Geoscience for Non-Geoscientists

This course is an introduction to petroleum geoscience, with a specific focus on how it integrates with petroleum engineering and the techniques of evaluating oil and gas properties.

Course Length:

3 Days

Target Audience:

The applicable and practical material in this course will enable non-geoscientists to understand the role of geology and geophysics in the evaluation process of reservoirs, properties and companies. This course is for engineers, land negotiators, accountants, technologists, and anyone who wants to understand the geoscientific processes and analyses that support the evaluation of oil and gas properties.

This 3-day course is an introduction to petroleum geoscience, with a specific focus on how it integrates with petroleum engineering and the techniques of evaluating oil and gas properties. There are a number of in-class exercises to learn through application. By the end of this course, participants will be able to understand industry geoscience terminology and practices, know how to read a well log, understand the benefits and limitations of seismic data, learn how geomodels are made, and understand how geoscience is integrated into the evaluation of oil and gas properties.

This course includes a field trip to the Banff-area to explore real reservoir rocks, view folding and faulting first-hand, hunt for fossils, and observe other geological phenomena. 

Instructor(s):

Sproule's senior geologists and geophysicists

Course Outline:

1. Introduction to the earth as a whole system and the rock cycle
2. Stratigraphic geology
3. Structural geology
4. Petroleum systems
5. Reservoir characterization
6. Petrophysics
7. Geophysics
8. Geomodelling

 Cancellation Policy

Any registration cancellation requests must be made on or before March 16, 2019 and will be subject to a $250 processing fee. 

We reserve the right to cancel the course if minimum registrations levels are not met. As such,  please purchase refundable/transferable airfare if you are flying in for this course. Decisions regarding cancellation will occur several weeks before the start date, and registrants will be notified and refunded if the course does not run.

Course Contacts:

For further information about the course contents and registration information, please contact the course administrator, Nichole Tobin (nichole.tobin@sproule.com).