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South East Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)
Langkawi Geopark, Malaysia
CANCELED
Dates: Thursday, 13 September, 08:00 – Sunday,
16 September, 17:00
Leaders: Dr. Lee Chai Peng (University of Malaya, retired, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and Bill Lodwick (Consultant, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Fee: Professionals US $950
Students US $475 (limited)
Includes: Local transportation, three nights lodging based on double occupancy, meals, guidebook, entrance to Geopark and Cable Car, Mangrove Swamp Tour Excludes: Travel to/from Langkawi, Malaysia, visa/immigration charges
Limit: 35 people
This trip brings you to the beautiful duty-free tourist island of Langkawi that has been declared as a member of the UNESCO global Network of National Geoparks in June 2007. There are over 90 interesting geosites in the 99 islands within the geopark, with the most interesting and accessible sites located in or near to the main island. The most complete Palaeozoic sequence in this region is exposed here. It includes the Cambro-ordovician shallow marine clastic Machinchang Formation accessible by cable car, fossiliferous limestones of the Ordovician-Silurian Setul Formation, Gondwana-derived glacial-marine pebbly mudstones of the Carboniferous-Permian Singa Formation and Permian Chuping Limestone. These sedimentary rocks had been intruded by Triassic and Cretaceous granites metamorphosing parts of
them. Spectacular island karst, beautiful beaches with interesting geomorphological features, tropical jungle and friendly villagers with lots of interesting local legends will make your visit worthwhile.
Notes: The weather is expected to be the usual sunny and humid tropical climate with occasional thunderstorms. There is easy access and short walks to most localities. Relatively safe with no dangerous climbing or visits to active quarries and mines. Beware of traffic when examining road-cuts and stepping on slippery rocks along coast. Lifejackets will be provided for the Mangrove Tour.
South East Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)
Singapore Geothermal Excursion
Dates: Saturday, 15 September, 08:00 – 18:00
Leader: Grahame Olivier (National University of Singapore, SIngapore)
Fee: Professionals US $175, Students US $88 (limited)
Includes: Ground transportation, refreshments, lunch
Limit: 30 people
The excursion will visit Lower and Middle Triassic granite and gabbro quarries where the reservoir characteristics of an engineered underground heat exchanger (EGS) can be debated.
The same quarries are good analogues for the Cuu Long (Vietnam) type granite basement high petroleum reservoirs. On Sentosa Island, the hydrogeological characteristics of the non-marine
facies of the Upper Triassic/Lower Jurassic Jurong Formation will be examined with respect to its potential as a hot sedimentary aquifer (HSA).
The Jurong Formation was deposited in a half-graben, analogous to petroleum-rich Tertiary half-grabens in the Malay Basin. At the Sembawang Hot Spring (70 degrees Celsius), TOUGH-2 computer simulated hydrogeology models for Singapore will be presented along with the case for three geothermal prospects.
Notes: There will be some walking along a jungle track including a 300m coastal section with slippery rocks and tidal pools involving some scrambling. Bring insect repellent. Sturdy walking boots with good grip are required, ankle high boots are recommended but not required. Flip-flops and sandals cannot be worn at the outcrop sections. Unstable rock faces in coastal cliffs and quarries will be viewed from a distance. The weather will be hot (30 degrees Celsius) and humid, with rain and thunder showers possible at any time. A small umbrella is recommended. Protection from the sun – hat and sunscreen – is an absolute necessity. Participants should keep hydrated and drink plenty of soft drinks/water which will be available during the day. Lunch will be taken in a local restaurant. No hammers please.
South East Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)
Sedimentation and Stratigraphy of the Modern and Ancient Mahakam Delta, Kutai Basin, East Kalimantan
CANCELED
Dates: Wednesday, 19 September, 16:00 – Monday, 24 September, 17:00
Leader: Angus Ferguson (Niko Resources, Jakarta, Indonesia)
Fee: Professionals/Students US $1,800
Includes: Local transportation, five nights lodging based on double occupancy, meals, guidebook
Excludes: Travel to/from Jakarta, Indonesia, visa/immigration charges
Limit: 17 people
The six day field trip will examine the sedimentology and stratigraphy of the modern and ancient Mahakam Delta. The outcrop examples are equivalent in geological facies to the reservoir rocks in the nearby producing fields.
