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| Code | Date | Location | price (€)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEO 171 | 8 - 12 Mar 2027 | Online | 3300 |
| GEO 171 | 7 - 11 Aug 2027 | Online | 3300 |
| GEO 171 | 5 – 9 Apr 2027 | Lisbon | 4400 |
| GEO 171 | 13 - 17 Sep 2027 | Rome | 4400 |
Biostratigraphy is commonly employed as a service in petroleum exploration and development for age dating and paleoenvironmental analysis. It plays a crucial role in providing insights for detailed sequence stratigraphy, including the identification of unconformities, sedimentation gaps, flooding surfaces, and condensed sequences. Additionally, biostratigraphy helps in the characterization of sedimentary facies in both reservoir and non-reservoir intervals. The most effective use of biostratigraphy occurs when its data is integrated with seismic, sedimentological, and petrographical interpretations. This course will demonstrate the main fossil groups used in biostratigraphy, highlighting their temporal and spatial distribution with various examples. Potential challenges and limitations of biostratigraphy will be discussed, particularly in relation to the geological settings where sediments are deposited. The course will cover practical applications of biostratigraphy in both exploration and development, with examples from different basins around the World.
o The Laws and principles of Stratigraphy
o Absolute age determination methods
o Chronostratigraphy and stratigraphic frameworks
o The different microfossil groups and preparation techniques
o Organic microfossils
o Inorganic microfossils
o Microfossil evolution through geological time
o Index fossils
o Bioevents and assemblages
o Numerical methods, abundance increases and maxima
o Stratigraphic range charts
o Stratigraphic type sections
o Biozones – different types and uses
o Limitations of biostratigraphic data
o Integration of sedimentological and petrographical data
o Source rock characterization
o Correlation using biostratigraphy
o Palaeoenvironmental interpretation
o Proxies to determine water depth and other environmental variables
o Identification of sequence boundaries using biostratigraphy
o Condensed sequences and maximum flooding surfaces
o Characterization of system tracts
o Hydrocarbon Play definition
o Integrated Biostratigraphy and its use in Play based exploration techniques
o The deltaic to marine Cretaceous Alagamar Play in Potiguar Basin, Equatorial Marginal of Brazil
o The Cenozoic deep-water turbidites and associated salt play, Lower Congo Basin, Angola
o The Early Silurian Hot shales of the Arabian plate, source rock characterization
Instructor holds a degree in Geology and a European Doctorate (PhD) in Stratigraphy and Petroleum Geology and has ca. 16 years of experience in the Energy industry, in exploration projects of Oman, Mozambique, Brazil, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Gabon, Morocco, and other Atlantic basins. He is an advanced seismic interpreter, including sediment fairways identification, deep water sedimentation characterization, sequence stratigraphy and prospect generation and risking. He has worked extensively with well correlation, biostratigraphy, regional prospectivity studies and has managed teams and projects in multiple cultural environments. He has mentored and supervised Bsc and Msc students, and young professionals and taught several short courses and lectures on these subjects.
As part of his career, he worked at Petroleum Development Oman as a Stratigrapher where he was responsible for the Precambrian and Lower Paleozoic stratigraphy studies and for the scientific management of the palynology laboratory of the company. He followed multiple wells as an operational stratigrapher providing real-time advice to the well geologists for casing points, TD calls, etc. He also contributed to the biostratigraphic zonation review of the subsurface of Oman.
He is affiliated with the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE), the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and a corresponding member of the Devonian subcommission of the International Commission on Stratigraphy.
The course is designed for petroleum geologists and geophysicists with little knowledge and experience in geophysics
o Basic to Intermediate
o Gain knowledge of various microfossil groups and their applicability to different ages and paleoenvironmental settings.
o Understand the principles and applications of chronostratigraphy, lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, and geochronology.
o Develop the ability to integrate biostratigraphical data with other geological information to enhance its effectiveness as an interpretative tool.
o Interpret depositional settings using biostratigraphical
o Apply biostratigraphy as a predictive tool in exploration and development
Registration is now OPEN!
Ph.D. students, group and early bird registrants are eligible to DISCOUNT!
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