Introductory Workshop on Mapping and Prospecting
TBA

An entry-level course for first year geologists, summer students, and exploration technologists as well as recent geophysical and engineering graduates. This ‘hands-on’ workshop should be a requirement for any recent hires new to the oil and gas industry.

Most of the two-day workshop is spent working on over 20 practical exercises, which represent the tasks we are typically confronted with in the oil and gas industry, while mapping and prospecting. These exercises will expose participants to the geology and oil and gas traps of the WCSB, the importance of seismic, obtaining oil and gas rights, evaluating farmin and farmout proposals, contouring prospect maps, drilling and evaluating wells, and reviewing and preparing prospect presentations.

Generating and recommending successful prospects is the lifeblood of oil and gas exploration and production companies, and we illustrate our ideas on maps and cross-sections. The comprehensive training manual that accompanies the workshop, outlines the steps typically followed in prospect generation and includes examples of the different types of maps, cross-sections and illustrations commonly used. The manual will be a useful reference when you are evaluating oil and gas prospects in the future.