Primary objectives
The Mahakam Trip is designed as a “fit for purpose” trip to take a multidisciplinary group out to the field to look at outcrops and modern depositional systems and their relationship to developing a field.
Some topics to be discussed in the field:
Special attributes of the field trip are:
Medical
Tropical climates provide a host of dangers. Simple common sense is of course the best preventive. Malaria is prevalent in East Kalimantan but in major population centers such as Balikpapan and Samarinda it is rare. Some field areas may pose a danger but the application of mosquito repellent, particularly in the evenings, should enable visitors to remain safe. We will be back in the town areas before dark.
The sun provides a much more real danger and visitors should bring a hat and sun block cream. Sunburn is particularly dangerous in the day spent on the Mahakam delta and at the outcrops where there is very little shade available. Every participant needs to constantly drink water to prevent dehydration and resulting fatigue on the outcrops.
Safety around the outcrops
There will be a discussion of the safety concerns at each outcrop. Be aware of loose rocks and slippery slopes and do not stand near any areas where there is a potential of falling rocks. Hard hats will be available and need to be worn by participants at Outcrop 3. Observe your fellow participants and warn them of any potential hazardous situations. Ankle covering field boots with a firm sole are required on the outcrops. The boots do not need to be steel
toed. Although snakes have not been encountered on previous field trips they are present in the nearby undeveloped land areas. Lifejackets will be provided while on the boats on the Mahakam Delta.
Equipment
Basic personal field equipment such as hand lens, field notebook, scrapping knife and geological compass are recommended. A limited number of this basic equipment will be available on a sharing basis, but participants are urged to bring their own. Other suggested field gear are appropriate clothes and boots for field outcrop examination, hat, mosquito repellent, sun block and basic first aid kit including band aids and antiseptic. The day on the delta will have a walk in the mud and wading in the water to the mouth bar. A pair of old running shoes works best. Shorts are not recommended due to the possible presence of jellyfish on the delta.
South East Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)
Deltaic and Shallow Marine Reservoir Sandstones of Northwest Borneo
Dates: Thursday, 20 September, 08:00 – Sunday, 23 September, 17:00
Leaders: Joe Lambiase (Chulalongkorn Univeristy, Bangkok, Thailand) and Howard Johnson (Imperial College, London, United Kingdom)
Fee: Professionals/Students US $1,600
Includes: Transportation from Brunei to Labuan, three nights
lodging based on double occupancy, meals and refreshments, guidebook
Excludes: Travel to Brunei/from Labuan, Malaysia, visa/immigration charges
Limit: 20 people
Northwest Borneo is well-known as one of Southeast Asia’s oldest and most prolific petroleum provinces with billions of barrels of production in the nearly 100 years since the initial discoveries. Despite this illustrious history, prediction of reservoir properties and sand body geometries remains difficult because the depositional setting of the sandstones that store the hydrocarbons is not as well understood as may be expected.
This, in turn, is at least partly due to the fact that classical facies and sequence stratigraphic models do not work well in Northwest Borneo’s tectonic, hydrodynamic and climatic environment. The objective of the field trip is to give participants an overview of the reservoir sandstones of Northwest Borneo. The focus will be recent concepts about Northwest Borneo’s depositional systems and stratigraphic development as they relate to the prediction of reservoir properties and sand body geometry. The field trip will start in Brunei, visit the Miri-Lambir Hills region of northern Sarawak in Malaysia and conclude on it the island of Labuan.
Notes: Hotels are 4- to 5-star standard. There will be some walking required but no difficult terrain to be negotiated. Shoes with good grip (NO sandals or open footwear) are required but boots are not necessary. Northwest Borneo will be warm and humid, with rain showers possible at any time. Protection from the sun — hat and sunscreen — is an absolute necessity. Participants are strongly reminded of the need to keep hydrated and drink plenty of soft drinks/water which will be available during the day. Geological hammers are strongly discouraged, and are forbidden in some parts of the National Parks.
