Structural Geology & Tectonics as Applied to Upstream Problems

Disciplines
Geoscience
Category
Foundational • Exploration • Conventional Reservoir • Unconventional Reservoir
Format
Classroom 
Available
Private 

Who Should Attend

Exploration and production geologists.

Description

A unique training program in which clients can design a customized, three to five-day training course comprised of half day, critical skill modules (see below) coupled with hands on consulting/mentoring. Blended learning techniques will be integrated through a variety of teaching styles and materials such as PowerPoint presentations, handouts, videos and online activities. The content of each module reflects science or expertise related to an oil and gas workflow, topic, or problem, especially integration of geological and seismic data into a valid and reasonable structural interpretation.

ONSITE CONSULTING SERVICE OPTION:
Each training module can be further expanded with individualized consulting/mentoring by subject-matter experts to further enhance the learning experience. These consulting services can address the client’s own data and specific challenges

Learning Outcomes

Course Content

Sample 5-Day Course Content:

  • Day 1:
    • Introduction: Compressional HC traps
    • Deformation mechanisms and mechanical stratigraphy
    • Mechanics of faulting and fracturing
  • Day 2:
    • Folding and fault-fold relationships
    • Basement-involved compressional block uplifts
  • Day 3:
    • Thin-skinned fold and thrust belts
    • Inversion tectonics
  • Day 4:
    • Restoration and cross section balancing
    • Advanced restoration techniques
  • Day 5:
    • Consultation/Mentoring: Special problems: hands-on restoration workflow with client’s data sets

 

Optional Modules available below for customized in-house training.  Design your custom training course with guidance from SCA.  All modules are half-day and are designed for exploration and production geoscientists at any career level.

  • Applied Rock Deformation Concepts
  • Deformation Mechanisms/Mechanical Stratigraphy
  • Mechanics of Faulting and Fracturing
  • Folding and Fault/Fold Relationships
  • Natural fractures and fracture modeling
  • Geomechanics
  • Physics of sealing and sealing faults
  • Fundamentals of salt and shale tectonics
  • Restoration and cross section balancing
  • Advanced restoration techniques
  • Structural styles and HC traps overview
  • Structure of continental rifts
  • Rifting to passive margin: hyperextension
  • Thin-skinned extensional structural geology
  • Basement-involved compressional block uplifts
  • Thin-skinned fold and thrust belts
  • Fundamentals of strike-slip tectonics
  • Inversion tectonics
  • Epi-cratonic basins and foreland basins

In-Person

Length
5 Days

Virtual

Length
Not Available

Upcoming Events

Check back in periodically for updated Public and Live Online course dates! To schedule an In-House course, contact SCA’s Training Department at training@scacompanies.com.

Instructor

James Granath, PhD headshotJames Granath, PhD