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Advanced Seismic Interpretation (GEO 126)

COURSE SCHEDULE

Code Date Location price (€)*
GEO 126 23-27 Feb 2026 Online 3300
GEO 126 22-26 Jun 2026 Online 3300
GEO 126 12-16 Jan 2026 Stavanger 4400
GEO 126 20 - 24 Apr 2026 Amsterdam 4400

COURSE OVERVIEW

This new course will be permanently “under construction”. That means there will never be a final version. The reason is that progress in the use of Machine  earning (ML) in geophysical interpretation is astonishing and forces instructor to update the course quite often to keep abreast of the latest developments. Seismic interpretation has various aspects: structural, stratigraphic and quantitative and in all these ML is being used increasingly. Also, the use of Large Language Models, like ChatGPT and Copilot, although not perfect yet, will play an increasing role in the interpretation workflow. To characterize/classify seismic data (too) many attributes can be calculated. But to keep the interpretation tractable Principal Component Analysis (PCA) or Independent Component Analysis (ICS) are used to handle the large number of possible attributes. In addition, there is a whole range of new options to analyse visual displays of seismic. An example of facies clustering is the use of K-PCA, where K stands for kernel in which PCA is extended to non-linear relationships in the data using Kernel functions. This is only one of the many capabilities of ML that will be used in the Advanced Seismic Interpretation course.

COURSE OUTLINE

5 days
Day 1:

o Machine learning

o Supervised Learning

o Classification

o Unsupervised Learning

o Clustering

o Attribute Selection

Day 2:

o Artificial Neural Networks

o Facies Classification,

o Semi-supervised Learning

o Deep Neural Nets

o Ensemble, Trees

Day 3:

o Lithology Segmentation

o Porosity Regression

o Activation Functions

o Deep Learning Networks

Day 4:

o Use of ChatGPT for DL

o CNN, SVM, GAN, U-net

o Hyper parameters

o Training Deep Learning Strategies

o Deep Learning for 4D

o GAN vs CNN

Day 5:

o ML Models

o Porosity prediction from Seismic

o CNN Salt Segmentation

o Boolean Logics

o DL for Geothermal & CO2

o AI for Inversion

o U-net Salt Segmentation

INSTRUCTOR

Instructor Profile

Instructor has a PhD from Utrecht University on “Full wave theory and the structure of the lower mantle” and joined Shell Research to develop methods to predict lithology and pore-fluid based on seismic, petrophysical and geological data. Subsequently worked for Shell in London to interpret seismic data from the Central North Sea Graben.

As part of a Quantitative Interpretation assignment, he was actively involved in managing, processing and interpreting Well Seismic Profiling data, while heading a team for the development of 3D interpretation methods using multi-attribute statistical and pattern recognition analysis. Subsequently he was responsible for Geophysics in the Shell Learning Centre and at the same time part-time professor in Applied Geophysics at the University of Utrecht. From 2001 till 2005 he worked on the development of Potential Field Methods (Gravity, Magnetics) for detecting oil and gas. From 2008 til 2013 he was visiting professor at the German Technical University in Muscat. Finally, he became a champion on the use of EM methods and involved in designing acquisition, processing and interpretation for Marine Controlled Source EM (CSEM) methods.

FAQ

DESIGNED FOR

Seismic interpreters who see the future of interpretation moving towards using Artificial Intelligence as a great aid to help them to make the final decisions.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The course primary learning objectives are:

o Where is the future of seismic interpretation

o How can I use what is presently available in Artificial Intelligence

o Apply Supervised, Unsupervised and Semi-supervised Machine Learning

o How to best use open-source software to build advanced interpretation applications

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