Fundamentals of Seismic for Non-Geophysicists – Building Seismic Understanding for Better Subsurface Decisions

By attending this course, the participants will be able to acquire the following:

• Understand the strengths, limitations, risks and applications of seismic and other geophysical methods.
• Explain the key stages of the seismic acquisition, processing and interpretation workflow.
• Understand the potential applications of seismic data and formulate appropriate seismic requirements for prospect and field evaluation.
• Gain awareness of modern seismic technology, including recent developments in Machine Learning and their application in geophysics.
• Communicate more effectively with geophysicists and other subsurface disciplines.
• Apply the learning through practical and illustrative exercises, including comparison of alternative methods.
• Know what questions to ask when assessing the required quality of a seismic project and its role within the broader sequence of E&P activities.

The course is intended for non-geophysicists who have intensive interaction with geophysicists. It may also be of interest to those who want to know about recent progress made in geophysics, partly driven by the use of Machine Learning, leading to advanced imaging results that could not have been imagined a decade ago.

The course will bring to the attention of geologists, petrophysicists, interpreters, geotechnical engineers and reservoir/petroleum engineers an awareness of how the data they work with is acquired and processed by the geophysicist. It will introduce concepts that are important in geophysics and relevant for non-geophysicists to understand, enabling them to communicate more effectively with geophysicists and formulate their requests.

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The course combines instructor-led presentations, practical exercises and workshop-style discussions to encourage active participation and applied learning. Participants will work through Python and Google Colab-based exercises to explore seismic concepts and compare alternative methods. Each day also includes participant summaries of the previous day’s key learning points, followed by Mentimeter quizzes to reinforce understanding and support knowledge retention.

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