Basin Analysis and Play Fairway Mapping

🔹 Day 1: Introduction to Basin Types and Tectonic Settings

• 09:00–09:45: What is basin analysis? Importance in exploration

• 09:45–10:30: Classification of sedimentary basins by tectonic setting

• 10:30–10:45: ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30: Basin-forming mechanisms: extension, compression, strike-slip

• 11:30–12:15: Stratigraphic architecture of rift and foreland basins

• 12:15–13:15: 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00: Controls on basin fill: climate, tectonics, sea level

• 14:00–14:45: Regional case studies: passive vs. active margins

• 14:45–15:00: Recap and Q&A

🔹 Day 2: Stratigraphy and Sedimentation in Basins

• 09:00–09:45: Stratigraphic frameworks and unconformity surfaces

• 09:45–10:30: Depositional environments and facies models

• 10:30–10:45: ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30: Source-to-sink systems and sediment pathways

• 11:30–12:15: Paleogeography and paleoenvironments

• 12:15–13:15: 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00: Basin modeling inputs: stratigraphy and lithology

• 14:00–14:45: Exercise: interpret basin-fill sequences from logs

• 14:45–15:00: Recap and Q&A

🔹 Day 3: Petroleum Systems and Play Elements

• 09:00–09:45: Overview of the petroleum system concept

• 09:45–10:30: Source rocks: types, maturity, and identification

• 10:30–10:45: ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30: Reservoir and seal pairs: characteristics and recognition

• 11:30–12:15: Migration pathways and timing

• 12:15–13:15: 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00: Trap types and risk elements

• 14:00–14:45: Exercise: petroleum system charting

• 14:45–15:00: Recap and Q&A

🔹 Day 4: Play Fairway Mapping and Risk Assessment

• 09:00–09:45: Defining a play and play types: clastic, carbonate, stratigraphic

• 09:45–10:30: Fairway mapping workflows: integrating key elements

• 10:30–10:45: ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30: Risk mapping: charge, reservoir, seal, trap

• 11:30–12:15: Chance of success and common risk segment mapping

• 12:15–13:15: 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00: Exercise: construct a play fairway map from a dataset

• 14:00–14:45: Review real case: basin-to-play workflow

• 14:45–15:00: Recap and Q&A

🔹 Day 5: Integrated Basin Study and Presentation

• 09:00–09:45: Introduction to group case project

• 09:45–10:30: Group work: regional geology + petroleum system + play maps

• 10:30–10:45: ☕ Coffee Break

• 10:45–11:30: Integration of structural, stratigraphic, and geochemical data

• 11:30–12:15: Play risk analysis and volumetric estimation (basics)

• 12:15–13:15: 🍽️ Lunch Break

• 13:15–14:00: Group presentations of basin and play analysis

• 14:00–14:45: Feedback, discussion, and lessons learned

• 14:45–15:00: Final Q&A and certification