:: Petralog 2010::

Course Topics

Chapter 1: Project Startup
Chapter 2: PAKnotes
Chapter 3: Browsing the Data
Chapter 4: Navigating the Seismic Data
Chapter 5: Seismic Quality Control Tools
Chapter 6: Working with Well and Log Data
Chapter 7: Creating Cross Sections
Chapter 8: CrossPlot
Chapter 9: Electric Log Calculations
Chapter 10: Interpret Formation Tops
Chapter 11: Interpret Faults
Chapter 12: Interpret Horizons
Chapter 13: Gridding
Chapter 14: Contouring
Chapter 15: Time to Depth Conversion
Chapter 16: Working with Surfaces
Chapter 17: Creating and Using Zones
Chapter 18: Volumetrics
Chapter 19: Bubble Map Displays
Chapter 20: Presentation Cross Sections
Chapter 21: Composite Log Management
Chapter 22: Creating the Presentation

Lecturer

Alejandro Garcia Jr. (Alex) received a B.S. degree in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin and received his geological and geophysical training from Shell Oil Company.

Alex was an international exploration geophysicist for Shell Oil Co. for more than 30 years. He interpreted 2D and 3D projects and served in management and project leader roles in more than 30 countries. The last three years before retiring from Shell were spent teaching 3D Seismic Interpretation, Basic Geophysics, and Economics.

Alex joined Seismic Micro-Technology in 1999. As manager of the training department, he developed and taught KINGDOM Suite courses. In 2002 he left SMT to live in the Texas Hill Country, but continued training and coaching geoscientists on the SMT software. Alex is certified to teach all The KINGDOM Suite courses.

Overall, Alex has been presenting training sessions for geoscientists for more than 11 years, SMT courses for the last 8 years. He has presented SMT courses in 14 countries and has presented these courses in Spanish several times in Mexico, Argentina, and for representatives of the Nicaraguan National Oil Company.