Lesson 01-00 - Introduction

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01. Introduction to Seismic Principles 02. Course Objectives 03. Introduction to Exploration Geophysics 04. Seismic Principles 05. Seismic Design & Operational Techniques 06. Seismic Processing Principles & Data QA/QC 07. HSE Management in Seismic Operations

01. Introduction to Seismic Principles

Hello and welcome to the Introduction to Seismic Principles course. My name is Riccardo Vercesi and I'm going to be talking about the principles of seismic in the oil and gas industry.
I will cover several topics from the basics of the seismic methods to the reason why should seismic and why it's so important for the industry to the way we plan, we design, and we acquire and process the seismic data. I will focus at the end on HSE, so health, safety, and environment, and the regulatory obligations. But before diving into the course content, let me briefly introduce myself. I'm a geologist with a master in geophysics. I've been in the oil and gas industry for more than 25 years internationally. I worked for ENI, Talisman Energy, Repsol, and Total Energies, and have been based and posted to Italy, UK, the Netherlands, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, and Taiwan. Covering several roles from a geophysicist to a client rep, and then into more senior roles like geophysical operation manager, exploration manager, and the senior operations manager. I'm now working as a consultant for oil and gas and renewable energies.

02. Course Objectives

Let's start the course with the main objectives. So the main objective of the course is to provide a comprehensive overview of the fundamental principles of seismic exploration with a focus on seismic design and operational techniques applied by E&P operators. The audience the course is targeting is essentially E&P professionals with no or limited experience in seismic acquisition. And exploration geophysics. The learning objectives are essentially the acquire the fundamental principles of seismic exploration to get a better understanding of the seismic operation process with a focus on benefits and the limitation of seismic exploration; Gain an insight into seismic design, seismic acquisition, field operation, seismic processing and data QC; Acquire the fundamental principle of HSE, so health, safety, and the environment, management, and regulatory requirements.

03. Introduction to Exploration Geophysics

So the course is divided in five chapters. The first one is the introduction to exploration geophysics, where we cover seismic principles, why we shoot seismic, the strategy and objectives of a seismic survey an introduction to the seismic theory.

04. Seismic Principles

The second chapter is about the seismic principles, so we'll cover the seismic design principles, the design and operational constraints, and the 2D versus 3D seismic benefits and pitfalls.

05. Seismic Design & Operational Techniques

The fourth is about seismic design and operational techniques, where we will enter more into the technical part, covering the land and marine seismic, seismic design and geometries, seismic sources, both onshore and offshore, seismic receivers, again, onshore and offshore, equipment like a streamer, OBC nodes, shallow water, the equipment we used in operations. 4D seismic or time-lapse seismic touching base on principles and objectives, high-resolution seismic and broadband seismic, that is the state of the art of the technology, and the risk assessment and the contractual strategies at the end.

06. Seismic Processing Principles & Data QA/QC

Last but certainly not least, seismic processing principles and data QA and QC. Cover the way we process the seismic data, so seismic processing principles and objectives, the seismically processing workflows, examples. Seismic data QA, QC, time to depth conversion, seismic amplitude analysis, direct hydrocarbon indicators, and seismic attributes analysis. And AVO processing, AVO stands for amplitude versus offset, with principles and analysis.

07. HSE Management in Seismic Operations

We will end up the course with a very important and key part, that is the HSE management in seismic operation. Touching base on HSE goals and objectives, the management and the commitments and accountability, the company policies, standards and objectives, individual commitments and obligations, HSE performance and the importance of reporting, environmental and regulatory considerations.