UPST5499
Almaty
Monday, 05 Jan 2026 - Friday, 09 Jan 2026
Price: 4400 €
This course delivers a practical and structured approach to structural interpretation for petroleum exploration and development workflows. It focuses on how faults, folds, salt and shale tectonics, and fracture systems control trap formation, reservoir compartmentalization, and drilling risk. Participants learn how to interpret seismic data with disciplined quality control to build reliable structural models. The program explains how to integrate well information, depth conversion, and uncertainty evaluation into interpretation decisions. It addresses common pitfalls such as mis-picking, migration artifacts, velocity errors, and mis-ties between datasets. The course strengthens understanding of structural styles across extensional, compressional, and strike-slip regimes. It also connects interpretation outcomes to prospect risking, volumetrics, and field development planning. Participants practice building defensible structure maps, fault frameworks, and uncertainty scenarios. The training develops professional confidence in producing interpretation deliverables that support safe and economic subsurface decisions.
The purpose of this course is to build applied competence in structural interpretation within petroleum exploration and field development contexts. It responds to the need for reliable structural models that reduce uncertainty in trap definition, closure, and reservoir connectivity. The scope includes seismic interpretation techniques, structural geology fundamentals, and data integration methods. Participants will learn how to interpret faults and horizons across different tectonic settings and data qualities. The course emphasizes recognizing acquisition and processing effects that influence apparent structure. It explains depth conversion principles and how velocity uncertainty affects structure and volumetrics. Well ties and calibration are treated as essential controls for interpretation integrity. The program incorporates interpretation workflow discipline, documentation, and peer review thinking. It prepares participants to communicate structural risk clearly and to deliver maps and models that withstand technical scrutiny.
Participants will achieve the following objectives by the Structural interpretation in petroleum exploration & development course:
• Describe common structural styles and relate them to basin evolution, trap formation, and reservoir compartmentalization using clear criteria.
• Interpret horizons and faults on seismic sections and volumes with consistent picking rules and measurable quality-control checks.
• Diagnose imaging and processing artifacts that mimic faults or closures and document their impact on interpretation risk.
• Build a fault framework and structural model that honors seismic evidence, well control, and stratigraphic context.
• Apply depth conversion logic and evaluate how velocity uncertainty influences closure, spill points, and structural maps.
• Integrate well markers, logs, and drilling information to validate structural interpretation and reduce mis-ties.
• Assess fault seal and fracture implications at an appropriate level to support prospect evaluation and development planning.
• Quantify structural uncertainty using scenarios that bracket key outcomes for volumes, connectivity, and drilling risk.
• Produce a concise interpretation report that communicates assumptions, limitations, and confidence levels to multidisciplinary teams.
This Structural interpretation in petroleum exploration & development program targets a professional audience seeking to improve knowledge and skills:
• Seismic interpreters building structural maps and fault models.
• Exploration geophysicists evaluating traps and closures.
• Development geoscientists supporting well placement and field planning.
• Structural geologists working with seismic and well integration.
• Reservoir engineers needing compartmentalization and connectivity insight.
• Geomodellers converting interpretation into 3D structural frameworks.
• Subsurface team leaders reviewing prospect risk and deliverables.
• Professionals moving into interpretation or structural modelling roles.
• Define the role of structural interpretation in exploration, appraisal, and development decision cycles.
• Review stress regimes and their structural expressions in extensional, compressional, and strike-slip settings.
• Recognize fault types, fault geometries, and fold styles using clear diagnostic features.
• Relate structural style to basin evolution, trap development, and reservoir distribution patterns.
• Understand the difference between time structure and depth structure and why it matters for closure.
• Review seismic resolution, vertical exaggeration effects, and interpretability limits on structure recognition.
• Establish disciplined interpretation rules for horizons, faults, and uncertainty annotation from day one.
• Build a consistent structural vocabulary for communicating within multidisciplinary subsurface teams.
• Apply fault interpretation workflows in 2D and 3D seismic datasets using consistent criteria.
• Identify fault terminations, relay ramps, splays, and growth structures and interpret their development meaning.
