Category Archives: News

Thursday 19th September: Bob Eden of Rawwater, “Bugs Everywhere”

We are pleased to announce the start of our autumn programme, with a talk on Thursday 19th September by Bob Eden of Rawwater, “Bugs Everywhere: a story behind biological oilfield reservoir souring and the peculiar subject of bacterial sulphide production”. … Continue reading

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Thursday 21st March, talks on geothermal energy

On Thursday 21st March at 18:30 upstairs in the RCA, Conwy, Dr. Gloria Arancibia will give a talk entitled: “Fluid flow in fractured geothermal systems: an example from the Andean Southern Volcanic Zone” and Dr. Diego Morata will give a … Continue reading

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Thursday 15th February 2024: talk by Paul Cornick on the Wilcox in GoM. 18:00 for 18:30 at the RCA, Conwy.

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Thursday 18th January 2024: talk by Prof. Michael Stephenson, at the RCA Conwy, 18:00 for 18:30

We are pleased to start 2024 with a talk from Prof. Michael Stephenson on “Palynology of the Hercynian unconformity across the Arabian plate, from the Levant to southern Arabia”. As usual, the meeting will be upstairs at the RCA Conwy, … Continue reading

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December 14th: Talk by Prof. David Harper at the RCA Conwy, 18:00 for 18:30

Abstract: The Ordovician Period was one of the most important in the history of life on our planet. But the system remained obscured by the conflict between Adam Sedgwick and Roderick Murchison, hidden within the Silurian until the early years … Continue reading

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16th November 2023: Talk by Dr. Peter Turner, The Late Triassic – Early Jurassic evaporites of the Berkine Basin

The Late Triassic – Early Jurassic evaporites of the Berkine Basin will be described. Time series analysis of gamma logs shows that astronomical forcing played a key role in their deposition. Long eccentricity cycles (~405kyr, ~50m) reflect lacustrine expansion and … Continue reading

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