This five-day course introduces through lectures and exercises the principles of carbonate sedimentology, stratigraphy and diagenesis as applied to hydrocarbon exploration and development geology. Learning objectives stress the principles that shape carbonate accumulations and development of interpretive skills. This course emphasis the development of original depositional, stratigraphic or diagenetic models by highlighting process-response relationships on a facies scale and basin dynamics on the scale of carbonate platforms. The course includes a training manual.
DESIGNED FOR
Exploration and Production Geologists, Geophysicists, Engineers, technical support
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course participants should be able to:
describe basic carbonate rocks
classify carbonate rocks according to Dunham's depositional textures
distinguish carbonate ramp from carbonate shelf deposits based on large scale geometric relationships as seen in outcrop and seismic
subdivide a carbonate ramp and shelf deposits into major facies belts with rock data through the use of diagnostic facies recognition criteria and carbonate depositional models
predict the composition of carbonate buildup by applying concepts of organic evolution on carbonate deposition
directly apply the concepts of carbonate depositional models to seismic or well-log correlations and mapping for the purpose of regional to local (field-scale) investigations