• Pick key horizons with traceable logic and maintain consistency across lines and volumes.
• Use seismic attributes and visualization techniques to support fault recognition and reduce ambiguity.
• Detect common interpretation traps such as cycle skipping, noise alignment, and false discontinuities.
• Construct time structure maps and fault polygons that honor seismic evidence and geological plausibility.
• Evaluate how acquisition footprints and migration effects may distort apparent fault patterns.
• Document interpretation decisions in a way that supports review, reproducibility, and updates.
• Translate fault interpretations into coherent fault frameworks suitable for 3D structural modelling.
• Define fault hierarchy and establish rules for fault connectivity and segmentation.
• Evaluate throw, heave, and displacement patterns to support fault correlation and consistency checks.
• Interpret fault-related compartmentalization and its potential impact on pressure and fluid communication.
• Understand structural uncertainty drivers such as poor illumination, complex overburden, or limited well control.
• Apply structural balancing concepts at a practical level to test interpretation plausibility.
• Identify where stratigraphic complexity can be misread as structure and apply correction logic.
• Prepare structural model deliverables that are fit for use in geomodelling and development planning.
• Explain the depth conversion workflow and the consequences of velocity model assumptions.
• Integrate well markers, checkshots, and drilling data to constrain structural interpretation outcomes.
• Identify mis-ties between wells and seismic and apply structured troubleshooting steps.
• Evaluate how velocity uncertainty changes spill points, closure areas, and volumetric calculations.
• Build depth structure maps and compare scenarios to quantify structural uncertainty ranges.
• Understand the role of anisotropy, statics, and time-to-depth errors in complex areas.
• Apply quality-control checks for depth maps, fault surfaces, and horizon consistency.
• Document uncertainty scenarios and communicate their implications for drilling and development decisions.
• Link structural interpretation to prospect risking elements such as closure presence, fault risk, and spill behavior.
• Evaluate fault seal risk at a suitable level using practical screening logic and uncertainty thinking.
• Assess fracture and stress implications for well placement and completion strategy awareness.
• Integrate structural interpretation with reservoir development needs such as injector-producer placement and connectivity.
• Prepare structural deliverables that support volumetrics, well planning, and field optimization decisions.
• Practice communicating structure-driven risk in clear language for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Produce a final interpretation summary that includes maps, assumptions, and confidence statements.
• Consolidate a repeatable workflow checklist for future structural interpretation projects.
This [Structural interpretation in petroleum exploration & development] course is available in different durations: 1 week (intensive training), 2 weeks (moderate pace with additional practice sessions), or 3 weeks (a comprehensive learning experience). The course can be attended in person or online, depending on the trainee's preference.
This [Structural interpretation in petroleum exploration & development] course is delivered by expert trainers worldwide, bringing global experience and best practices. The instructors combine extensive experience in structural geology, seismic interpretation, and field development projects. Their delivery emphasizes disciplined workflows, defensible reasoning, and quality-control thinking. They focus on practical interpretation outcomes that reduce drilling risk and improve development confidence. Participants benefit from globally informed structural styles and consistent interpretation standards.
1- Who should attend this [Structural interpretation in petroleum exploration & development] course?
Professionals involved in seismic interpretation, structural mapping, trap evaluation, or field development planning.
2- What are the key benefits of this [Structural interpretation in petroleum exploration & development] training?
It improves fault and horizon interpretation discipline, strengthens structural risk assessment, and supports more reliable drilling and development decisions.
3—Do participants receive a certificate? Yes, upon successful completion, all participants will receive a professional certification.
4- What language is the course delivered in? English and Arabic.
5- Can I attend online? Yes, you can attend in person, online, or in-house at your company.
This course provides a disciplined and applied pathway to structural interpretation in exploration and development. It strengthens the ability to build reliable fault frameworks and structural maps from seismic and well data. Participants gain practical tools to manage uncertainty and reduce structural risk in prospect and field decisions. The training improves communication of assumptions and confidence across multidisciplinary teams. The outcomes support safer drilling, better reservoir understanding, and more defensible subsurface models.
