Locations	Note
3-Nov	LONDON	Dates could be adjusted for special requests
10-Nov	CAIRO
17-Nov	DUBAI
24-Nov	ISTANBUL

👥 Who Should Attend:

Seismic interpreters & quantitative geophysicists
Petrophysicists & rock physicists
Reservoir geologists & engineers involved in advanced interpretation
Geoscientists working on exploration, appraisal, or field development

🗓️ Day 1: Introduction to Quantitative Interpretation & Rock Physics Basics

Time	Topic
08:30 – 09:00	Welcome, Objectives & Course Overview
09:00 – 10:30	What is Quantitative Interpretation (QI)? – Key principles and goals
10:30 – 10:45	☕ Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15	Seismic Reflectivity & AVO Basics – Zoeppritz, Shuey, and intercept-gradient analysis
12:15 – 01:15	🍽 Lunch Break
01:15 – 02:45	Rock Physics Fundamentals – Elastic properties, moduli, and relations
02:45 – 03:00	☕ Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:30	Exercise: Calculate moduli (Vp, Vs, density) from well logs

🗓️ Day 2: Rock Physics Models & Forward Modeling

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Empirical & Theoretical Rock Physics Models – Castagna, Gassmann, Hertz-Mindlin
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Fluid Substitution – Gassmann’s equations and fluid sensitivity
12:15 – 01:15	🍽 Lunch Break
01:15 – 02:45	Building Rock Physics Templates (RPTs) – Crossplots for lithology & fluid prediction
02:45 – 03:00	☕ Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:30	Exercise: Create an RPT from well log data and perform fluid substitution

🗓️ Day 3: AVO Analysis & Modeling

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	AVO Classification – Rutherford & Williams, Castagna’s approach
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	AVO Modeling – Synthetic gather creation and AVO curve interpretation
12:15 – 01:15	🍽 Lunch Break
01:15 – 02:45	Pitfalls in AVO Interpretation – Tuning, anisotropy, noise
02:45 – 03:00	☕ Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:30	Exercise: Generate synthetic AVO responses and classify anomalies

🗓️ Day 4: Seismic Inversion & Elastic Property Estimation

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Principles of Seismic Inversion – Model-based vs. sparse spike
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Pre-stack & Simultaneous Inversion – Estimating Vp, Vs, and density volumes
12:15 – 01:15	🍽 Lunch Break
01:15 – 02:45	Interpreting Inversion Results – Lithology and fluid indicators
02:45 – 03:00	☕ Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:30	Exercise: Run inversion on seismic data and extract elastic attributes

🗓️ Day 5: Integration & Advanced Applications

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Linking QI Results with Reservoir Models – Updating static and dynamic models
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Machine Learning in QI – Multi-attribute classification & probability volumes
12:15 – 01:15	🍽 Lunch Break
01:15 – 02:45	Case Studies – Deepwater sands, tight reservoirs, and carbonates
02:45 – 03:00	☕ Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:30	Final Exercise: Integrate well data, rock physics, and seismic attributes to predict reservoir properties
04:30 – 05:00	Course Summary, Q&A, Feedback & Certificate Distribution

📂 Course Materials Provided:

Digital & printed course manual
Sample well logs, synthetic seismograms, and seismic datasets for exercises
Practical workflows for QI and rock physics modeling
Templates for RPTs and inversion interpretation
Reference papers on cutting-edge QI and rock physics techniques

Target audiences

Reservoir Engineers, Geologists

$ 5,600

Course Features

Lecture 0
Quiz 0
Duration 5 days
Skill level All levels
Language English
Students 40
Assessments Yes

Seismic Quantitative Interpretation (QI) & Rock Physics