🎯 Seismic Reservoir Charactrization

Overview

📘 Course Description

This course delivers an in-depth understanding of how seismic data is used to characterize reservoirs, with emphasis on lithology, fluid content, porosity, and reservoir geometry. Participants will learn to integrate seismic attributes, inversion techniques, AVO analysis, and rock physics into a coherent framework to support reservoir modeling and development decisions.

Hands-on sessions with seismic data examples and software demonstrations will enhance practical skills for exploration and development geoscientists.

🗓️ Day 1: Fundamentals of Seismic Reservoir Characterization

Time	Topic
08:30 – 09:00	Welcome, Course Overview, Introductions
09:00 – 10:30	Introduction to Seismic Reservoir Characterization – Objectives, Scales, Data Types
10:30 – 10:45	☕ Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15	Seismic Acquisition & Processing Recap – Frequency Content, Resolution, Wavelets
12:15 – 01:15	🍽️ Lunch Break
01:15 – 02:45	Rock Physics Essentials – Elastic Moduli, Velocity-Porosity Relationships
02:45 – 03:00	☕ Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:30	Hands-On: Velocity Trends and Rock Physics Templates (RPTs)

🗓️ Day 2: Seismic Attributes and AVO Analysis

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Seismic Attributes for Reservoir Analysis – Amplitude, Frequency, Coherence
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	AVO Theory & Applications – Classes of AVO, Fluid & Lithology Sensitivity
12:15 – 01:15	🍽️ Lunch Break
01:15 – 02:45	Prestack vs Poststack Attributes – Interpretation Strategies
02:45 – 03:00	☕ Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:30	Workshop: AVO Crossplots and Litho-Fluid Discrimination Using Attributes

🗓️ Day 3: Introduction to Seismic Inversion

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Basics of Seismic Inversion – Concepts, Objectives, Types (Deterministic, Stochastic)
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Model-Based vs Sparse-Spike Inversion – Data Requirements & Assumptions
12:15 – 01:15	🍽️ Lunch Break
01:15 – 02:45	Acoustic vs Elastic Inversion – When and Why to Use
02:45 – 03:00	☕ Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:30	Practical Session: Running a Simple Poststack Inversion and QC Checks

🗓️ Day 4: Elastic Inversion and Rock Property Prediction

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Elastic Impedance and Extended Elastic Models – Vp, Vs, ρ Extraction
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Inversion to Reservoir Properties – Porosity, Saturation, Net Pay Estimation
12:15 – 01:15	🍽️ Lunch Break
01:15 – 02:45	Forward Modeling & Synthetic Seismograms – Wavelet Extraction and Calibration
02:45 – 03:00	☕ Coffee Break
03:00 – 04:30	Workshop: Elastic Inversion and Lithology Classification Using Real Data

🗓️ Day 5: Seismic Integration, Uncertainty, and Case Studies

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Integrated Workflow – Seismic, Well Logs, Rock Physics, and Reservoir Models
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Uncertainty in Seismic Reservoir Characterization – Resolution, Noise, Model Bias
12:15 – 01:15	🍽️ Lunch Break
01:15 – 03:00	Case Study: From Seismic to Static Reservoir Model (Facies, Porosity, Saturation)
03:00 – 03:15	☕ Coffee Break
03:15 – 04:30	Final Exercise: Group Presentations, Discussion, Feedback & Certification

✅ Course Deliverables:

Complete course slides (PDF)
Seismic data and well log sets for hands-on exercises
Excel & Python tools for AVO, inversion QC, crossplots
Field examples from sandstone and carbonate settings

Target audiences

Reservoir Engineers, Geologists

$ 5,950

Course Features