Author Archives: Dave Wallis

Mid North Sea High Study

The OGA initiated the study entitled “Petroleum Systems of the Mid North Sea High”. Geoscience Wales completed and presented in late 2016 to the OGA, and we are pleased to announce it is now available as a multi-client study. For further information please … Continue reading

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Cluster meeting details for July 2017

Alan Butcher, a well known mineralogist will update us on advances in electron microscopy. Details are available  – HERE 

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Cluster meeting details for June 2017

Phil Magor a very experienced geologist having covered many areas of the world will introduce a less well known basin in Africa. Please find his Abstract and Bio   HERE  

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No cluster meeting this month, May 2017

Due to scheduling conflicts the speaker planned for this month cannot be in Conwy. However please be assured we have speakers lined up for the following two months, Phil Magor in June and Alan Butcher in July. More details on … Continue reading

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April 2017 Cluster meeting – Applying new provenance techniques to refine Rockall and Faroe-Shetland Basin Stratigraphy

Alex from Chemostrat will be giving a presentation, full details    HERE Applying new provenance techniques to refine Rockall and Faroe-Shetland Basin Stratigraphy As the profile of the above topic has been recently raised by media reports we expect a … Continue reading

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March 2017 Cluster meeting

March 16th: Geoscience Wales  – a talk given by Richard Morgan (RockFlow Resources) “Petroleum Geoscience in 2017: a contrarian’s view”   See full description under Events tab Check here for more details.

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April 2017 Cluster Meeting

On the 20th April 2017 Geoscience Wales will hear a talk by Alex Finlay (Chemostrat Ltd.) “Applying new provenance techniques to refine a new stratigraphy for the Rockall and Faroe-Shetland Basin”. Check back here soon for more details. Regular venue and … Continue reading

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December 2016 Cluster Meeting

Tim Needham will give a talk on :  ‘Reservoir Scale Deformation and Advances in Fault Seal Analysis’ Here is his Abstract and Bio

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November 2016 Cluster Meeting

The Built Environment as a Geological Resource: Science and Heritage by Dr Ruth Siddall. University College London This presentation will be on the 17th November and take place in the Royal Cambrian Academy, Crown Lane, Conwy, LL32 8AN (located behind … Continue reading

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October 2016 Cluster meeting

Thursday 20th October 2016 A new, non-statistical, direction for quantitative stratigraphy Dr Graham Potts , University of Liverpool. This presentation took take place in the Royal Cambrian Academy, Crown Lane, Conwy, LL32 8AN (located behind Plas Mawr) at 18:30. Refreshments … Continue reading

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