Carbonate Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
21 Jun 2026 Istanbul, Turkey $ 4,500 Register
11 Oct 2026 Riyadh, KSA $ 3,900 Register

Carbonate Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy

Introduction

This five-day course covers the basic concepts of carbonate sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy with emphasis on their practical applications for oil and gas exploration, appraisal and production. All concepts are illustrated with examples of outcrop well-log, core, and seismic data.

Objectives

    The ultimate objective of the course is to provide the geologists, geophysicists, and engineers with tools and methodologies of carbonate sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy to effectively predict the presence and quality of the reservoir, source rock, and seal.

Training Methodology

The program is delivered in a combination of lecture-style and computer-based training. In addition, a significant amount of time is set aside for small working group activity when addressing case study problems. Extensive use is made of case study material to underline the key aspects of the course and to give the delegates exposure to current best practice.

Who Should Attend?

Designed for geologists, geophysicists, and engineers actively working in the exploration and production of carbonate rocks.

Course Outline

  • Principles of Carbonate Production
    • Modes of marine precipitation, carbonate-specific aspects of deposition and erosion.
    • Differences with clastic sedimentation. Carbonate mineralogy and diagenesis.
    • Classification of carbonate rocks.
  • Marine Modern Carbonate Environments and Facies Models
  • Carbonate Depositional Systems: Marine shallow-water and deep-water carbonates
  • Non-marine (lacustrine) Carbonates
  • The geometry of carbonate accumulations: ramp, platforms, slope, localized accumulations, reefs and subtypes. Wilson’s facies belts.
  • Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy
    • Systems tracts: lowstand (LST) transgressive (TST) and highstand (HST) system tracts.
    • Relative sea level changes deduced from seismic. Shoreline Trajectory.
    • The catch-up and keep-up highstand platform models.
    • Lowstand deposits: allochthonous wedges, autochthonous wedges and platform/bank margin wedges
  • Selected Examples
    • Anatomy of a reef: The Capitan Reef (Permian), Texas, USA
    • An Isolated carbonate platform: the supergiant Tengiz Field (Carboniferous), Kazakhstan
    • A seismically well-imaged, back-stepping platform, the Tertiary of the Maldives Islands
    • Microbial limestones as reservoirs: the pre-salt (Cretaceous) of offshore Brazil

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