The workshop will review some of the latest theories and innovations in structure and tectonics concerning extensional, compressional and salt tectonics and their applications in exploration for hydrocarbons and mineral resources. The course will include short hands-on exercises emphasising practical methods to define the relationships between faults, folds, sedimentary packages and regional elevation and how they can be used predictively to validate an interpretation and prospect. Emphasis is placed on the ‘Structural Family’ present in an area, which depends strongly on the basement architecture and tectonic history. Seismic and field examples are drawn from the Timor Sea, Bass Strait, Borneo, the Gulf of Suez, the Apennines, the Taranaki Basin, New Guinea, Indonesia, Watchet, the Otway Basin, Cape Liptrap, the Pyrenees and the Canadian Rockies amongst others. The course will introduce the structural styles associated with extension, compression and salt diapirism. Examples will be shown from both seismic data and outcrop