South East Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)
Modern Carbonate Depositional Systems — Pulau Seribu, Indonesia
Dates: Thursday, 20 September, 08:00 – Sunday, 23 September, 17:00
Leader: Clif Jordan (Consultant, Integrated Data Services, Bonne Terre, Missouri, USA)
Fee: Professionals/Students US $1,450
Includes: Local transportation, three nights lodging based on double occupancy, meals, guidebook
Excludes: Travel to/from Jakarta, Indonesia, visa/immigration charges
Limit: 20 people
Modern reefs such as those at Kepulauan Seribu offer excellent comparisons with Miocene reef deposits in Southeast Asia. Similarities exist in their regional settings (size, shape, water depths, and windward versus leeward sides), lithofacies types and textures, and biotic components (particularly large foraminifera, red algae, and corals). Analyses of over 300 bottom samples
provide an excellent data set for modern lithofacies mapping in this patch reef complex.
This field trip is based on the Principle of Uniformitarianism (the present is the key to the past) and offers modern explanations for features observed in the subsurface. It is a most enjoyable way to learn about reef, near-reef, and lagoonal facies in a Holocene setting.
South East Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)
The Petroleum System of the Tertiary Rift Basin of Western Indonesia – An Outcrop Expose
SOLD OUT
Dates: Thursday, 20 September, 08:00 – Monday, 24 September, 17:00
Leaders: Chris Atkinson (Worldwide Petroleum Services, Singapore), Peter Butterworth (BP, Cairo, Egypt), Andrew Carnell (Shell, Cairo, Egypt)
Fee: Professionals/Students US $1,400
Includes: Local transportation, four nights lodging based on double occupancy, meals, guidebook
Excludes: Travel to/from Padang, Indonesia, visa/immigration charges
Limit: 20 people
It is the intent to show participants over the course of the trip, various aspects of the syn- and early post-rift petroleum geology of Central Sumatra along with some modern day lacustrine systems to compare to the Palaeogene lake depocentres of the region. The field trip gives the participants the opportunity to see some outstanding outcrop geology in rarely visited scenically attractive areas of Sumatra. Participants will be able to study in detail a thick exposure of lacustrine source rock (the Brown Shale), together with fabulous exposures of fluvial channel sandstones, which in the subsurface comprise highly productive reservoirs. Finally there will be the opportunity to study recent lacustrine systems amid the magnificent scenery of the Barisan Mountains.
Rift basin evolution is a key component of the petroleum systems of many Southeast Asian Basins. Syn-rift lacustrine mudstones are prolific oil prone source rocks and syn-rift and early postrift clastic sediments can provide excellent reservoir intervals. Rift petroleum systems are, however, geologically complex and hydrocarbon exploration within them requires a greater knowledge of the structures and Sedimentological evolution of the basin than is often the case elsewhere. Local factors such as provenance and rift-related tectonic activity can have a significant impact on the quality, quantity and distribution of source, reservoir and seal.
Central Sumatra is the most prolific hydrocarbon basin in the region. Most of the acreage is operated under production sharing terms by Caltex Pacific Indonesia, who currently account for about half of Indonesian oil production. Hydrocarbons are mostly produced from the post-rift Sihapas Group reservoirs and are sourced from the syn-rift Brown Shale. However, the focus of exploration has increasingly targeted the syn- and early post-rift section which, despite the long history of hydrocarbon exploration in the area, is still today an underexplored play.
The itinerary is structured such that each day will deal with a different aspect of the syn- to early post-rift petroleum system.
Notes: There will be minor walking required but no difficult terrain to be negotiated. Shoes with good grip are required but boots are not necessary. The weather will be warm and humid, with rain showers possible at any time. Protection from the sun — hat and sunscreen — is an absolute necessity. Participants are strongly reminded of the need to keep hydrated and drink plenty of soft drinks/water which will be available during the day. Geological
hammers are discouraged.
Students
There are a limited number of discounted spots available for students on a
first-come, first-served basis. If a discounted space is still available when
you register online it will show up during the registration process. If
discounted spots are no longer available, you
may register at the full fee;
if we are able to add additional discounted spots we will refund the difference
at that time.
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