This course prepared for 5 days consists in a description of the petroleum exploration at differents scales; Basin and O&G field.

It aims at presenting the main definitions and concepts of hydrocarbons, physical and chemical processes in rocks and sedimentary basins and how to tackle challenges related to basin and prospect typologies.

• DAY 1

1-INTRODUCTION-History of Petroleum utilization

2-TYPES OF HYDROCARBONS

3-SEDIMENTARY BASIN DEFINITIONS and TYPES

• DAY 2

4-PHYSICAL CONDITIONS of ROCKS AND FLUIDS in BASINS 

5-CONCEPT of PETROLEUM SYSTEM

• DAY 3

6-HYDROCARBON-GENERATION-EXPULSION-TRAPPING CONCEPTS (Migrated and In situ Oil and Gas )

• DAY 4

7-HOW TO EVALUATE HCIP (Hydrocarbons in place), RESOURCES and RESERVES at PROSPECT and BASIN SCALES

8-BASIN CASE STUDIES Paris Basin, Aquitaine Basin, Niger Delta…

• DAY 5

9-Local case study, LOWER CONGO BASIN case study and EXERCISE