Petroleum Geology: From Basin to Reservoir

Overview

📅 Date : 29. SEP 2025 ⏳ Duration : 5 Days 📍 Location : Dubai

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🎯 Course Description:

This 5-day course provides a comprehensive overview of petroleum geology, covering the entire hydrocarbon system from source to trap. Designed for geoscientists, engineers, and energy professionals, the course introduces the key geological principles and methods used in the exploration and development of oil and gas fields. Topics include basin types and tectonics, source rock evaluation, reservoir characterization, structural geology, stratigraphy, and hydrocarbon migration and trapping mechanisms. Participants will engage in real-world exercises, seismic interpretation, and log analysis to apply geological concepts to exploration and field development scenarios.

🗓️ Day 1: Introduction to Petroleum Geology & Plate Tectonics

Time	Topic
08:30 – 09:00	Welcome, Introductions, Course Objectives
09:00 – 10:30	Overview of Petroleum Geology – The petroleum system elements
10:30 – 10:45	☕ Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15	Plate Tectonics and Basin Formation – Divergent, convergent, and transform settings
12:15 – 01:15	🍽 Lunch Break
01:15 – 02:45	Sedimentary Basins – Rift, passive margin, foreland, and pull-apart
02:45 – 03:00	☕ Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:30	Exercise: Identifying basin types on regional geological maps and cross-sections

🗓️ Day 2: Source Rocks, Maturation, and Hydrocarbon Generation

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Source Rocks – Types, organic matter, depositional environments
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Kerogen Types & Thermal Maturity – TOC, Rock-Eval, vitrinite reflectance
12:15 – 01:15	🍽 Lunch Break
01:15 – 02:45	Hydrocarbon Generation & Expulsion – Oil and gas windows
02:45 – 03:00	☕ Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:30	Exercise: Source rock evaluation using real Rock-Eval data

🗓️ Day 3: Reservoirs, Traps & Seals

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Reservoir Rocks – Porosity, permeability, clastic vs. carbonate systems
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Seal Rocks and Capillary Sealing – Evaporites, shales, seal integrity
12:15 – 01:15	🍽 Lunch Break
01:15 – 02:45	Trapping Mechanisms – Structural (anticlines, faults), stratigraphic, combination
02:45 – 03:00	☕ Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:30	Exercise: Trap identification on seismic and cross-sections

🗓️ Day 4: Hydrocarbon Migration, Timing, and Basin Modeling

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Hydrocarbon Migration Paths – Primary and secondary migration
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Petroleum System Timing & Charge Risk – Burial history, timing diagrams
12:15 – 01:15	🍽 Lunch Break
01:15 – 02:45	Basin Modeling Concepts – Maturity modeling, expulsion history
02:45 – 03:00	☕ Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:30	Workshop: Building a basic burial history chart and maturity profile

🗓️ Day 5: Exploration Techniques and Field Case Study

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Geophysical Methods in Petroleum Geology – Seismic, gravity, magnetic
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Well Log Interpretation in Geological Context – Lithology and fluid prediction
12:15 – 01:15	🍽 Lunch Break
01:15 – 03:00	Integrated Case Study: Petroleum system analysis of a frontier basin
03:00 – 03:15	☕ Coffee Break
03:15 – 04:30	Group Presentations, Final Review, Q&A, Certificates & Course Closure

✅ Course Materials Include:

Digital & printed course manual
Rock-Eval and well log datasets
Seismic sections & structural cross-sections
Petroleum system modeling templates

Target audiences

Reservoir Engineers, Geologists

$ 5,000

Course Features

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

Petroleum Geology: From Basin to Reservoir