Deepwater Turbidites: 5 Days

Review of Deepwater Depositional Systems

• Controls on deepwater sedimentation
• Problems associated with modelling deep water systems
• Key depositional settings and models (fans, ramps, aprons, plains)
• Comparison of gravel, sand and mud-rich systems
• Recognition from cores, cuttings, wireline logs and borehole images

Sequence Stratigraphy of Deepwater Clastic Systems

• Seismic character
• Sequence stratigraphic models
• Sequence stratigraphic analysis workflow
• Facies mapping

Petroleum Systems

• Hydrocarbon charge potential
  • Models of source rock development
  • Maturation and migration
• Trapping mechanisms (e.g. structural styles, stratigraphic traps, salt tectonics)

Geological Controls on Reservoir Quality and Architecture

• Textural controls on reservoir quality (e.g. clay content and dewatering fabrics)
• Diagenetic modification of pore systems during burial
• Depositional controls on reservoir architecture
• Injectites - implications for reservoir geometries
• Correlation

Modern Deepwater Systems

• A review of modern deep water depositional environments

Subsurface and Outcrop Analogues

• A review of selected subsurface examples from around the world

Uncertainties and Exploration Risk

• A review of the key uncertainties and risks in deepwater exploration

Implications for Production from Deepwater Reservoirs

• A review of potential production issues in deepwater reservoirs