PESA WA: Interpreting Three-Dimensional Fluvial and Shoreline Architecture from Core, Depositional Analogues, and Forward Stratigraphic Models

Through a combination of lectures and hands-on examination of selected Permian and Mesozoic cores, this workshop will cover:

• Using hierarchical frameworks to address geological questions at the appropriate architectural scale.
• Identifying depositional environments in core, with a primary focus on active depositional processes.
• Examining typical 3D architectures in shallow marine and fluvial environments under different process regimes and their impact on subsurface fluid flow.
• Leveraging depositional analogues, 3D conceptual models, and realistic forward stratigraphic models to improve subsurface architectural predictions.

Learning Outcomes:

• Gain practical experience using physical structures and ichnology to interpret local depositional environments within cores.
• Improve your understanding of the three-dimensional aspects of depositional systems through extensive analogue databases, 3D conceptual models, and forward stratigraphic models.
• Gain insight into how these tools can improve inter-well predictions while accounting for appropriate levels of depositional uncertainty.

Who Should Attend:

• Exploration and development geologists, petrophysicists, reservoir engineers, academics, and geoscience students.

Analogue Database Access:

• All participants will be granted complimentary access to the Sedbase web-based platform for the duration of the workshop.