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 Plas Mawr) at 18:30. Refreshments from 18:00.

Abstract and speaker bio   HERE

Thursday 20^th 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 were available 18:00.

Abstract and Speaker profile  – here

We expect to receive Graham’s presentation soon to upload for you to view.

Is Magnetic Susceptibility the next major step forward in core and wireline logging ?

Martin Cox from Advanced Downhole Petrophysics reviewed the work done so far on this project

Martin’s Bio and Abstract are     here      and also his presentation can be found   here

Martin has shared his presentation and also volunteered a number (8) of his background technical papers, click to open any of the papers         Case Study of Cuttings     Journal of Sedimentary Geology     Mag Susceptibility Wytch Farm Study     MagPI brochure        Petrophysics Paper 2007       Petrophysics Paper 2011         Society of Core Analysts paper     Society of Economic Geology Extract

Ian Fairchild from the University of Birmingham gave a talk “Escaping Snowball Earth”  Did the Earth really suffer the totally encapsulating climatic catastrophe of a Snowball Earth

Ian’s bio and full abstract      here

21st May: talk by Matthew Taylor of Chariot Oil & Gas (talk title to be confirmed)

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GWL Cluster Meeting

Thursday 18th December, 2014; 6:00 for 6:30 pm

“A Tale of Ten Prospects; from the first UK onshore to the present day”

This presentation will take place in the Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy.

Refreshments will be available from 6:00 pm.

 Speaker overview:

Stephen Corfield is a consultant based in Staffordshire. He graduated in 1986 with an Earth Sciences degree from Oxford Polytechnic and subsequently gained a PhD from the University of Keele on the structure and basin evolution of the North Staffordshire coalfield.

This was followed by post-doctoral research from 1991-194 at the University of Manchester funded by Conoco during which time he set up the department’s first 3D seismic interpretation workstation.

He worked at Robertsons’s from 1994 to 2001 which included four years of commuting to Norway to consult for Norsk Hydro.

In 2001, he returned to Manchester to set up a Norsk Hydro funded 3D seismic lab with a small team of researchers.

Since 2003, he has been a consultant working mainly for Norsk Hydro (now Statoil) in Bergen and London and Foster Findlay Associates in Aberdeen.

Abstract:

Although the first offshore exploration wells in the UK were drilled in the 1960’s, the story of UK onshore exploration goes back much further to the days of the First World War. This first phase of oil exploration from 1918-22 has been relatively undocumented and has been overshadowed by the later activities of the D’Arcy Exploration Company (subsequently BP) from the late 1930’s onwards.

The purpose of this talk is to redress the balance and take a look at the ten prospects drilled and their history to the present day.

The talk will will review the structures and wells drilled using data from the 1920’s plus more recent seismic data and conclude with a comment on the recently completed licensing round.