Courses

How do the remains of algae and plankton turn into oil and gas, and how do exploration teams find them thousands of metres underground? This course explains, in plain language, how hydrocarbons form, the source rock and the oil and gas windows, the petroleum system (reservoir, seal, trap and timing), the exploration methods, with a focus on 2D, 3D and 4D seismic and the measures that protect marine life, and the path from a prospect to the result of an exploration well: geological risk, samples, well logging, tests, discovery and appraisal wells. It includes a case study in a fictitious deepwater block. Aligned with IOGP Report 448 and the SPE-PRMS. Ideal for non-technical professionals and candidates for the sector. The course is delivered in Portuguese.

What you will learn

• Explain how organic matter turns into oil and gas over geological time.
• Identify the elements and processes of the petroleum system and what must coincide for an accumulation to exist.
• Describe the main exploration methods and what each one shows about the subsurface.
• Explain the path from a prospect to the result of an exploration well.
• Distinguish a discovery, a dry well and an appraisal well.

Modules

1. How hydrocarbons form34 min
2. The petroleum system33 min
3. Finding oil: seismic and other methods34 min
4. From prospect to exploration well34 min

Who it is for

Professionals and candidates for the oil sector, and non-technical staff