Basin Analysis serves as a crucial tool for developing a comprehensive understanding of the formation and evolution of sedimentary basins, and their profound influence on functioning petroleum systems.

This program aims to enhance participants' skills in basin analysis, covering various analytical parameters related to petroleum accumulation, subsurface processes, sedimentary basin characteristics, and their connection to the identification and development of petroleum systems and plays.

Through practical examples from successful plays worldwide, Southeast Asian basins, and with a particular emphasis on the Malaysian region, this program will provide participants with valuable insights into the essential workflow and geological concepts involved in basin analysis. The program will enable participants to describe and evaluate working petroleum systems and associated plays effectively.

Course Objectives:

Learn the Paramaters for best development of petroleum systems & hydrocarbon potential

Develop and understanding of basin formation mechanism, basin types, and how they control the development of petroleum systems and their hydrocarbon potential

Apply practical best practice techniques in basin analysis

Gain practical techniques in evaluating how basin formation mechanism affects petroleum systems, how the mechanism of formation controls the structural style and sedimentary fill, how to recognize different basin types from typical seismic and well log data, and various key controls including tectonics, climate and eustacy

Gain knowledge on the global analogues for various basin styles and play development

Learn from examining global analogue case studies of basin styles and play development, how they have been developed and what can be learned from them

Who Should Attend?

The course is designed for exploration and new ventures geologists, and geophysicists early in their careers. Good geological knowledge is assumed. 2-5 years experience is required, with good knowledge of petroleum geology, and some seismic and well log interpretation experience.

Course Outlines:

Introduction to the regional O&G sector petroleum accumulation parameters

Review of exploration & development of the petroleum industry in Malaysia in its international context, with emphasis on the activities of local companies, such as IOCs in Borneo (Sarawak and Sabah), and the development of Petronas as an NOC. Parameters Essential to Petroleum Accumulation
Summary and reminder of information on the essential elements (source rocks, reservoirs, seals and traps)
Source Rocks and maturity modeling: summary of main source rock types-- their quality, distribution and rock properties in relation to petroleum occurrence, with a simple exercise in1D Basin Modeling
Generation, expulsion and migration processes -- including source rock maturation, vertical versus horizontal migration paths, impact on oil/gas mix, etc.
Reservoir Rocks: The main types of clastic and carbonate reservoir rocks, their origin, distribution, porosity & permeability structure and geometry
Challenging and Unconventional Reservoirs – those with milli-micro Darcy permeability or fractures
Seals: The main properties of sealing rocks, regional and intra-formational, fault seals and their evaluation
Traps: The main types and categories, structural, stratigraphic and combination, their recognition and quality, with examples of extensional, inversion, compression and wrench styles

Subsurface processes and sedimentary basin types

Subsurface Processes (Pressures, Fluid Movements, Temperature)
Accumulation and retention processes, subsurface pressure / temperature conditions and their impact on trapping and retention, issues related to drilling in pressured environments
Sedimentary Basin Types (Origin, Classification and Evolution)
Link to the Definition, Recognition and Development of Petroleum Systems and Plays.
Evolution of extensional, sag and compressional cycles and stages in basin development and their geological composition, their common characteristics and variety of types. How basins are built up and may be classified
Petroleum systems – what are they and why do we need the concept? Classification of types and the irrelations to basin cycle type
Plays – a standard definition; their current use and their significance as strategic focus and targets for exploration)

Application of basin, petroleum, & play concepts to exploration worldwide (with emphasis on Southeast Asian Tertiary Basins)

Description of exemplary petroleum systems from around the world and their characteristic developments, including typical plays and particular issues related to their exploration, with examples
Malaysia and South East Asia – a detailed review of rift – post-rift basins (classified into types based on petroleum characters) with examples of petroleum systems and plays
Selected other important petroleum provinces with summaries of the main issues related to exploration and examples of petroleum systems and plays
Middle East – the most prolific and stable province
South Atlantic Margin (Africa and South America); prolific rift-passive margin basins with many plays, including deltas, currently actively a focus for exploration
Other basin types, such as interior sag basins, thrust belts, wrench basins

Main methods in play/prospect identification, basin analysis, and evaluation

Stratigraphic (Basin Fill) principles; models for different basin types and interaction with structural development
Introduction to seismic interpretation (structural and stratigraphic), factors influencing the seismic response; pitfalls in interpretation
Use of other non-seismic geophysical and remote sensing techniques (gravity, magnetic, EM, etc.) and their integration into overall evaluation and reconnaissance surveying
Biostratigraphy, categories of microfossils, procedures of evaluation and usage in age and depositional environment definition.
Integrated work flows in exploration evaluation

Play and prospect definition

Risk and Uncertainty Analysis in Exploration
Introduction to Production Geological Concepts

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