Society of Exploration Geophysicists

NAPE Expo (formerly North American Prospect Expo) was created in 1993 to provide a marketplace for the buying, selling and trading of oil and gas prospects and producing properties (added in 1998) via exhibit booths. NAPE brings state-of-the-art prospects and properties from U.S. and around the world, advanced technolo...gy and energy capital formation all together in one location, creating a pure market place to establish strategic alliances for doing business and initiating purchases and trades.

NAPE Expo is presented by NAPE Expo LP comprised of AAPL, IPAA, SEG and AAPG as limited partners.

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Date: 02/07/2010 thru 02/11/2010

Near-Surface Seismology
Instructor: Greg Baker
Duration: two days
This course in near-surface seismology is designed to provide background information to help professionals to use the near-surface applications of basic near-surface seismic theory, instrumentation: including sources, seism...ographs, and sensors; seismic refraction: including fan shooting, generalized reciprocal method (GRM), and refraction tomography, seismic surface waves: including spectral analysis of surface waves, (SASW) and multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW), seismic reflection: including common-offset and common-midpoint (CMP), seismic data integration and interpretation, including pitfalls and case histories.

Location: Houston, TX, USA

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Date: 02/08/2010 thru 02/09/2010

Processing, Inversion and Reconstruction of Seismic Data Instructor: M.D. Sacchi
Duration: two days
This course covers practical aspects of signal theory and inverse problems with application to seismic data processing. In particular, the course stresses regularization methods for inverse problems that arise in the inversion of seismic data, noise elimination and reconstruction of seismic surveys.

Location: Houston, TX, USA
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Date: 02/08/2010 thru 02/09/2010

Magnetotellurics for Natural Resources
Instructor: Karen Christopherson
Duration: two days
This course will provide the interested geophysicist with the knowledge and skills necessary to design and manage cost-effective MT field programs and to understand the data processing and interpretation issues.

Location: Houston, TX, USA
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Date: 02/10/2010 thru 02/11/2010

Migration, Modeling, and Model Building With Almost No Math
Instructor: J. Bee Bednar
Duration: two days
This course focuses on the following five issues: the three Earth models, available modeling algorithms, historical to modern migration techniques, acquisition geometry, and migration velocity analysis.

Location: Houston, TX, USA

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Date: 01/28/2010 thru 01/29/2010

Gravity and Magnetics for Explorationists
Instructor: Michal Ruder
Duration: two days
This course is designed for geologists and geophysicists with interests in potential fields and regional tectonics. Attendees with little previous experience in gravity and magnetics will find the pace... comfortable and the concepts quite accessible. Attendees who have already worked with potential field data will find the first day to be a helpful review of basic concepts and the second day to be quite challenging and thought-provoking.

Location: Calgary, AB, Canada
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Date: 01/28/2010 thru 01/29/2010

Seismic Data Processing
Instructor: Steve Hill
Duration: two days
The SEG “Introduction to Seismic Processing” course is just that; it is an introductory course designed for individuals who work with seismic data. Seismic interpreters are the primary audience. Understanding the origin of interpretable seismic data assists you in understanding the data’s potential and its possible pitfalls for the unwary. The course is also of value for seismic acquisition specialists who desire to understand the constraints that seismic processing places on acquisition design.

Location: Calgary, AB, Canada

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•Multidisciplinary Technical Programme
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◦University and Academia Pavilion
◦Gas Pavilion
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Dear colleague,
We will conduct a training on 'SEISMIC ROCK PROPERTIES & FLUID PREDICTION', in Jayakarta Hotel-Bandung, INDONESIA, on 16-20 Nov 2009. If you interest to join this course, please confirm to us as soon as possible.
About training, please visit to www.rock-fluid.com/training.
The syllabus of the course are b...elow:

1. Introduction to Rock Physics


1.1. Introduction


1.2. Velocity-porosity
relations for mapping porosity and facies


1.3. Fluid
substitution analysis


1.4. Pressure
effects on velocity


1.5. The
special role of shear-wave information


1.6. Rock
Physics ‘’What ifs?’’ : fluid and lithology substitution


1.7. All
models are wrong…some are useful



2. Rock Physics interpretation of texture,
lithology and compaction


2.1. Introduction


2.2. The
link between rock physics properties and sedimentary microstructure: theory and
models


2.3. Example:
rock physics interpretation of microstructure in North Sea turbidite systems


2.4. Relating
rock physics to lithofacies and depositional environments


2.5. Example:
seismic lithofacies in a North Sea turbidite system


2.6. Rock
Physics depth trends


2.7. Example:
rock physics depth trends and anomalies in a North Sea field


2.8. Rock
physics templates: a tool for lithology and fluid prediction


2.9. Discussion


2.10.Conclusions





3. Statistical rock physics: Combining rock
physics, information theory, and statistics to reduce uncertainty


3.1. Introduction


3.2. Why
quantify uncertainty?


3.3. Statistical
rock physics workflow


3.4. Information
entropy: some simple example


3.5. Monte
Carlo simulation


3.6. Statistical classification and pattern
recognition


3.7. Discussion
and summary





4. Common techniques for quantitative seismic
interpretation


4.1. Introduction


4.2. Qualitative
seismic amplitude interpretation


4.3. AVO
analysis


4.4. Impedance
inversion


4.5. Forward
seismic modeling


4.6. Future
directions in quantitative seismic interpretation





5. Case studies: Lithology and pore-fluid
prediction from seismic data


5.1. Case
1: Seismic reservoir mapping from #D AVO in a North Sea turbidite system

5.2. Case
2: Mapping lithofacies and pore-fluid probabilities in a North Sea reservoir
using seismic impedance inversions and statistical rock physics


5.3. Case
3: Seismic lithology prediction and reservoir delineation using statistical AVO
in the Grane field, North Sea


5.4. Case
4: AVO depth trends for lithology and pore fluid classification in
unconsolidated deep-water system, offshore West Africa


5.5. Case
5: Seismic reservoir mapping using rock physics template. Example from a North Sea
turbidite system





6. Workflows and guideline


6.1. AVO
reconnaisamce


6.2. Rock
physics ‘’What ifs’’ and AVO feasibility studies


6.3. RPT
analysis


6.4. AVO
classification constrained by rock physics depth trens


6.5. Seismic
reservoir characterization constrained by lithofacies analysis and statistical
rock physics


6.6. Why
and when should we do quantitative seismic interpretation?





7. Hans-on


7.1. Introduction


7.2. Problems


7.3. Project








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SEG Professional Development lauched their first online course during the 79th Annual Meeting! The first online course, An Interpreter's Guide to Seismic Attributes, touches on the successful use of seismic attributes requiring both an understanding of seismic data quality and of sedimentary and tectonic processes. Pa...rticipants will gain an understanding of the physical basis, geologic expression, and petrophysical calibration of seismic attributes.Read More