Petroleum Geosciences Training Courses > AVO, Attributes and Inversion: Principles and Applications

About this Training Course 

This 5 full-day training course provides an understanding of the evolving role of seismic petrophysics through the use of amplitude variations with offset or angle (AVO/AVA), attributes, and inversion techniques. Understanding rock physics and the behaviour of the propagating seismic waves represents an integral part of the course, especially in the context of specific applications including enhanced seismic interpretation, rock and fluid characterization, including hydrocarbon identification and quantification, fracture identification, and stress/geomechanical analysis.

Course concepts are enhanced by numerous practical exercises and case studies.

By attending this course, the participants will learn the following:

  • The fundamentals of seismic wave propagation and specific attributes of seismic measurements toward enhanced interpretation and petrophysics;
  • The benefits and cons of various attributes in various facets of investigation, including stratigraphy/sedimentology, structural geology and geomechanics, and seismic petrophysics;
  • How to determine elastic properties from AVO/AVA analysis for fluid and lithologic discrimination and geomechanical/stress analysis;
  • The techniques of seismic inversion, including well log integration, and property extraction in the prestack and poststack domains; and
  • The role of seismic attribute analysis and related techniques in understanding risk elements from exploration, drilling and completion, and development stages.

This course is intended for geologists, geophysicists, petrophysicists, reservoir engineers, and exploration/production managers.

  • Basic
  • Intermediate

This course combines interactive lectures with extensive hands-on exercises, practical interpretation sessions, and real-world case studies to reinforce key AVO, attribute, and inversion concepts. Participants will apply principles directly to seismic datasets through guided workflows, group discussions, and problem-solving activities. Continuous instructor feedback and integrated examples ensure strong conceptual understanding and practical proficiency across all course modules.

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    It was great to learn the principles of attributes and AVO and relate it with geology

    Senior Geoscientist, PETRONAS Carigali

    Excellent deliverables, knowledgeable speaker

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    Overall is a very good course. The trainer is good and knows what he is talking about

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